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Indian premier to head talks NEW DELHI - April 01, (AFP) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair a meeting next month of top officials of states hit by bloody Maoist attacks in renewed efforts to stem the rebellion, officials said Friday. Singh's decision to head the meeting comes after talks Friday between officials of the 13 states were dismissed by analysts as unproductive. The meeting in New Delhi was chaired by federal home (interior ministry) secretary V.K. Duggal and attended by the state officials and police personnel. "However, the April 13 meeting will be chaired by the Prime Minister," Duggal told reporters after Friday's discussions. The meeting came in the wake of Maoist assaults that have included blowing up civilian and military convoys, seizing a town, hijacking a train and jail breaks. In one of the bloodiest incidents, rebels killed 28 people in an ambush last month when they were returning from a government-sponsored anti-Maoist rally in the central state of Chattisgarh. Duggal said Friday security forces were equipped to handle such threats. But he said the government would strengthen policing, increase sharing of intelligence between various security agencies, and hold regular meetings of state police forces with other agencies in efforts to curtail the bloodshed. There are more than 9,300 Maoist rebels operating in large parts of eastern, central and southern India, according to the government. |
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