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Ex-JNU student Umar Khalid, activists on Pegasus list: Report

The phone numbers of former Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Banjyotsana Lahiri and several prominent Indian activists are among those listed as the potential......

How a dreaded Naxalite was captured

Hidma Madavi, who had a Rs 12 lakh reward on his head, was arrested without a single bullet being fired. IMAGE: Naxalite Hidma Madavi (in a black hood) surrounded by the Maharashtra police team......

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.Rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman reports from Wayanad where Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha election.......

Why Modi needs 'Urban Naxals' for 2019 campaign

'There is need to invent another enemy.''If you can add Maoists to Muslims, the tukde-tukde thread will tie in nicely.''You might even have a 'nation in grave danger' story by the summer of 2019,'......

A propaganda tool called #UrbanNaxal

'The category of crime and criminals called Maoist or Naxal or #UrbanNaxals is an illegitimate creation of right-wing propaganda media frenzy.''It is a fiction repugnant to the Constitution and the......

'The government would want to privatise the railways'

'For the first time railway passenger figures have fallen by 150 million.'Who is taking over the railways? It is the airlines and Volvo buses.''I think governments -- whether this one or the ones......

Rise of Naxalism: Blame India's skewed mining policy

It is the low cost of iron ore extracted from their adivasi homeland mines that enables steelmakers like Tata Steel and Essar, and miners like NMDC, not only to be among the most......

2024's Biggest Hindi Flops So Far

Many of the highly anticipated films did not bring any moolah at the box office, making the first half of 2024 quite disappointing. Yes, there were hits but Bollywood has seen better times. Here's......

Political Movies Surge before Lok Sabha Polls

'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.' IMAGE: Randeep Hooda as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

'Girls Are Becoming Suicide Bombers'

'When I am doing a film, that film is not propaganda for me. That's a true thing.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Adah Sharma/Instagram After her debut in 2008 with the horror flick 1920, Adah Sharma......