No talks with Maoists till they shun violence: CPI-M leaderOctober 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Left Front government in West Bengal is not willing to hold talks with the Maoists unless they abjure violence, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Biman Bose said Sunday. "How can we talk with the Maoists who have declared war against the state and its people?" Bose countered to a question about the possibility of the state government holding talks with the rebels.
West Bengal report sought on Mamata's allegationSeptember 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government has sought the West Bengal government's report after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that her Trinamool Congress party's workers were being targeted in the state, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday.
Next round of talks with Gorkhaland activists in DecemberSeptember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next round of talks with Gorkhaland activists will be held Dec 21 after a positive outcome of the previous rounds, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Tuesday.
Chidambaram calls for end to violence at LalgarhJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that violence at Lalgarh should stop immediately.
Chidambaram says terror threat to India has not declinedJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that terror threat to India has not declined. He informed the Parliament that there should be no illusion left about terror threat to India has diminished.
Chidambaram unveils second action plan under 100-day agendaJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday outlined the second action plan for his ministry, as part of the agenda for the first 100 days of the government, including delegating more responsibilities to the Jammu and Kashmir police.
Kashmir, Maoism, gay status high on home minister's agendaJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said that delegation of more responsibility to police in Jammu and Kashmir, tackling Maoist violence and resolving the legal status of gays will be high on his agenda.
Ban Maoists in West Bengal, advices ChidambaramJune 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has clarified on Saturday that he has been advised by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to ban the Maoists in the state. Further, Buddhadeb said that he would give a serious thought to the Home Minister's advice in view of the expanding influence of hundreds of Maoists, who in the past one-week have chased away police and killed government supporters in and around the Lalgarh in West Bengal.
Security forces may take more time in Lalgarh: Govt.June 19th, 2009 New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said the security forces would take more time than previously anticipated, though they were moving cautiously towards the Maoist claimed "liberated zone" in West Bengal state.
Chidambaram asks Maoists to lay down armsJune 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today asked the Maoists to lay down arms and come forward for negotiations.
Chidambaram says West Bengal's law and order situation deteriorating fastJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the law and order situation in West Bengal is deteriorating fast because of the Maoists violence in that state's West Midnapore District. Stating that the Centre has dispatched enough paramilitary forces to the troubled areas, he lashed out at the Left Front government in the state for not acting in a timely manner.
Reclaim territory from Maoists: Chidambaram to West BengalJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said West Bengal must reclaim the Maoist-controlled region in the state even as the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) hoped the central government would cooperate with it to check spiralling violence there.
Central team to visit WB to access damage by cyclone 'Aila'June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Centre would soon send a team to assess the damage caused by recent cyclone "Aila" in West Bengal, state, it has been assured to the State Government, said West Bengal Finance Minister Ashim Das Gupta on Tuesday. Ashim, after meeting the Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Tuesday in the national capital, said that Chidambaram has also promised that he would sympathetically consider all the demands for rehabilitation of the cyclone-affected people.
Chidambaram wins in Sivaganga, after allMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram won the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu Saturday after two recounts, poll officials said here.
Chidambaram discusses Maoist violence with affected statesJanuary 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday chaired a meeting of the chief ministers of the Maoist violence affected states and discussed ways to meet the challenge.
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