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A unified command comprising officials of the federal and the state governments would be formed to tackle the Naxalite menace in Chhattisgarh
India's unified command against Maoists Feb 15, 2008
Like forests provide safe hideouts to Naxalites in tribal areas, cities also provide them cover
Analysis: India chides Maoist-hit states Jan 23, 2008
The repeated intelligence failures of SIDs have put their efficiency in handling terrorism in doubt
Analysis: India intel fails to halt terror Dec 12, 2007
The Interior Ministry is planning to increase the number of check posts on Nepal and Bhutan borders as crossing these borders from either side does not require too much of paperwork or documents, people cross over the border freely
India to raise border check posts Nov 29, 2007
I do not wish to take any political mileage but this is a fact that Naxal activities in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have gone up by 40 and 50 per cent respectively
Maoist violence rises in 2 Indian states Nov 23, 2007
Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (born October 12, 1935) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha. Previously he had been the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha and served the Manmohan Singh cabinet as the Union Minister of Home Affairs. He has also served the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinets as the defence minister during the 80's. He resigned from the post of Home-Minister on November 30, 2008 following wide-spread critism raised after terrorist attacks on Mumbai. He resigned taking the moral responsibility for the attacks.
Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district (Marathwada region) of Maharashtra. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a graduation degree in Science and studied Law at Bombay University. During 1967-69, he was involved in local government (Latur Municipality).
Patil belongs to the Lingayat community. He married Smt. Vijaya Patil in June 1963.