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IN THE RED: Tribal people carry out a demonstration in support of Maoists in Lalgarh in Bengal.

IN THE RED: Tribal people carry out a demonstration in support of Maoists in Lalgarh in Bengal.

The terror within: how Maoists threaten India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called Maoists the gravest threat to the country's internal security. He is correct. The rebels have an estimated 22,000 fighters in more than 180 of the country's 630 districts. They operate across a "red corridor" stretching from Andhra Pradesh to Chhattisgarh and into West Bengal. Their leaders say they are fighting a people's war against state repression. Critics call Maoists extortionists and anti-democratic. 30 Minutes finds out the truth about the Maoists. 

BREAKING BARRIERS: Dr Tessy Thomas is first woman scientist to head a missile project.

30 Minutes: Superstars of science

A new wave of technological achievement is sweeping the nation.

The price of being an Indian in Australia

Despite protests, Indians have been the easy targets for the locals in Oz.

30 Minutes: Binayak Sen, the dissenting doctor

Meet the civil rights activist who was jailed for being a Naxal sympathiser.

MONEY POWER: The parties have always breached the electoral limits of funds in elections.

30 Mins: Find out who is funding which party this polls

Money is no more a dirty word in the world of politics.

OUT OF THE BOX: A group of Bollywood filmmakers who are trying to make a difference in the cinema.

30 Mins: The changing face of cinema

Meet the filmmakers who are thinking out of the Bollywood box.

ENDLESS WAIT: With no closure to tell them of the fate of their 'vanished' kids, parents wait on praying for reunion.

India's missing children: stories without happy ends

Barring tales like Nithari killings, missing kids make no headlines.

CRICKET ATTACKED: The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team was a well-planned commando-style strike.

Men who attacked cricket: investigating Lahore 3/3

A look at the different versions of the events of that fateful day.

NO GLITTERS: Surat, India's diamond hub has been badly hit by the global meltdown.

Recession shatters India's diamond dream

Surat, India's diamond hub has been badly hit by the global meltdown.

Punjab's forgotten women: Lives scarred by HIV

The social stigma associated with HIV has sunk them into oblivion.

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