``Government determined to defeat Maoists''
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Central Government is determined to defeat the Maoists.
New Delhi, March 31 Saying that Maoists needed to be dealt with ``firmly and boldly'', union Home Minister P. Chidambaram cautioned sympathisers of the left wing extremists against having any ``illusions about their motives and methods''.