1: Opium popular funding source in red zone Ground Zero Report reveals the lacunae in tackling the Naxal issue, P16-17 2: Red Corridor gets bloodier amid inaction The fundamental flaw in the anti-Maoist operations today is that the state police forces in most states are heavily dependent on the Central Government, which doesn’t even have a defence minister to begin with. p-20-21 3:  The Valley is sliding back to nineties   Ad hoc management of the situation will resolve nothing in Kashmir P 37