CPI-Maoist declared terror outfit
2 Naxals killed in Orissa as bandh cripples life
New Delhi, June 22
The Union Home Ministry today finally slapped a formal ban on the CPI (Maoist), declaring the group as a terrorist organisation. After a high-level meeting here against the backdrop of security forces' operations in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, the Ministry brought the group in the list of terrorist outfits banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Left slams ban, says it’s no solution
Forces gain control over 22 villages in Lalgarh

The police looks for landmines on a railway track during a 48-hour bandh called by the Maoists, in Purulia on Monday. — PTI

Tribune Impact
Homes for Kids
HC orders surprise checks
Chandigarh, June 22
Taking suo motu cognisance of news reports — Homes without Care —published in The Tribune, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked judicial officers to conduct surprise checks on observation homes run by the Punjab government.

Editorial: Victims of indifference

Now, PSEB official assaulted
Had launched drive against power theft Amritsar, June 22 Coming close on the heels of the vicious assault on a revenue official in Ludhiana, about a dozen unidentified youths today attacked Punjab State Electricity Board Additional Superintending Engineer (west division) Amarjit Singh with hockey sticks and baseball bats in full public view when he was going to his office in his official jeep.
Amarjit Singh, Additional Superintending Engineer, PSEB, being taken out of hospital in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

SAD-BJP talks inconclusive
Dialogue over differences to continue today
Chandigarh, June 22
Talks between BJP and SAD leaders remained inconclusive following a meeting to resolve their differences that lasted several hours today. A fresh round of discussions will now be held tomorrow morning.

Haryana poll may be linked to monsoon
New Delhi, June 22
The timing of the Haryana assembly elections may well be linked to the status of the monsoon, a major source of worry for the UPA government as the delay in its outset will have an adverse impact on agriculture resulting in a rise in food prices.

Karat: Third Front idea was unrealistic
New Delhi, June 22
The CPM’s month-long introspection of the electoral reverses it suffered in the recent general election ended today, with the party think tank virtually sidestepping the major national decisions it took to primarily blame state-specific factors for the debacle.

Burqa not welcome in France: Sarkozy
Versailles (France), June 22
The Islamic burqa is “not welcome” in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women, President Nicolas Sarkozy said today.

Naxalite Menace – II Abujhmar – Where no outsider can go You may not believe it. In this western Bastar region exists a huge hilly forest tribal area — nearly the size of Goa — where Indians and foreigners have not been allowed for the past three decades.