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- Two Maoists arrested
Ranchi, Feb 9: Two Maoist guerrillas were arrested today in the Jharkhand capital when they were buying army uniforms for their cadres, police said.
According to police, two Maoist gu....
- Maoist killed in Junglemahal
West Midnapore, (West Bengal) Feb 5: A Maoist involved in several acts of violence was killed in a gun battle with security forces here today, police said.
Judhisthir Mahato, alias Ar....
- Development will help fight Maoist menace: Arjun Munda
Ranchi, Jan 24: Development had not reached many parts of Jharkhand, Chief Minister Arjun Munda admitted after an extensive road trip across the state and said candidly that progress and a bett....
- Maoist camp busted, arms seized
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22: Police busted a Maoist camp in Odisha's tribal Malkangiri district and recovered several arms and weapons from the site, an officer said.
A senior district po....
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar aks Maoists to shun violence
Patna, Jan 22:Art of Living founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today appealed to the Maoists to shun violence and join in the country's development.
"I appeal to ....
- Maoist dies hours after arrest in Jharkhand
Jamshedpur, Jan 15: Gulat Munda, described as a Maoist commander, died in a Jamshedpur hospital a few hours after his arrest, police sources said today.
According to police, Gulat Mun....
- Decline in Maoist violence, claims government
New Delhi, Dec 23: The government today said Maoist violence in the central and eastern parts of the country has declined this year as compared to 2010.
"Naxal (Maoist) violence h....
- Fear of Maoists blocks road projects in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 11: Funds to the tune of Rs.3,000 crore (nearly $600 million) allocated for road construction in Chhattisgarh's interior areas have been lying unutilised for many years as contr....
- Families appeal to Maoists to release labourers
Patna, Dec 11: The distraught family members of seven labourers, who were abducted by Maoists in Bihar's Jamui district two days ago while constructing a bridge, today appealed to the rebel....
- Maoists blow up bridge on key national highway
Raipur, Dec 6: Maoist militants today blew a bridge on a key national highway in Chhattisgarh that connects the state's violence-hit Bastar region to the state capital, police said.
- Kishenji's killing a setback for Maoists: Narayanan
Kolkata, Dec 5: The gunning down of top Maoist leader Kishenji will not end the guerrilla movement but it is a setback for the rebels, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan said here today."T....
- Maoists block highway, damage rail track in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 5: Maoists today blocked a key national highway in Chhattisgarh and damaged a rail track on the second day of their 48-hour shutdown even as three rebels were held with explosives ....
- Maoist-called shutdown hits life in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 4: Normal life in the vast forested interiors of insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh was hit as vehicles went off the roads and people remained indoors in fear as the Maoist-called two-day ....
- Shocked the way Kishenji was killed: Forward Bloc
Kolkata, Dec 3: Expressing its admiration for slain Maoist leader Kishenji but opposing his brand of politics, The All India Forward Bloc today said it was "shocked" over the way he was....
- Kishenji's death not good for country: Shibu Soren
Ranchi, Dec 2: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren said the death of Maoist leader Kishenji was "not good for the country", inviting sharp reaction from political leaders.
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- Suspend violence, let's talk: Chidambaram to insurgents
New Delhi, Nov 30: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today offered talks with insurgents, including Maoists guerrillas, with a rider that they should "suspend violence" first.
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- NHRC to collect facts on Kishenji killing
New Delhi, Nov 28: Taking note of allegations that Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a staged shootout, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said it will collect facts about the....
- Kishenji was given three days to surrender: Mamata
Kolkata, Nov 28: Claiming that slain Maoist leader Kishenji had been given three days' time to surrender by security forces after he was tracked down, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bane....
- Six bullet wounds among 20 injuries on Kishenji's body: Autopsy
Kolkata, Nov 28: There were 20 injuries, including six bullet wounds and two induced by shrapnel, on the body of killed Maoist leader Kishenji, according to the initial autopsy report prepared ....
- Andhra police forcibly shift Kishenji's body to home town
Hyderabad, Nov 26: The body of slain Maoist leader Kishenji was brought to Hyderabad airport today night by his family members but police foiled their attempts to bring it into the city and for....
- Make public Kishenji's autopsy report: CPI-M
Kolkata, Nov 26: Stating there was a controversy behind how Kishenji was killed, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today demanded the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government to....
- Kishenji's niece identifies his body
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Nov 26: The body of one of the top Maoist leaders Kishenji, who was killed in a gun fight with security forces, was today identified by his niece Deepa Rao, Maoist....
- Kishenji's body to be sent to Andhra for last rites
Kolkata, Nov 26: The West Bengal government on Friday decided to send the body of killed Maoist leader Kishenji to Andhra Pradesh after consulting his family and completing procedural formaliti....
- Post Kishenji, security forces hunt for Maoists
Jhargram/Kolkata, Nov 25: A day after killing senior Maoist leader Kishenji, security forces today hunted for his comrades in a large swathe of West Midnapore in West Bengal amid charges that h....
- Kishenji's family wants his body for last rites
Hyderabad, Nov 25: They had not seen him for over three decades but top Maoist leader Kishenji's family members have appealed to the government to hand over his body to see him for the last....
- Police comb forests, hunt for Kishenji's aides
Jhargram, Nov 25: Using sniffer dogs and anti-landmine devices, security forces today carried out combing operations in villages and forests around West Bengal's Burishole, looking for slai....
- Kishanji's death big loss but movement will continue: Varavara Rao
Kolkata, Nov 25: Describing the death of top Maoist leader Kishanji as a "big loss" for the left wing rebels, Maoist ideologue P. Varvara Rao said the movement will not be affected as ....
- Kishanji's ailing mother breaks down
Hyderabad, Nov 25: The ailing mother of Maoist leader Kishanji broke down and collapsed in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district after learning that her son had been killed in West Bengal.
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- Kishanji's killing triggers security alert in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Nov 25: Security forces were put on high alert in Odisha for possible Maoist activities after one of the top guerrillas, Kishanji, was killed in neighbouring West Bengal a day ago,....
- Kishanji: The media-savvy cold-blooded rebel
Kolkata, Nov 25: Tall and slim, the AK-47 assault rifle wielding Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji was the field general and media savvy leader of the banned Maoists. He invoked fear as we....
- Kishanji's niece flying to Kolkata to identify body
Kolkata, Nov 25: Top Maoist Kishanji's niece Deepa will arrive here from Andhra Pradesh along with Telugu poet P. Varvara Rao today afternoon to identify the slain rebel's body, kept in....
- Maoist leader Kishanji 'most likely' killed: home secretary
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 24: Top Maoist leader Kishanji is likely to have been killed in a shootout in West Bengal, union Home Secretary R.K. Singh confirmed today.
Kishanji was "mo....
- Peace initiative to continue, say Bengal interlocutors
Kolkata, Nov 19: Interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal government to broker peace with Maoists today said they will continue the peace initiative at the request of Chief Minister Mamata B....
- Development must to fight Maoists: Jairam Ramesh
West Midnapore(West Bengal), Nov 19: Citing non-development as the main reason why Maoists are flourishing, union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government needed to f....
- Order banning SPOs only for Chhatisgarh, says apex court
New Delhi, Nov 18: The Supreme Court today said its earlier order directing the central and state governments to "cease and desist" from recruiting and deploying the Special Police Off....
- Maoists end ceasefire; Mamata says joint forces operation on
Kolkata, Nov 15: Within hours of the Maoists calling off the ceasefire, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that the joint forces operation against the rebels will be....
- Chidambaram reviews Chhattisgarh's anti-Maoist strategy
Raipur, Nov 15: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today began a high-level meeting here to review the anti-Maoist strategy in Chhattisgarh, one of the states worst-hit by insurgency since the late ....
- Maoists call off cease-fire in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 14: Putting the onus of peace talks on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Maoists in a letter to the interlocutors, publicised today, called off the mutual cease-f....
- Jairam Ramesh visits Maoist-affected Bastar region
Raipur, Nov 10: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today visited Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, a Maoist hotbed since late 1980s, and held a meeting with officials on pushing developme....
- Maoist posters found near Kolkata
Kolkata, Nov 9: Maoist posters condemning the West Bengal government for the relentless price rise and threatening to behead allegedly corrupt politicians were found today in North 24 Parganas....
- Maoists release 15 abducted in Bihar
Patna, Nov 5: Five days after being abducted, 15 people, including 12 labourers, were set free by Maoists in Bihar's Jamui district today, police said.
They were freed near Batia ....
- Mamata Banerjee hints at unleashing joint forces against Maoists
Kolkata, Nov 4: After a Trinamool Congress supporter was killed in Purulia, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hinted at unleashing joint security forces against Maoist guerrillas....
- Aware of Maoists in northeast: Pallam Raju
New Delhi, Nov 2: Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju said today the government was aware of the Maoists spreading their activities in the northeast and was taking steps to contain t....
- Security for trains to be increased in Maoist-hit areas
New Delhi, Nov 1: In order to protect railway property, including tracks, in Maoist-affected areas, the government today decided to deploy additional forces and install CCTVs, said government s....
- Maoists abduct 14 in Bihar
Patna, Nov 1: Over three dozen armed Maoists today abducted 11 labourers and three others from a village in Bihar, police said.
The incident took place in Balthara village in Jamui di....
- Maoists demand Mamata Banerjee's written commitment on talks
Kolkata, Oct 29: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being unwilling for talks, the Maoists have demanded a written commitment from the government on peace initiatives.
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- Maoists attack company site, torch vehicles
Bhubaneswar, Oct 25: Maoists attacked the camp of an infrastructure company in Orissa's Sambalpur district today and torched several of its vehicles used in road construction work, police s....
- Maoist hawks ask Nepal PM to scrap trade pact with India
Kathmandu, Oct 24: The new trade pact inked by Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai during his just-concluded visit to India has come under fire with the hawks in his own party d....
- Special jungle roads needed to combat Maoists, says expert
Raipur, Oct 24: India needs to build a chain of roads exclusively for forces in the jungle terrains of leftist insurgency-hit areas to silence guerrilla guns and regain authority in areas comm....
- After attack, Chhattisgarh hunts for Maoists
Raipur, Oct 22: Several police squads sneaked into the forested parts of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district today in a bid to apprehend Maoists, a day after rebels killed six policemen in an am....
- Apex court orders Soni Sori's medical checkup in Kolkata
New Delhi, Oct 20: The Supreme Court today directed the Chhattisgarh government to take suspected Maoist conduit Soni Sori to a Kolkota hospital for a examination of injuries she allegedly suf....
- Maoists call Junglemahal shutdown Oct 22
Kolkata, Oct 19: Maoist guerillas have called a 24-hour shutdown in West Bengal's Junglemahal region on Saturday to protest against alleged atrocities of the joint security forces and rulin....
- Apex court decision on Soni Sori's medical check on Thursday
New Delhi, Oct 19: The Supreme Court will today pass orders on an independent medical examination of suspected Maoist conduit Soni Sori for the injuries she allegedly suffered while she was in ....
- Talks with Maoists to continue: Bengal interlocutors
Kolkata, Oct 18: The team of interlocutors engaged by the West Bengal government to facilitate talks with the Maoists met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today and later said the dialogue proce....
- Maoists looking for bases in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati, Oct 17: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the Maoists were trying to establish bases in the state with active support from various groups and organisations aimed at destabil....
- Maoists put up posters threatening Trinamool leaders
Kolkata, Oct 16: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day ultimatum to Maoists to choose between guns and negotiation, ultras' posters in Junglemahal today thr....
- Accept mistake about Maoists, Biman Bose tells Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Oct 16: West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose today asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to accept her "mistake" for ignoring the Maoists during her days as oppositi....
- Maoist sympathisers doubt Mamata's commitment to peace talks
Kolkata, Oct 15: Maoist sympathisers and pro-ultra activists today scoffed at the seven-day ultimatum West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given to the Left-wing extremists to choose....
- Top Maoists seek NHRC clearance to donate bodies
Patna, Oct 7: Two top jailed Maoist leaders in Bihar have urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to let them donate their bodies for medical research to a West Bengal hospital, priso....
- Two Maoists held in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 5: Two Maoist guerrillas, who provided logistical support to new recruits in rebel training camps across India, have been arrested in the capital, police said today.
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- Maoists want to kill me, other Trinamool leaders: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Sep 26: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the Maoists wanted to kill her and union minister Mukul Roy, besides other Trinamool Congress leaders."A f....
- Suspected Maoists kill political activist in Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 25: Suspected Maoists shot dead a popular political activist in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today night, police said.
Babu Bose, leader of Jharkhand Party S....
- India, Nepal security talks begin in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Sep 22: Nepal's new Maoist-led government began its first bilateral interaction with India today at a senior level, with security talks kicking off here ahead of Prime Minister ....
- Talks with Maoists if they suspend violence: Chidambaram
Kolkata, Sep 21: The central government is prepared for talks with Maoists even if they do not give up arms and ideology, as long as they suspend violence, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram sa....
- Essar officials questioned over payment to Maoists
Raipur, Sep 20: Senior officials here of the Essar Group have been questioned and others based outside Chhattisgarh will also be interrogated for allegedly paying 'protection money' to ....
- Essar under scanner for paying Maoists
Raipur, Sep 15: Essar Group officials in Chhattisgarh and elsewhere are under police scanner for allegedly paying "protection money" to Maoists, police said today. However, the company ....
- Chhattisgarh: Maoists kill village headman
Raipur, Sep 14: Maoist rebels today killed a village headman in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.
The body of G. Surraiyya, who was sarpanch of Pollampalli, some 500 k....
- PM for integrated development in Maoist areas
New Delhi, Sep 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for "integrated action" in Maoist areas towards "sustainable development for all"."Development in Naxal areas m....
- Maoists kill BJP worker in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3: Maoists shot dead a worker of the opposition Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said today.
The bullet-riddled body of Purnac....
- Special forces, UAVs to be used against Maoists
New Delhi, Aug 30: Specialised India Reserve Battalions would soon be raised to implement and safeguard various development projects in Maoist-affected areas and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)....
- Four Maoists surrender in Uttar Pradesh
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), July 22: Four Maoists surrendered to police with their weapons in this Uttar Pradesh district today, an official said.
The four Maoists - Guddu Singh alias ....
- Surrender arms and talk: Mamata appeals to Maoists
Kolkata, July 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday offered to hold talks with the Maoists and promised that the joint forces operating in the rebel-hit areas would be with....
- Chidambaram hints at talks with Maoists in Bengal
New Delhi, July 6: Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today that there were "suggestions" of talks with Maoists in West Bengal where violence levels had come down sharply.
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- Maharashtra ignoring Maoist menace: BJP
Mumbai, July 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today accused the Maharashtra government of "ignoring" Maoist threats in Gadchiroli district of the state.
Leader of Oppositi....
- Stop using tribals in Salwa Judum, apex court tells Chhattisgarh
New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court today slammed the Chhattisgarh government for using tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the M....
- Supreme Court stops Chhattisgarh from using tribals in Salwa Judum
New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court today slammed the Chhattisgarh government for using tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the M....
- Maoists release 11 abducted villagers in Bihar
Patna, July 3: Eleven villagers abducted by Maoists from Bihar's Munger district were released by the rebels after a day, police said today.
The villagers from Bangalwa Kareli vil....
- Maoists kill four in Bihar
Patna, July 2: Four people were shot dead by Maoists in a village in Bihar's Munger district, police said today.
Nearly 50 armed Maoists stormed Bangalwa Kareli village, about 20....
- Development master remedy against Maoists: PM
New Delhi, June 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said police and intelligence gathering needed to be strengthened to fight Maoist guerrillas but development was the "master remedy"....
- Four Maoists convicted for 2007 massacre of 19
Ranchi, June 22: A local court in Jharkhand today convicted four Maoists for their involvement in the massacre of 19 people, who included former chief minister Babulal Marandi's son Anu, i....
- Railway cop killed in Maoist blast
Ranchi, June 20: A head constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was killed and three others were injured when Maoists blew up a rail engine in Jharkhand's Bokaro district today, an ....
- Curbs on night trains in Maoist areas extended
Kolkata, June 16: Restrictions on movement of passenger trains during night in Maoist-affected areas of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand will continue till June 23, a railway statement said he....
- Maoists strike Bihar railway station
Patna, June 16: Maoists today set ablaze a portion of a railway station and blew up four mobile phone towers during a 24-hour shut down called by them to protest the arrest of one of their top....
- Maoist torch three coal trucks
Ranchi, June 15: Maoist guerrillas set three coal-laden trucks on fire in Jharkhand early today, police said.
Around 15 to 20 Maoists stopped three coal-laden trucks near Kalyanpur K....
- Chhattisgarh's wounded cop found a week after Maoist ambush
Raipur, May 30: The lone policeman who was declared missing after Maoists ambushed a 10-member police squad near the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border last week was found lying unconscious near the at....
- Nine Chhattisgarh policemen killed in Maoist ambush
Raipur, May 24: The bodies of nine police personnel, including an additional superintendent of police, who were missing since Monday afternoon after Maoists ambushed their vehicle near the Chh....
- Maoists shutdown hits life in Chhattisgarh interiors
Raipur, May 21: A two-day shutdown called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has hit life in forested interiors of Chhattisgarh, particularly the sprawling Bastar regi....
- 150 Maoists torch vehicles of private firm
Ranchi, May 15: Over 150 Maoists set afire 29 vehicles, including trucks, of a private road construction company in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district and engaged in a gun battle with the firm....
- Maoists blast JMM MP's house
Ranchi, May 11: Maoists have blown up Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP and former rebel leader Kameshwar Baitha's ancestral house in Palamau district in Jharkhand, police said today.
- Chhatradhar Mahato's election agent released on bail
Kolkata, May 6: Pro-Maoist tribal outfit's chief Chhatradhar Mahato's election agent, who was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a murder case, was bailed out by a loca....
- Pro-Maoist leader makes things tough for CPI-M
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 6: He is a jailed pro-Maoist leader, accused in at least 31 cases, who has stepped into the democratic process. Chhatradhar Mahato's entry into the electoral fra....
- Five killed in Maoist attack
Nagpur, May 5: At least five members of a marriage party were killed and three others injured when Maoists exploded a landmine in a forested area in Dhanora region of Gadchiroli district today ....
- Maoists' boycott call will not affect polls: Chidambaram
Kolkata, April 25: Terming the Maoists as being out of sync with time, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the rebels' boycott call has not affected polling in the West Bengal ass....
- Maoists, police gun fight in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, April 24; A brief gun battle broke out between police and Maoists in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district today, an official said.
The gun fight took p....
- Maoists pose grave security threat: Sonia Gandhi
Nalhati (West Bengal), April 20: Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said the Maoist movement poses a grave threat to internal security and the central government is helpi....
- Maoists sneak into Bengal to disrupt polls
Bhubaneswar, April 20: At least 150 hard core Maoist rebels have sneaked into West Bengal from Orissa to stir up violence and disrupt the state assembly polls, a senior police official said tod....
- CBI to probe Azad's killing, Supreme Court told
New Delhi, April 18: The probe into the killings of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and freelance journalist Hem Chandra Pandey in an alleged shootout in July last year will be hand....
- Agnivesh to discuss Maoist talks with Hazare Saturday
New Delhi, April 15: Rights activist Swami Agnivesh will discuss the feasibility of Anna Hazare joining the peace talks with Maoist guerrillas when he meets the social reformer here Saturday.
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- Maoists call for poll boycott
Kolkata, April 11: Describing the electoral process as a 'farce', the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) today gave a call to boycott the elections in West Bengal and other st....
- Maoists kill former CPI-M activist
Kolkata, April 4: Maoists killed a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
"Gagan Mahato was trav....
- Maoist posters found in Kolkata
Kolkata, April 2: Maoist posters protesting the killing of rebel leader Sashadhar Mahato and demanding withdrawal of joint forces from the forest areas of three West Bengal districts were found....
- Maoists kill alleged police spy
Raipur, March 25: Maoists dragged a 50-year-old man from his home and shot him dead in a Chhattisgarh forest, alleging he was a spy, police said today.
The killing of Kirtan Mandawi t....
- Chhattisgarh tribals allege torture, police say 'propaganda'
Raipur, March 23: Tribals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district have alleged that security forces burnt their huts, stole money and sexually assaulted women during anti-Maoist operations, bu....
- Forest official killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, March 22: Maoists forcibly took away a forest official of the deputy ranger rank from his official residence and hacked him to death in Chhattisgarh, police said today.
The ki....
- Maoists blow up water pump in Jharkhand
Ranchi, March 18: Maoists blew up a water pump in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district early today, police said.
According to police, the guerrillas blasted the water pump situated....
- Maoists violate human rights, deprive students of education
New Delhi, March 16: In a country like India where education for all is touted as the main agenda of every socio-economic plan, school buildings are being brought to rubble by the Maoist rebels....
- Maoists blow up school, mobile phone tower in Bihar
Patna, March 16: Maoists blasted a state-run school and a mobile phone tower in Bihar's Gaya district early today, police said.
Armed guerrillas surrounded and blew up the school ....
- Maoists torch vehicles, blast mobile tower in Bihar
Patna, March 15: Protesting the killing of their two supporters in alleged fake police shootouts, Maoists today enforced a 24-hour strike, setting ablaze 10 vehicles and blasting two mobile pho....
- Orissa officials advised to avoid Maoist areas
Bhubaneswar, March 14: The Orissa government has issued an advisory to district authorities and police officials asking them not to visit Maoist-hit areas, especially during night, an official ....
- Bihar: six Maoists gunned down, weaponry confiscated
Motihari (Bihar), Mar 14: In the early hours today, six Maoists were killed and eight were taken under arrest. The incidents took place following an encounter between security forces and Naxali....
- Maoists call for shutdown in four states
Kolkata, March 12: The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a 48-hour shutdown in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa from Sunday to protest the "killing" of....
- Jharkhand: Maoist arrested, explosives seized
Ranchi, March 10; A Maoist involved in over 13 crimes was arrested and explosives recovered from him on the outskirts of Jharkhand's capital Ranchi today, police said.
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- Abducted Bengal cop untraced
Kolkata, March 6: A police constable, suspected to have been abducted by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, remained untraced for the third day, police said today.
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- Orissa Maoist leader arrested with arms
Bhubaneswar, March 5: An Orissa state committee member of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist was arrested today from Bargarh district, police said.
Satrughan Biswal alias Ma....
- Three Maoists surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, March 5: Three Maoists, two of them minors, on Friday surrendered to the police in Orissa's Keonjhar district, an officer said.
Sadhu Mahakud (16), Mahendra (15) and ....
- Four Maoists granted bail in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, March 4: Four Maoists including three women, whose release was sought by rebels during the hostage crisis in Orissa last month, got conditional bail today from the state high court....
- No night trains in Maoist areas till March 10
Kolkata, March 3: The restrictions on passenger trains at night in Maoist areas of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand will continue till March 10, the South Eastern Railway said today.
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- Nepal's Maoists finally set to join government
Kathmandu, March 3: Almost 23 months after the first government headed by the former Maoist guerrillas collapsed, the once underground party is now set to return to power after blowing hot and ....
- Maoists blow up mobile tower in Bihar
Patna, March 1: Maoists blew up a mobile tower of a private telecom operator in Bihar's Jamui district early today as they enforced a two-day strike in the eastern part of the state to prot....
- Chhattisgarh spends Rs.1,200 crore on roads in Maoist areas
Raipur, March 1: Chhattisgarh, one of the worst Leftist insurgency-hit states of India, has spent a whopping Rs.1,223 crore for creating a road network since 2003-04 in areas hit by Maoist mili....
- Maoists call two-day strike in Bihar
Patna, Feb 27: A day after six Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police in a forested area of Bihar, the guerrillas today called for a two-day strike in the eastern parts of the state begi....
- Six Maoists killed in Bihar gunfight, one nabbed
Patna, Feb 26: At least six Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police in a forested area of Bihar today, police said. A guerrilla was arrested and arms and ammunition recovered from the sit....
- Orissa collector released by Maoists
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24: Maoist rebels today released Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna in Orissa after keeping him in captivity for eight days, officials said.
"He is r....
- Orissa hostage crisis: Mediators flown to Malkangiri
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24: Continuing its efforts to secure the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna, the Orissa government today rushed two mediators to Malkangiri dis....
- Orissa intensifies efforts for collector's release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24: Malkangiri district collector R. Vineel Krishna continued to be in Maoist custody for the eighth day today even as Orissa intensified efforts for his release by evening. Ne....
- Maoists set new demands for collector's release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: In a dramatic turn of events, Maoists late today put forth several new demands for the release of abducted collector R. Vineel Krishna, their mediators said.
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- Engineer freed, Orissa awaits collector Krishna
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: Orissa's junior engineer Pabitra Mohan Majhi, freed by Maoists from their custody today, said the kidnapped Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna was safe and....
- Orissa: Maoist ideologue gets bail, unwilling to leave jail
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: Ganti Prasadam, a Maoist ideologue whose release was sought by the rebels in exchange for an abducted Orissa collector, was today granted bail but is unwilling to leave jai....
- Orissa collector will be freed in 48 hours: Released engineer
Malkangiri (Orissa), Feb 23: Orissa junior engineer Pabitra Mohan Majhi, who was freed by Maoists today, said Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna was "in good health" and th....
- Orissa anxiously awaits arrival of hostages at home
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: Thousands of people in Orissa today anxiously awaited for the arrival of a district collector and a junior engineer kidnapped by Maoists last week after a mediator said the....
- Five Maoists among 82 prisoners writing Bengal board exams
Kolkata, Feb 23; Eightytwo prisoners, including five Maoists, lodged in various correctional homes in West Bengal appeared in the state's secondary board examination that started today,....
- Orissa agrees to Maoists demands, hostages' release soon
Bhubaneswar, Feb 22: A district collector and an engineer kidnapped by Maoists in Orissa last week will be back home in 48 hours as the state government had agreed to most of the demands of the....
- Mediators meet top Maoist for Orissa hostages' release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 22: Two mediators today met a top Maoist leader, who was brought to a jail in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa to speed up negotiations for the release of a district collector and a junior....
- Hostage crises: Top Maoist brought to Bhubaneswar for talks
Bhubaneswar, Feb 22: The Orissa government today brought here a top Maoist to speed up the negotiation process for the release of a district collector and a junior engineer held hostage by Maoi....
- Maoists hostage crisis: Orissa government agrees to eight of 14 demands
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21: Orissa has agreed to eight of the 14 demands made by the Maoists holding a district collector and a junior engineer hostage for the past five days, state Home Secretary U.N....
- Hostages safe, discussion on: Orissa home secretary
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21: Orissa Home Secretary U.N. Behera today said the two state officials kidnapped by Maoists Feb 16 were safe.
"All the issues they have raised ..we are discussi....
- Chhattisgarh probes engineer's donation to Maoists
Raipur, Feb 21: The case of a donation made by a government official to the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was being probed by the Chhattisgarh police, state Home Ministe....
- Orissa hostage crisis may linger, says mediator
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21: The release of an Orissa district collector and a junior engineer who have been in Maoist captivity since Feb 16 may take some more time as a key rebel ideologue is still b....
- Hostage crisis: Maoist bandh hits life in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21: A 24-hour statewide bandh called by Maoists hit normal life in parts of Orissa today, police said.
The rebels, who abducted Malkangiri district collector R. Vinee....
- Orissa hostage crisis: Talks inconclusive, to resume today
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21: Four days after a district collector and an engineer were abducted by the Maoists, the Orissa government on Sunday began talks with the mediators chosen by the rebels. The ....
- Maoists hostage crisis: Orissa talks to mediators
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20: Intensifying efforts for the release of a district collector and an engineer abducted by the Maoists, Orissa today began talks with two mediators chosen by the rebels, an o....
- Orissa may facilitate release of Maoist leaders
Bhubaneshwar, Feb 20: The Orissa government may give in to the Maoists demand of release of their jailed leaders in exchange for abducted Malkangiri collector and an engineer, sources said toda....
- Mediators reach Orissa for talks with Maoists
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20: Human right activists and academicians G. Haragopal and R. Someswar Rao arrived in the Orissa capital today to mediate with Maoists for the release of a district collector ....
- Hostages safe, Orissa intensifies efforts for release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19: Two Orissa officials kidnapped by Maoists on Wednesday are safe and in good health in rebel custody as the state intensified its efforts to free the district collector and ....
- Bihar alerts officials in Maoist-hit areas
Patna, Feb 19: The Bihar government has asked top officials in the state's Maoist-hit districts to take all precautionary measures during their official visits to rural areas. It sounded an....
- Maoists kill CPI-M worker in West Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 19: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker was shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
"The locals informed a....
- Orissa: Backdoor talks on, Maoists urged to extend deadline
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: The Orissa government today urged Maoists holding Malkangiri Collector R. Vineel Krishna hostage to extend their 48-hour deadline for acceptance of their demands even as it....
- Backdoor talks on, Orissa urges Maoists to extend deadline
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: Even as backchannel talks were today to secure the release of Malkangiri district collector and an engineer from Maoist captivity, Orissa has appealed to the rebels to exte....
- West Bengal: Man held for murder sent to police custody
Kolkata, Feb 18: A West Bengal court today sent a man arrested for Tuesday's killing of a teenager, who was protesting against the harassment of his sister, to police custody for 14 days.
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- Orissa collector still hostage, Maoists snap road links
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: Amid hectic back channel talks, Maoists in Orissa today snapped road links to Malkangiri and submitted a fresh set of demands to release the collector of the district who c....
- West Bengal: 2 Maoists held; arms, ammunition seized
Kolkata, Feb 18: Two Maoist cadres were arrested and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered form their hideout in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
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- Hostage crisis: Orissa CM urges Maoists to extend deadline
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appealed to the Maoists not to harm the Malkangiri district collector and an engineer they are holding captive and urged them to ....
- Orissa begins backdoor talks with Maoists for collector's release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: After halting anti-Maoist operations, Orissa has began back channel discussions with the rebels as the 48-hour deadline given by them for the release of an Orissa district ....
- Chhattisgarh had intelligence on Maoists' abduction plan
Raipur, Feb 17: A day before Orissa Maoists abducted a district collector on Wednesday, the police chief of neighbouring Chhattisgarh had warned his state's chief secretary, on the basis of....
- Maoists set conditions for Orissa collector's release
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17: Giving a 48-hour ultimatum, Maoists have demanded a halt on combing operations to release an Orissa district collector, police said today, a day after the abduction. This i....
- Ban on night trains in Maoist areas extended
Kolkata, Feb 17:Restrictions on movement of passenger trains during night in Maoist-affected areas of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand will continue till Feb 24, a railway statement said here ....
- Maoists abduct district collector in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17: The collector of Orissa's Malkangiri district, who went missing on Wednesday evening, has been kidnapped by the Maoists who have set two conditions for his release, aut....
- Two Maoists held in Bengal raids
Kolkata, Feb 15: Two Maoist squad members were arrested in police raids from two western districts of West Bengal, police said today.
"Uttam Mahato, an active member of the Maoist....
- An appeal to Maoists, administration to reopen school in Bihar
Patna, Feb 15: Hundreds of students of a school in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district have appealed to the Maoists and the district administration to help them resume classes which were stopped a....
- Maoists blow up school in Bihar
Patna, Feb 15: Suspected Maoists blew up a state-run school in Bihar's Gaya district at night, leaving it badly damaged, police said today.
According to police, Maoist guerrillas ....
- No government nod yet to fire back at Maoists: Army chief
New Delhi, Feb 14: The army is yet to get the government's nod to fire in self-defence at the Maoists if the troops come under attack while training in areas infested by the insurgents in C....
- Suspected Maoists kill youth in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 14: Maoists rebels gunned down a man in West Bengal's West Midnapore district alleging that he was a police informer, police said today.
"The bullet-riddled body ....
- Better time now for peace talks with Maoists: Social activist
Raipur, Feb 12: A day after ensuring the safe release of five Chhattisgarh policemen who spent 18 days in Maoist captivity, social activist Swami Agnivesh today asked the chief minister of Indi....
- Three Maoists from Assam held in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12: Three Maoist activists from Assam were arrested in Orissa's Sundergarh district today, police said.
They were arrested from Saranda forest area. One of them i....
- Maoists free abducted cops in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Feb 11: Maoists released five Chhattisgarh policemen tonight in the state's restive Bastar region whom they had abducted on Jan 25 from a passenger bus. The rebels handed over the p....
- Maoists release five abducted cops in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Feb 11: Maoists today released five policemen they had abducted in Chhattisgarh late last month, police said.
The five policemen belong to the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF).....
- Three Maoists killed in Orissa gunfight
Bhubaneswar, Feb 11: At least three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police and security personnel in a forested area of Orissa today, police said.
The rebels opened fired in th....
- Maoists kill Special Police Officer in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 11: Maoists today gunned down a special police officer (SPO) in an interior part of Orissa, police said.
Narenga Mallik was killed near Denguda village in Kandhamal d....
- Maoists torch police post in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10: In two incidents in Orissa today, over 50 Maoists torched a police outpost in the communally sensitive district of Kandhamal while five rebels were held in Keonjhar distric....
- Maoist leader killed in Orissa gunfight
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8: A Maoist was killed in a gunfight in a forested area near the steel city of Rourkela in Orissa today, police said.
Samir Khalko, area commander of the Communist Pa....
- Suspected Maoists torch trucks in Bengal, one injured
Kolkata, Feb 7: Suspected Maoists set fire to three trucks, resulting in severe burns to a driver, in West Bengal's West Midnapore district for defying their call for a daylong shutdown tod....
- More explosive chemical recovered from Ranchi
Ranchi, Feb 7: The seizure of 40 sacks of ammonium nitrate in two separate incidents from this city and its outskirts is the latest indicator that the Jharkhand capital may be turing into a hub....
- Chhattisgarh: Abducted policemen still in Maoist captivity, families anxious
Raipur, Feb 7: Five policemen, abducted from a passenger bus at gun point, are still being held captive by Maoists in Chhattisgarh and police searches have failed to trace them despite raids in....
- Maoist strike hits life in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7: A daylong strike called by Maoists to protest against price rise and corruption affected life in southern districts of Orissa today with both private and commercial vehicles....
- Chhattisgarh: Maoists blast police outpost in tourist destination Chitrakot
Raipur, Feb 7: Maoists in Chhattisgarh blew up an under-construction police outpost at the tourist location of Chitrakot, blocked a national highway and disrupted life in the interiors of Basta....
- Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Feb 7: Maoist guerrillas blew up railway tracks at two places in Jharkhand early today while enforcing a daylong shutdown, affecting train services, police said.
"Maoists ....
- Maoist hideout busted in Bengal, arms seized
Kolkata, Feb 3: Security personnel today recovered a sophisticated firearm, explosives and huge cache of ammunition from a Maoist hideout in West Bengal's West Midapore district, police sai....
- Jharkhand: Maoist slit contractor's throat
Ranchi, Feb 3: Maoist rebels killed a contractor by slitting his throat in Jharkhand's Chatra district today, police said.
Asraf Mian was abducted from his house in Giddhor area a....
- Chhattisgarh: For cops' release, stop army training centre demand Maoists
Raipur, Feb 3: Maoists in Chhattisgarh say they will release five captive policemen only if the government gives up its plan to set up an army training centre in a forested territory.
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- Three Maoists nabbed in West Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 2: Three Maoists were arrested from a forest in West Bengal's Bankura district today when they were holding a secret meeting, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, police....
- Suspected Maoists kill CPI-M supporter in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 2: The body of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter killed by suspected Maoists was found near Sapdhara village in West Bengal's Jhargram police district today,....
- Soldiers of sorrow: Maoists or children?
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2: "I thought it would be fun, but now I realise that I should go back to school...I was tortured in the Maoist camp," said 12-year-old Rajani Mota Majhi, who has surre....
- Maoists send demands for release of abducted Chhattisgarh cops
Raipur, Feb 1: Maoists today finally sent a list of demands to authorities in Chhattisgarh to release five policemen they had abducted on Jan 25 in the state's Narayanpur district.
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- Suspected Maoists attack Bengal CPI-M leaders' houses
Kolkata, Feb 1: A group of suspected Maoists today damaged and looted two houses of Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) leaders in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
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- West Bengal: Suspected 'Maoists' arrested from Trinamool-controlled guest house
Kolkata, Jan 31: Two suspected Maoists said to be involved in the attack on a paramilitary force camp last year were arrested from a guest house of the Trinamool Congress(TMC)-run Midnapore mun....
- Jharkhand: Maoists kill four, torch bus, blast CRPF water pump
Ranchi, Jan 31: Maoist guerrillas killed four people, set a bus on fire and blasted a water tank and pump of paratroopers in four incidents in Jharkhand, police said today.
The guerri....
- Uttar Pradesh: Five arrested with explosives in Maoist-affected area
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 31: Five men were arrested in this Uttar Pradesh district affected with Maoists with a cache of explosives, police said today.
Over 5,000 gelatine sticks....
- Maoists kill three youths, torch bus in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 31: Maoist guerrillas slit throats of three people and set a bus on fire at two places of Jharkhand, police said today.
The guerrillas of Jharkhand Liberation Tiger (JLT) ....
- Two Maoists arrested in Jharkhand, weapons recovered
Ranchi, Jan 30: Two Maoist rebels were arrested today from two places in Jharkhand and seven weapons were seized from them, police said.
Suimanji, an area commander of the banned Comm....
- Nine Maoists killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 28: At least nine Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Jharkhand's Latehar district early today, police said.
"We got information a....
- Abducted Chhattisgarh policemen untraceable, Maoists mum
Raipur, Jan 28: Five policemen and a civilian abducted by Maoists three days ago in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district remained untraceable today despite extensive search operations while t....
- Orissa: Village headman held for helping Maoists
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28: A sarpanch (village council chief) in Orissa's Sundergarh district was arrested on Thursday for supplying explosives to Maoists, police said.
Srikant Samant o....
- Orissa: Village headman held for helping Maoists
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28: A sarpanch (village council chief) in Orissa's Sundergarh district was arrested on Thursday for supplying explosives to Maoists, police said.
Srikant Samant o....
- Jharkhand children hoist tricolour despite blast by Maoists
Ranchi, Jan 26: Maoists' move to disrupt Republic Day celebrations early today with a bomb blast could not deter Jharkhand's school children from hoisting the national flag and celebrat....
- Maoists threaten Indian democracy: Chhattisgarh Governor
Raipur, Jan 26: Describing Maoists as "inhuman and a threat to Indian democracy", Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt said today that the country would crush the challenges of "viole....
- Explosives seized from Maoist hideout in Ranchi
Ranchi, Jan 25: A huge cache of explosives was recovered from a Maoist hideout in Jharkhand's Chatra district today, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house at Son....
- Maoists abduct five Chhattisgarh policemen
Raipur, Jan 25: On the eve of Republic Day, Maoist rebels stopped a public transport bus in a forested area in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region today and abducted six passengers, includ....
- Three Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 24: Three Maoist guerrillas, wanted for murder and other serious offences, were arrested in Jharkhand today, police said.
Pawan Gope, commander of People's Liberation ....
- Jharkhand Maoist leader held in Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 24: A woman member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist's (CPI-Maoist) Jharkhand unit was arrested today in West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said.
"Ak....
- Condemn Trinamool-Maoist nexus, CPI-M urges people
Kolkata, Jan 24: In the wake of the recent killings of the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal's Maoist-infested districts, the party's state secretary B....
- Five villagers abducted by Maoists in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 23: Five villagers were abducted by Maoists from Jharkhand's Chatra district today, police said.
"Maoist guerrillas abducted five people from Khirgadda village und....
- Protect tribal interests to root out Maoism: NHRC member
Kolkata, Jan 23: A prominent member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asserted that the state could not authorise its police or paramilitary to kill Maoists, and called upon au....
- Don't want intellectuals to support Maoists: Narayanan
Kolkata, Jan 23: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan today said intellectuals should not support the Maoist ideology and actions.
"We don't want intellectuals to support Maois....
- Three killed by suspected Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 23: Three unidentified people were killed and one person was injured when suspected Maoists opened fire near a tea stall in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said t....
- West Bengal: CPI-M leader shot dead in West Midnapore
Kolkata, Jan 22: Suspected Maoists gunned down a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
"Rabi Mahato, a C....
- Maoism becoming fashionable, says Bengal governor
Kolkata, Jan 21: Expressing concern over Maoism becoming "fashionable" in universities, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan today said the ideology was apparently gaining an upper hand ....
- Prove my links with Maoists, Mahasweta Devi tells West Bengal CM
Kolkata, Jan 20: Countering West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's allegations that the civil rights group she heads has Maoist links, Magsaysay Award winning writer Mahasweta....
- Two Maoists, medicine supplier held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Jan 20: Two Maoists and a long time supplier of medicines to the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were held in Chhattisgarh, police said today.
"A med....
- Five Maoists held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 19: Five Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Jharkhand's Palamau district today, police said.
Acting on a tip off, the police nabbed the Maoists from Dewan Bigha vill....
- Chhattisgarh seeks waiver on anti-Maoist forces expenditure
Raipur, Jan 19: Chhattisgarh, reeling under Maoist militancy for about three decades, has sought about Rs.800 crore waiver after the central government asked it to meet the expenditure incurred....
- Maoist make new threats as foreign secretary begins Nepal visit
Kathmandu, Jan 18: As Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, the first high-ranking official sent by New Delhi since Nepal entered a new stage in its peace process, begins her three-day visit t....
- One man gunned down by suspected pro-Maoists in Bengal
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Jan 18: The bullet-riddled body of a man suspected to have been killed by the pro-Maoist Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) was found in Lalgarh in ....
- Two Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 17: Two Maoist guerrillas were arrested today from Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said.
According to police, the two rebels belonging to the People's Liberatio....
- Maoist court sentences two to death in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 17: Two people were shot dead by Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district after a 'janta durbar' (people's court) of the guerrillas held them guilty for misusing the ....
- Three Maoists escape from jail in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 17: Three Maoist guerrillas, involved in killing more than three dozen security personnel, escaped from a jail in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand early today, police said.
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- CRPF trooper killed in gunfight with Maoists
Patna, Jan 17: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and another seriously injured in a gunfight with Maoists in Bihar's Gaya district today, police said.
The s....
- Maoists blow up offices of self-help group, CPI-M
Kolkata, Jan 17: Suspected Maoists blew up a self-help group's office and torched a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) office in West Midnapore district early today, police said.
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- Orissa to double strength of anti-Maoist force
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16: Orissa will double the strength of its elite anti-Maoist force - the Special Operations Group (SOG) - to reduce its dependence on central paramilitary forces, a senior offi....
- 3D mapping helping police fight Maoists in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 16: The Jharkhand Police has adopted the latest technology of 3D mapping to to take on the Maoists in the state.
"The 3D mapping is helping us in getting familiar with....
- Using army against Maoists not desirable: Army chief
New Delhi, Jan 15: Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh has said it "was not desirable" to use the armed forces in anti-Maoist operations as the Left-wing rebellion is being viewed "....
- Five Maoists, including a boy, surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Jan 15: Five tribal Maoists, among them a juvenile, an area committee member and a woman, surrendered before police in Orissa today, an official said.
The rebels identifi....
- Jharkhand: Four Maoists arrested, cash and explosives seized
Ranchi, Jan 14: Four Maoists were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand today and Rs.4.75 lakh in cash and explosives were seized from them, police said.
Two Maoists were arrested ....
- Army seeks revision in rules of engagement in Maoist-hit areas
New Delhi, Jan 14: The Indian Army, which is setting up a training centre in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh, said today it has sought a revision in its rules of engagement to legally protect its troop....
- Government to pump in Rs 6 bn to fight Maoists
New Delhi, Jan 13: The government is pumping in Rs.580 crore (Rs 5.8 billion) under a special security scheme which would include strengthening road connectivity and recruiting 12,000 more spec....
- 379 Maoists on hunger strike in Chhattisgarh jail
Raipur, Jan 12: As many as 379 Maoists lodged in a jail in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district continued their hunger strike for the second day Wednesday, demanding that they b....
- Two Maoists killed in Orissa gunfight
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12: Two Maoists were killed today in Orissa's mineral rich Keonjhar district during a gunfight with police, an official said.
Based on a tip-off, police raided th....
- Why not order CBI probe in Lalgarh carnage: Court
Kolkata, Jan 11: The Calcutta High Court today ordered the West Bengal government to respond to allegations made in a suit seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Jan 7 k....
- Pro-Maoist shutdown hits life of three Bengal districts
Kolkata, Jan 11: The second day of the 72-hour shut down called by the pro-Maoist group - Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) - evoked partial response in parts of three Ma....
- Three injured in Maoist blast in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11: Three officials of the state agriculture department sustained injuries, one of them critically, after Maoists triggered a landmine blast in Orissa's Koraput district to....
- Several Maoists killed, says Chhattisgarh police
Raipur, Jan 11: Several Maoists were killed in a gun-fight between police and the rebels today afternoon in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region but none of the dead bodies could be re....
- Three women Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Jan 11: Three women Maoists were arrested on Monday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
The women rebels, who are in early 20s, were picked up from an in....
- Chhattisgarh to bolster anti-Maoist forces
Raipur, Jan 10: Battling rising Maoist militancy, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to add another 2,400 special police officers (SPOs) to be drawn from local youths to combat the guerril....
- Nine Maoists killed in Orissa gunfight
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: Nine Maoists were killed in a gunfight between security forces and the guerrillas in Orissa's Rayagada district early today, police said. The gun battle took place in a ....
- Three Maoists killed in Jharkhand gunfight
Ranchi, Jan 9: Three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district today, police said.
"Three hardcore Maoist guerrillas were kille....
- Suspected Maoists kill one in West Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 9: A group of suspected Maoists gunned down a villager in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
"Jamil Soren of Garra village near Lalgarh was....
- 'Disturbed' West Bengal Governor asks government to act decisively
Kolkata, Jan 7: Saying he was "deeply disturbed and concerned" over the killing of seven people in a clash between two groups today near Maoist-affected Lalgarh, West Bengal Governor M.....
- Chidambaram summons Buddhadeb to Delhi 'immediately'
New Delhi, Jan 7: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today summoned West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to Delhi "immediately" in the wake of the "grave incident" of se....
- Security forces cannot solve every problem in Chhattisgarh: Court
New Delhi, Jan 7: The apex court today observed that sending security forces to Maoist-affected Chhattisgarh for dealing with every problem would not lead to a solution.
The court als....
- Bar on night train journeys in Maoist areas extended
Kolkata, Jan 7: The restrictions on movement of passenger trains during night in Maoist-affected areas of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand will continue till Jan 13, the South Eastern Railway ....
- Seven Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Jan 6: Seven male cadres of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested today in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
The arrests....
- Five women Maoists surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6: Five women Maoists, including a local deputy commander, surrendered today in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said. All the rebels were below 17 years of age.
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- Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh gun battle
Raipur, Jan 5: Two Maoist guerrillas were killed late on Tuesday in a gunfight with police in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-riddled Bastar region, a senior official said.
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- 50 kg IED recovered in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 4: Averting a major tragedy, police recovered a 50 kg improvised explosive device (IED) during anti-Maoist operations in Jharkhand's Latehar district today.
The IED bo....
- We support Mamata, she should quit cabinet: Maoists
Kolkata, Jan 4; Expressing support to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress for defeating the Marxists in West Bengal, the Maoists have urged the railway minister to resign from the ca....
- Maoist killed in Bengal gunfight
Kolkata, Jan 4: A Maoist was killed and another injured today in a gun battle with security forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
Acting on intelligence in....
- Land mine planted by Maoists detected in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: A land mine, packed with 100 kg explosives, planted by the Maoists under a small bridge was detected by police today in Orissa's mineral-rich Jajpur district, official s....
- Tribals should unite to fight Maoism: BJP MP
Raipur, Jan 4: Tribal people should put up a united face to fight rising Maoist militancy in Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Saba MP and tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai said on Monday.
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- Life in Chhattisgarh hit as Maoists protest
Raipur, Jan 3: Normal life was hit in the forested areas of Chhattisgarh for the second consecutive day today as the Maoists continued their Jan 2-8 protest week against the conviction of right....
- Maoists ready for talks if Azad's killing probed: Agnivesh
Kolkata, Jan 3: The Maoists are prepared for talks if the central government initiates a judicial probe into the death of rebel leader Azad alias Cherukuri Rajkumar, social activist Swami Agniv....
- Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 2: A Maoist commander wanted in more than 17 criminal cases was arrested from Jharkhand's Chatra district today, police said.
According to police, Devendra Ganju, zona....
- Three Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 2: Three Maoists were arrested from West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
"We arrested the three today from Lakxmanpur area of the district,&#....
- Three women among five Maoists killed in Orissa gunfight
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2: At least five Maoists, including three women, were killed in a fierce gunfight with the police in Orissa's Jajpur district early today, officials said.
Police ....
- No night move for trains in Maoist-hit areas till Jan 6
Kolkata, Dec 30: The restrictions on movement of passenger trains during night in Maoist-affected areas of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand will continue till Jan 6, the South Eastern Railway ....
- Maoists may be losing ground in West Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 30: When Maoists derailed a train in West Bengal in May killing 148 people, the guerrillas appeared to be on the offensive. As 2010 draws to a close, however, the rebels seem to be....
- Pro-Maoist shutdown cripples life in three Bengal districts
Kolkata, Dec 29: Normal life was thrown out of gear in portions of three Maoist affected districts of West Bengal today, the second day of the 48-hour shutdown enforced by the pro-Maoist People....
- Maoists damage rail tracks in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 28: Maoists targeted railway tracks in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region for the second consecutive day today, causing the derailment of two engines and disrupting train serv....
- Maoist damage rail tracks, NMDC shipments at halt
Raipur, Dec 27: Iron ore shipments by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, were halted today from its key mines in Chhattisgarh after Maoists damag....
- Maoists torch houses of three CPI-M supporters in West Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 27: Armed Maoists torched houses of three supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in two villages of West Midnapore district in West Bengal late on Sunday night,....
- Maoists sabotage derails iron ore-laden train in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 27: A goods train derailed and iron ore shipments by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer in the public sector, were halted today from its mines in Chhattisgarh after the....
- Two arms suppliers to Nepali Maoists nabbed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 26: A gang supplying arms to Nepali Maoists was busted with the arrest of two people near the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The Special Operatio....
- CRPF trooper killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Raipur, Dec 26: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed today in an attack by Maoists in the jungle areas of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
Th....
- Are Maoists on the backfoot in Orissa?
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26: Offensives by security forces and the refusal of people to join have hit hard Maoists in Orissa, police say. But experts are not so sure and say the guerrillas are only lyi....
- Trooper killed in West Bengal landmine blast by Maoists
Kolkata, Dec 25: An elite anti-Maoist battalion central trooper was killed and four others were injured in a landmine blast during an exchange of fire between the security forces and the guerri....
- Suspected Maoists kill four in West Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 24 Suspected Maoists killed four political activists, including two of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) while two rebels were nabbed in West Bengal today.
- Maoists kill CRPF trooper in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 24: Maoists killed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today during the fifth and final phase of panchayat polls in the state, p....
- Binayak Sen's conviction shocking, say activists
New Delhi, Dec 24: Human rights activists today reacted with shock at rights campaigner Binayak Sen being held guilty of sedition and conspiracy by a Chhattisgarh court, with many saying that t....
- Maoists disrupt panchayat polls in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 24: The Maoists set on fire three vehicles and disrupted voting at a polling booth in Jharkhand's Garwah district during the last leg of the panchayat polls today, police said.
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- Maoists blast three bridges in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 23: Maoist guerrillas blew up three bridges in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region today, police said.
The rebels blew up the bridges in Kirandul area in Dantewada di....
- Mamata talks of resignation, then backtracks
Kolkata, Dec 23: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that she will "resign from any post" if she failed to prove that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was....
- NMDC resumes full iron ore shipment after Maoist shutdown
Raipur, Dec 22: Iron ore shipment by state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd has reached its peak levels after three weeks of disruption at its key mining facilities in Ch....
- Maoists torch five vehicles in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 22: Maoists set on fire five vehicles at a construction site in Jharkhand, police said today.
"Around 50-60 guerrillas raided the site near Damodar river late Tuesday.....
- Three Maoists arrested with 12 wireless sets in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 21L: Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Jharkhand's Bokaro district and wireless sets as well as explosives recovered from them, police said today.
The three w....
- Fight against Naxalism requires security, development: PM
New Delhi, Dec 20: The fight against Maoist insurgency is not limited to security agencies and development is also necessary, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
Speaking at the....
- Three Maoists held in Orissa with weapons
Bhubaneswar, Dec 20: Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district early today, police said.
The rebels in the age group of 20-25 years were arrested from ....
- Maoists blow up culvert in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Dec 20: Maoists blew up a culvert in Orissa's Koraput district using a landmine, police said today.
The incident happened late on Sunday near Dhepaguda village, over ....
- Pro-Maoist activist killed in West Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 19: A member of a pro-Maoist tribal group was killed by unidentified miscreants in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
The Trinamool Congress cl....
- Police-Maoist gunfight erupts in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 18: A contingent of Chhattisgarh police was engaged in a gun battle with heavily armed Maoists today in a thickly forested and hilly area in Bijapur district of the state's rest....
- West Bengal: Pro-Maoist group calls 24-hour shutdown on Monday
Kolkata, Dec 18: Pro-Maoist tribal group, Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) today called for a 24-hour shutdown on Monday in West Bengal's three rebel-dominated distr....
- Jharkhand Maoist arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 18: A Maoist from Jharkhand, wanted in connection with attacks on security personnel, was arrested following a brief shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar, police said tod....
- Maoist killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 18: A Maoist activist was gunned down in Jharkhand's Khuti district and four rebels were arrested in Palamau district today, police said.
According to a police officia....
- Two Maoists arrested in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 17: Two Maoist rebels, including one involved in an attack on a paramilitary forces' camp in February in which 24 troopers were killed, were arrested today in West Bengal's....
- Andhra police gun down two Maoists
Hyderabad, Dec 17: Two Maoists were shot dead in a gun battle today with police in Andhra Pradesh, police said.
The exchange of fire took place in the forest area in Visakhapatnam dis....
- Maoists kill five Forward Bloc members in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 17: Five Forward Bloc members, including a woman, were shot dead by Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal's Purulia district early today, a party leader said.
"A group....
- Jharkhand anti-Maoist forces fight government apathy
Ranchi, Dec 16: More than a year after the centre sent six senior paramilitary officers to Jharkhand for anti-Maoist operations, the state government has still not formulated their service cond....
- Why shouldn't we become Maoists, ask Chhattisgarh tribals
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Dec 16: Many poverty-hit tribals in Chhattisgarh are asking why they shouldn't become Maoists and take up arms, pointing to the latest incident in which two civili....
- Two minors among five Maoists held in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16: Five Maoists, including a woman and two minors, were arrested in Orissa's Rayagada district on Wednesday with a cache of arms and ammunition, police said.
Thr....
- Two Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 15: Two Maoists were arrested in Jharkhand's Gumla district today, police said.
According to police, two guerrillas of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI....
- Five Maoists held in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15: Five Maoists, including a woman, were arrested in Orissa's Rayagada district today with a cache of arms and ammunitions, police said.
The five guerrillas, all....
- Five Bengal Maoist leaders' police custody extended
Kolkata, Dec 14: A Kolkata court today extended the police custody of five Maoist leaders till Dec 18, police said.
"The Maoist leaders, including state committee secretary Sudip ....
- Woman Maoist arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 14: A woman Maoist commander was today arrested from Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police sources said.
The rebel was arrested on a tip-off from Gurabandha of E....
- Three Maoists arrested in Ranchi
Ranchi, Dec 13: Three Maoist guerrillas, including a woman, were arrested on the outskirts of Ranchi today and explosives recovered from them, police said.
The three rebels, belonging....
- Chhattisgarh: NMDC iron ore shipment hit by Maoist shutdown
Raipur, Dec 13: Iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, has been hit at its key mining facilities in Chhattisgarh due to a ....
- Jharkhand panchayat polls: Maoists fire at voters
Ranchi, Dec 13: The third phase of Jharkhand's maiden panchayat polls today witnessed some violence, with Maoists firing at voters in one incident, police said.
Voting began at 7 ....
- Maoists gun down two, try to blast railway station
Kolkata, Dec 11: The Maoists gunned down two men associated with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and tried to blow up a police station while four rebels were arrested in West Benga....
- Two suspected Maoists arrested in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 11: Two suspected Maoists were arrested with a large cache of arms and ammunition in West Bengal's Jhargram area today morning, police said.
Jhargram police district ....
- Seven Maoists held, weapons seized in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 11: Seven Maoists were today arrested from the outskirts of Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, police said.
"On a tip-off, we raided a village under Khelari police statio....
- Detained Maoists in West Bengal launch hunger strike
Kolkata, Dec 10: At least 150 prisoners, including pro-Maoist tribal group's convenor Chhatradhar Mahato, lodged in correctional homes in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, on Frida....
- Mining companies providing arms to Maoists in India: Human Rights body
New Delhi, Dec 9: The nexus between the Maoists and the mining companies in the entire Red corridor of India has been a matter of suspicion among the political leaders, police administration an....
- Five Maoists held in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 9: Five Maoists have been arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
They included squad member Uttam Mandi who was wanted in several murde....
- Tribal refuses to join Maoists, killed
Bhubaneswar, Dec 9: Maoist guerrillas today killed a man in Koraput district of Orissa after he refused to join them, police said.
About 30 rebels dragged 35-year-old Sambaru Huika ou....
- Maoist shutdown in Bengal evokes partial response
Kolkata, Dec 8: The first day of the 48-hour shutdown the Maoists have called in West Bengal evoked some response in the Maoist-affected districts, police said.
"The shutdown was ....
- Two Maoists held in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 4: Two members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a commandant, were arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
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- Maoist shutdown hits life in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 4: Vehicles stayed off the roads and businesses were shut in southern districts of Chhattisgarh today in response to a bandh call given by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maois....
- Top Maoist leader held by police
Kolkata, Dec 4: One of the seniormost Maoist leaders in West Bengal was picked up by the police early today, a pro-rebel civil rights group has claimed.
Sudip Chongdar, more popularly....
- Jharkhand panchayat polls: 3,000 backed by Maoists win unopposed
Ranchi, Dec 4: The Maoists might not believe in the democratic process but close to 3,000 candidates supported by them - many of them their wives or kin - have been elected unopposed in the ong....
- Maoists blow up police post in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Dec 3: Maoists blew up a police post in Orissa's Keonjhar district during the weeklong anniversary celebration of their military wing, People's Liberation of Guerilla Army ....
- High alert in Telangana as Maoists make a comeback
Hyderabad, Dec 3: Police went on high alert in north Telangana today as Maoists returned to the region after lying low for several years, killing three people and abducting another three since ....
- Maoist anniversary hits traffic in Orissa districts
Bhubaneswar, Dec 2: Vehicular traffic was hit in parts of Orissa as Maoist guerrillas today began weeklong anniversary celebrations of their military wing People's Liberation of Guerilla Ar....
- Maoists killed 62 civilians, 11 cops in November: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Nov 30: The Maoists killed 62 civilians and 11 security personnel in several states in November, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today. There were 135 incidents of Maoist vio....
- Kandhamal people fear Maoist attack
Bhubaneswar, Nov 29: People in parts of Orissa's communally sensitive Kandhamal district remained indoors today fearing a Maoist attack, two days after the rebels blew up an ambulance killi....
- Maoists blow up Jharkhand panchayat building
Ranchi, Nov 28: Maoist guerrillas blew up a panchayat building in Jharkhand's Latehar district as the state holds its first panchayat polls, police said today.
According to the po....
- Suspected Maoists blow up ambulance, three dead
Bhubaneswar, Nov 28: Three people, including a woman, were killed when suspected Maoists blew up the ambulance they were travelling in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said today.
- Two Maoists surrender in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 27: Two Maoist guerrillas, including a woman, surrendered in Ranchi today, police said.
According to police, the Maoist guerrillas - Sunita Kumari and Trilochan Munda -sur....
- Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 25: Four Maoists were arrested today from Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
The arrests were made by a team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the....
- Maoist leader arrested for Bengal policeman's murder
Kolkata, Nov 25: A Maoist leader who is a key accused in the February murder of a police officer in West Bengal has been arrested from Bankura district, police said today.
Babulal Tud....
- Chhattisgarh getting schools vacated by security forces
Raipur, Nov 25: Chhattisgarh has begun vacating dozens of schools occupied by security forces who are stationed for anti-Maoist offensives in its southern restive tip, an official said today.
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- Hard nosed bargaining ahead for ministerial posts in Bihar
Patna, Nov 25: A day after the historic electoral verdict that propelled Nitish Kumar to a second term in Bihar, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will today be....
- One Maoist killed, two held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 23: One Maoist was killed and two were arrested in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district today, police said.
According to the police, a gun battle between Maoists and se....
- Nine Maoists gunned down in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 23: As many as nine Maoists were today killed in a fierce gunfight with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in the rebels' stronghold in a forested pocket of Chhatt....
- Suspected Maoists kill two CPI-M supporters in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 22: Suspected Maoists gunned down two supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
"We ....
- Left publishes self-appraisal on anti-Maoist action
New Delhi, Nov 21: With assembly elections in West Bengal barely a year away, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today released a self-appraisal of its "efforts" agains....
- Body of CPI-M activist found
Kolkata, Nov 21: The body of a 55-year-old Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist, suspected to have been killed by Maoists, was found in West Midnapore district of West Bengal today....
- Maoists abduct school teacher in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 20: A primary school teacher in West Bengal's West Midnapore district has been abducted by Maoists, police said today.
"Debendranath Singh, a teacher of Kajla pri....
- Two abducted Chhattisgarh cops released
Raipur, Nov 20: Two Chhattisgarh policemen, abducted by Maoists on Nov 8, have been safely released, police said today. The rebels, however, kept the two cops' weapons and ammunition.
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- Six Maoist guerrillas surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20: Six Maoist guerrillas surrendered before authorities in two separate incidents in Orissa today, officials said.
Five rebels involved in several crimes surrendered....
- Maoists kill four in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 19: Maoist guerrillas gunned down four people, including a girl, on the outskirts of Ranchi in Jharkhand, police said today.
The rebels started indiscriminate firing at th....
- Two women among three Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 18: Chhattisgarh Police today arrested three Maoists, including two women insurgents, from a forested pocket of violence-hit Dantewada district.
"The arrested Maoists ....
- Two Maoists surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 18: Two Maoist guerrillas surrendered in Gajapati district of Orissa today, police said.
Nahu Majhi (alias Ranjit), 21, and Maja Majhi (alias Terena), 25, laid down a....
- Maoists call shutdown in West Bengal's Purulia
Kolkata, Nov 18: Protesting the killing of two of their men by joint forces in West Bengal's Purulia district, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) today called 48-hour shutdown....
- Second day of pro-Maoist group's shutdown peaceful
Kolkata, Nov 17: No untoward incident was reported today on the second day of the 48-hour shutdown called by a pro-Maoist tribal group in West Bengal's three districts protesting against al....
- Maoists in Orissa kill man for being police informer
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17: Armed Maoists today dragged a man out of his home and killed him in Orissa's Malkangiri district after accusing him of being an informer, police said.
Ganga M....
- Maoist violence, poverty mar growth in decade-old Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 17: In 10 years of existence, Chhattisgarh has become a study in contrasts. While the state recorded a high growth rate at 11.49 percent, people contest claims of development by cit....
- Maoist leader held in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 17: A Maoist leader wanted for murder was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district today, police said.
"Acting on a tip-off, we rounded up Idrish Sheikh at ....
- Maoist dies in Jharkhand police station
Ranchi, Nov 17: A Maoist guerrilla who was arrested in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad was today morning mysteriously found dead in jail, police sources said.
Direndra Singh was arr....
- Woman Maoist surrenders in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 16: A woman squad member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) today surrendered in West Bengal's Bankura district, the second woman rebel to do so, police said.
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- Maoists ransack police station in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 16: Nearly 50 Maoists ransacked a police station, set fire to records and torched a police jeep in Orissa's Koraput district in what is believed to be a retaliatory attack,....
- Orissa asks Andhra about arrested wife of Maoist leader
Bhubaneswar, Nov 16: Orissa has sought details from Andhra Pradesh on a top Maoist leader's wife who was on her way to meet her son when she was arrested last week, a senior police official....
- Chhattisgarh tribals displaced due to Maoists
New Delhi, Nov 15: The government today said that Chhattisgarh is the only Maoist-hit state where tribals have been displaced. Nearly 40,000 people were in relief camps in 2008 in the state.
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- Missing in Maoist stronghold, two security men still untraced
Raipur, Nov 15: A week after two security personnel went missing in a Maoist stronghold in Chhattisgarh, their families today appealed to the government to step up efforts to trace them.
- Police hunt for top Maoist near Andhra-Orissa border
Hyderabad, Nov 15: A day after arresting his wife Padma, police launched a massive hunt for top Maoist leader Ramakrishna alias RK in a forested area on the Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border, offici....
- Maoist strike shuts down two Orissa districts
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15: A one-day strike called by Maoists saw buses staying off the roads and shops downing shutters in two districts of Orissa today, police said.
The Communist Party o....
- Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 13: A Maoist commander, wanted in more than 13 cases, was arrested from Jharkhand's Palamau district today, police said.
According to police, Jai Prakash alias Satishj....
- Orissa: Maoist fear keeps Similipal National Park shut
Bhubaneswar, Nov 13: Orissa's famed Simlipal National Park, one of India's first Project Tiger reserves, is shut despite the onset of the tourist season due to Maoist threat, an officia....
- No trace of two missing cops in Maoists den in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 12: Chhattisgarh Police today stepped up its drive to trace two policemen who reportedly went missing in a Maoist-stronghold forested stretch on Monday.
"We are making....
- Suspected Maoists abduct four Bengal villagers
Kolkata, Nov 12: Four villagers have been abducted by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
"We were informed that four villagers near Arsa p....
- Two Maoists gunned down in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 12: Two Maoist guerrillas were gunned down by security forces in a village in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
The gunfight that began early today i....
- Maoists set two campaign vehicles ablaze in Bihar
Patna, Nov 11: Suspected Maoists today torched two campaign vehicles in Bihar's Gaya district, police said.
According to the police, Maoists set afire the campaign vehicle of Anil....
- Maoists call for one-day strike in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 11: Protesting the killing of four Maoists in a gun battle, the Left rebels have called for a 24-hour strike on Monday in Orissa's Malkangiri and Koraput districts, police ....
- Lashkar operatives attended Maoist meet: Chhattisgarh police chief
Raipur, Nov 10: Two operative of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) attended a meeting of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Bastar region of Chh....
- Two top Maoist cadres, including woman, arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Two top Maoist cadres, including a woman, who are accused in a series of crimes in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh and carry a reward of Rs.1 lakh each, have been arrested, polic....
- Nearly 1,850 violent incidents in Maoist-hit areas
New Delhi, Nov 10: There have been nearly 1,850 incidents of violence in the country's Maoist-hit areas this year, the parliament was told today.
Answering questions on the violen....
- 841 people killed by Maoists till Oct 31
New Delhi, Nov 9: A total of 841 people, including 264 security personnel, were killed by Maoists till Oct 31 this year, parliament was told today.
While the maximum number of civilia....
- Maoist squad member held in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 8: A Maoist squad member has been arrested from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said today.
"Ajoy Das, who was also a member of Nadia-Murshidabad....
- Maoists kill three people in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 8: Three people, including a woman, in West Bengal's West Midnapore district have been killed by suspected Maoists, police said today.
"A group of ultra Left rebe....
- Chhatisgarh hikes security for Maoist shutdown
Raipur, Nov 8: Security was today stepped up along highways, key roads and railway tracks in Chhattisgarh, one of the worst hit by Maoist militancy, as the rebels called for a shutdown to prote....
- Jharkhand Maoists trigger blasts to protest Obama visit
Ranchi, Nov 8: Maoists triggered blasts at a railway station and two government buildings in Jharkhand while enforcing a shutdown to protest US President Barack Obama's India visit, police ....
- Maoists blow up school in Orissa to protest Obama visit
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8: Maoist guerrillas today blew up a newly constructed school building in Orissa's Malkangiri district to protest US President Barack Obama's India visit, police said. ....
- Maoist bomb kills trooper in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 7: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed when a bomb planted by Maoists exploded in Jharkhand's Bokaro district today, police said.
The CRPF personn....
- India asks Nepal about clandestine Maoist training
Kathmandu, Nov 6: The Indian government has taken up with the Nepal government the issue of Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas providing arms and political training to India's Maoists and....
- Four Maoists arrested after gunfight in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Nov 5: Four Maoists were arrested after a gunfight in Orissa's Gajapati district today, police said.
"Police spotted a Maoist camp in a forested area near the dis....
- Family of West Bengal's abducted duo suspect Maoist hand
Kolkata, Nov 5: Families of the two people abducted last month from Purulia district of West Bengal today refused to believe that Maoists were not involved in the crime, a day after the guerril....
- Maoists kill two in Bihar
Patna, Nov 5: Maoists shot dead two people and seriously injured three in a Bihar village early today, police said.
"A group of armed Maoists surrounded Baratand village in Banka ....
- Maoists kill two tribals in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Nov 4: Maoists today killed two tribals who were abducted from their village earlier this week in Chhattisgarh, police said.
The incident was reported from a forested area of ....
- Maoist and close aide arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 4: A Maoist and his close aide were today arrested from West Bengal's Bankura district, police said.
"Roben Tudu, a member of Ranibandh squad (of Maoists), and hi....
- Four Maoists killed in Orissa gun battle
Bhubaneswar, Nov 4: Four Maoists were killed in a gun battle with the police in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district today, police said.
District Superintendent of Poli....
- Man attacked for giving land to police in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 1: Suspected Maoists in a Jharkhand village today shot and injured a ration dealer who had donated land for a police picket, a police official said.
Chedi Singh a ration d....
- Suspected Maoists abduct two BJP leaders in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 31: Suspected Maoists abducted two local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Jharkhand's Latehar district today afternoon, police said.
According to police, thre....
- NGOs supporting Maoists under scanner in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 31: The Jharkhand government has put a large number of voluntary organisations in in the state under the scanner for their alleged soft corner for Maoists or for promoting illegal a....
- Maoist nabbed with rifles in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 30: A Maoist commander was arrested today with five rifles and some live cartridges in Jharkhand, police said.
Santosh Lohra was arrested from Bundu jungle of Khuti distri....
- Bihar jails' security tightened after Maoist threat
Patna, Oct 30: Security of two Bihar jails was tightened today after an intelligence report that Maoists may target the prisons to free their cadres, police said.
Two days ahead of th....
- Mamata challenges Buddhadeb to fight polls from Lalgarh
Kolkata, Oct 30: Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to fight the upcoming assembly elections f....
- Maoists torch vehicles in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 29: Maoists set on fire two vehicles of the state-owned Central Coalfield Ltd (CCL) near here, police said today.
The guerrillas raided the coal warehouse of the company i....
- Security up in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada
Raipur, Oct 27: Security was tightened in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district today after armed rebels set a road construction vehicle on fire, police said.
"Extra po....
- Leftist insurgency has hit development: Meira Kumar
Raipur, Oct 27: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday said that Maoism has affected development in parts of India, and said the government and civil society should work together to find a so....
- Bengal police clueless about abducted intelligence officer
Kolkata, Oct 26: Police remain clueless about the whereabouts of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) worker believed to have been abducted by Maoists f....
- Maoists kill supervisor in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Oct 26: Maoists today shot dead a 33-year-old construction supervisor after dragging him out of his home in Nabrangpur district in Orissa, police said.
Four men killed Ga....
- Maoist threat forces RBI to use choppers to ferry currency to Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 25: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's apex bank, has been using helicopters for remitting currency notes to banks located in the restive pockets of Maoist-insurgenc....
- Bihar policeman held for Maoist links
Patna, Oct 25: A police constable in Bihar's Munger district was today arrested on charges of supplying "vital information" to Maoist, police said.
Mohammed Saleem, an aid....
- Maoists for boycott of Jharkhand panchayat polls
Ranchi, Oct 25: Maoists today asked people to boycot Jharkhand's first panchayat elections scheduled to begin in the state on Nov 27.
"The polls are being conducted when the s....
- Eight in Maoist captivity in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 25: Eight people continued to be in Maoist captivity in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region even as the rebels released three others they had abducted, police said today.
The....
- Maoists shoot at Class 10 student in West Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 24: A Class 10 student was shot at and injured by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said. Nobody has been arrested.
District Su....
- Maoist violence in Bihar as polling under way
Patna, Oct 24: Maoists today abducted four polling officials and released them in an hour in Bihar's Sitamarhi district and also attempted to ransack a polling station during the second pha....
- Search launched for missing intelligence officer
Kolkata, Oct 24: Security forces were conducting combing operations in several parts of West Bengal's Purulia district today looking for an Intelligence Branch (IB) officer and an NGO worke....
- Maoist shutdown hits life in Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Raipur, Oct 23: Normal life continued to remain hit in Chhattisgarh's Maoist stronghold of Bastar region today, the second and final day of shutdown by rebels, as buses did not ply and shop....
- Maoists abduct intelligence officer in Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 23: An Intelligence Branch officer and an NGO worker were reportedly abducted by the Maoists from West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
"An Intellige....
- Man killed by Maoists during Chhattisgarh shutdown
Raipur, Oct 23: A man was found murdered in Chhattisgarh's Maoist stronghold of Bastar region today while normal life continued to remain hit on the second and final day of a shutdown by re....
- Security up in Bihar after Maoists kill six policemen
Patna, Oct 23: Security was tightened in Bihar's Sheohar district today, a day after Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast killing six policemen ahead of the second phase of assembly....
- Trinamool leader attacked in West Midnapore
Kolkata, Oct 23: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was critically injured after unidentified assailants shot at him today in West Bengal's Maoist-affected West Midnapore district, police sa....
- Five Bihar cops killed in landmine blast
Patna, Oct 23: Five policemen, including an inspector, were killed in Bihar's Sheohar district on Friday when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine hidden beneath a culvert as the police v....
- Maoist killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight
Raipur, Oct 22: Troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) assisted by state police personnel killed a Maoist guerrilla in gun battle with the rebels in a forested pocket of Chhattisgarh's....
- Six Maoists nabbed from West Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 22: Six ultra-left leaders and linkmen were arrested from West Bengal's Maoist-affected Bankura and Purulia districts, police said today.
"Acting on a tip-off, se....
- Maoist nabbed from West Bengal forest
Kolkata, Oct 22: A Maoist leader wanted in nine murder cases has been arrested in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said today.
"Acting on a tip-off, security personnel l....
- Maoists kill ex-village head for corruption
Raipur, Oct 21: A former village head abducted two days ago was executed by Maoists today in front of villagers in Chhattisgarh after being charged with financial irregularities, officials said....
- Maoist firing scares away passengers from buses
Raipur, Oct 20: Commuters today avoided using public transport buses in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region following firing on a passenger bus by Maoists a day earlier.
Reports ....
- Maoists fire at passenger bus in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 19: Maoist militants today evening opened fire at a passenger bus in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, officials said.
"Maoists fired at ....
- Maoist squad leader held in West Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 19: A Maoist squad leader has been arrested from West Midnapore district of West Bengal, police said today.
According to police, the Maoist leader was arrested on Monday ....
- Two Maoists arrested after gunfight in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 18: Two Maoist guerrillas were arrested after a gunbattle in Jharkhand's Palamau district today, police said.
The gun battle between police and Jharkhand Prastuti Comm....
- Chhattisgarh: Literacy rate up in Maoist stronghold of Dantewada
Raipur, Oct 18: Dantewada, labelled as India's worst Maoist violence-hit district, has recorded a 20 percent rise in literacy rate in the last nine years, the Chhattisgarh government said t....
- Maoists release three abducted officials
Raipur, Oct 16: Three government officials taken hostage by Maoists from a passenger bus were released after 24 hours in a forested pocket of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, a senior ....
- Maoist couple killed in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 15: Chhattisgarh Police today gunned down two Maoist commanders - a husband and wife duo - when they were about to strike an arms deal, police said.
The incident took plac....
- Maoists kill CPI-M leader in Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 13: Maoist guerrillas today shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
"(CPI-M leader) Tap....
- Maoists gun down two Chhattisgarh policemen
Raipur, Oct 12: Maoist guerrillas today gunned down two policemen in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, officials said.
The killings took place in Pamer area in Bijapur distric....
- Chhattisgarh to step up Maoist offensive
Raipur, Oct 12: Chhattisgarh has decided to step up the offensive against Maoist guerrillas.
The offensive against the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) had slackene....
- Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 11: A Maoist area commander was arrested in Jharkhand's Latehar district today, police said.
According to the police, Satyendra alias Rabindra Oraon is an area command....
- Two civilians allegedly killed by police in shootout with Maoists
Raipur, Oct 11: Two days after police claimed to have killed eight Maoists in a fierce shootout in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, its claims were mired in controversy with accusations ....
- Chhattisgarh Maoists surrender but rarely with weapons
Raipur, Oct 11: In the last six years, not a single Maoist in Chhattisgarh has surrendered with a light machine gun (LMG) or an AK-47 assault rifle, though over 2,600 rebels have given up viole....
- Bihar legislator kidnapped by Maoists
Patna, Oct 9: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator was today abducted by alleged Maoists while campaigning in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
Mohd Nehaluddin, who rep....
- Two kids die in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Oct 8: Two children were killed near Dhanora town on the border of Maharashtra and Chattisgarh of Gadchiroli district after a rocket fired by the Indo-Tibetan Border P....
- CPI-M leader shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 8: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today evening, police said.
"Ranjit Duley, ....
- Two senior Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 7: Two senior cadres of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were today arrested in the restive Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.
"The t....
- Maoist threat: Chhattisgarh reviews security
Raipur, Oct 6: Amid latest intelligence reports of Maoists making inroads in new areas of Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh today held a high-level meeting to discuss the security situat....
- Open to changes in CRPF to tackle Maoists: Director General
New Delhi, Oct 6: New Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General K. Vijay Kumar today said he was open to making "structural and procedural changes" in his paramilitary force ....
- 15 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Oct 5; Police arrested 15 people in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district today, saying they were village-level cadres of the banned Communist Party of India- Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and....
- Maoists kill three Forward Bloc activists in West Bengal
Kolkata, Oct 4: Maoists shot dead three Forward Bloc activists in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
The killings took place late on Sunday in Pardi village, Inspe....
- Vijay Kumar replaces Vikram Srivastava as Central Reserve Police Force chief
New Delhi, Oct 2: K. Vijay Kumar, a Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who led the operations to kill forest brigand Veerappan, has been appointed the director general of the ....
- Maoists should be thrown out of West Bengal: CM.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Oct 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today accused the state's main opposition Trinamool Congress of having a "nexus" with the Mao....
- Man suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists held
Lucknow, Oct 2: A man, who is suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists, has been arrested with over 50 detonators near Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police sai....
- Woman Maoist held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 1: A Maoist woman cadre was arrested from a nursing home in Jharkhand's Khuti district today, police said.
"Ranjita was arrested while she was taking a treatment i....
- Maoists release four abducted Chhattisgarh cops
Raipur, Oct 1: Maoists on Thursday night freed four policemen, 12 days after taking them hostage in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said.
The release has come as a relief for....
- Mass killings in Maoist-hit areas: Mamata
Kolkata, Sep 29: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the West Bengal government was carrying out mass killings in Maoist-hit areas in three districts with t....
- Chhattisgarh cops hostage crisis still unsolved
Raipur, Sep 29: Four Chhattisgarh policemen, of the seven kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas on Sep 19, are still in Maoist captivity but safe and about to be released soon, police here said today.....
- Top Maoist incites Naga security personnel to defy orders in Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 29: A top Maoist leader today appealed to Naga troopers of the Indian Reserve Battalion to defy orders and not take part in the ongoing security operations against the Maoists in W....
- Deadline for abducted Chhattisgarh cops ends
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28: Even as the Chhattisgarh government held "secret talks" with Maoists to end the hostage crisis, the fate of the four kidnapped policemen hung in limbo af....
- Abducted cops: Chhattisgarh holds 'secret' talks with Maoists
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28: With the 48-hour Maoists' deadline set to end today evening, a top police source said the Chhattisgarh government was holding 'secret' talks with the....
- Six Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 28: Six Maoists were arrested on Monday evening in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
Six Maoist cadres identified as Baneshwar Pramanik, Bhagirath a....
- Suspected Maoists abduct Orissa village council head
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27: Suspected Maoists have abducted a village council chief in Orissa's Koraput district, police said today.
Four suspected rebels kidnapped Chingu Jani, the sarp....
- Ten Maoists killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 27: Ten Maoist guerrillas have been killed and several rebel camps destroyed in a massive operation security forces launched in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district since Saturda....
- Jungle search intensified for abducted Chhattisgarh cops
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 27: Chhattisgarh Police today intensified searches in the jungles of Bijapur district to rescue four policemen abducted by Maoists, a day after the rebels set a 48....
- 48-hour Maoists' ultimatum on abducted Chhattisgarh cops
Raipur, Sep 26: After a week's silence, the Maoists today evening set a 48-hour deadline for accepting their demands for releasing the four Chhattisgarh policemen they claim to have abducte....
- Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 26: A self-styled Maoist sub-zonal commander, wanted in Orissa and Jharkhand, was arrested today from Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said.
Police said acting on ....
- Five Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 26: Five Maoists have been arrested in West Bengal, police said today.
While four Maoist cadres were arrested from Purulia district early today, another rebel was arreste....
- Mamata Banerjee demands pull back of forces from Lalgarh
Kolkata, Sep 25: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today reiterated her demand to withdraw the joint forces from the Maoist-dominated Lalgarh area in West Bengal and....
- Maoists kill Biju Janata Dal leader in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: Maoists today killed a leader of Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Koraput district, police said.
Three rebels came on a motorcycle and shot dead Babul....
- 78 Chhattisgarh cops evade postings in Maoist areas
Raipur, Sep 25: As many as 78 policemen in Chhattisgarh have been sent show cause notices for refusing to join postings in Maoist-hit areas of the state, a senior police official said today.
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- CRPF trooper, Maoist killed in West Bengal gun battle
Kolkata, Sep 25: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and a Maoist guerrilla were killed in a gunfight in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district early today, a police offic....
- Policeman killed in gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 25: A policeman was killed and three others injured in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today, police said.
"One policeman ha....
- Two Maoists arrested, explosives recovered in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 25: Two Maoists were arrested and a huge cache of explosives, eight fire arms and ammunition were recovered on Friday during search operations by the security forces in West Bengal....
- Maoists blow up building in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 24: Maoists blew up the office of a Krishak Sabha (farmers' association), affiliated to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), and torched a community hall in West Benga....
- Three Maoists surrender in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 24: Three Maoists surrendered here today before the Jharkhand police chief, a top police official said.
"These Maoist guerrillas approached me and expressed their will....
- Buddhadeb criticises Maoists for killing teachers
Kolkata, Sep 23: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today slammed Maoist guerrillas for brutally killing school teachers in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district.
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- Village head among two killed by Maoists in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20: Two people including a "sarpanch" (village council head) were killed today by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district, police said. Another person sustained seriou....
- Andhra Pradesh extends ban on CPI-Maoist, its outfits
Hyderabad, Sep 20: The Andhra Pradesh government today extended the ban on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and its six frontal organisations for a further period of one year.
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- Folk singer arrested for being Maoist linkman
Kolkata, Sep 18: A folk singer, suspected of being a Maoist linkman, was arrested today in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
"Ajit Mahato of Golbandi village....
- Maoists kill village guard in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: Maoists killed a village guard in Orissa's Malkangiri district early today, accusing him of being a police informer, an official said.
More then 30 armed rebe....
- One Maoist killed, two held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 17: One Maoist rebel was killed and two others were arrested in Jharkhand today, police said.
A Maoist rebel was killed in firing between two groups of Communist Party of ....
- Maoists release abducted Jharkhand official
Ranchi, Sep 16: The Maoists today released an official they abducted from Jharkhand's Latehar district a day earlier, police said.
According to police, the rebels abducted seven o....
- Maoists planned to replicate Jehanabad jailbreak in Bihar's Jamui district
Patna, Sep 16: Maoist guerrillas in Bihar planned to replicate Jehanabad jailbreak in Jamui district last month to free their 51 cadres lodged in the jail, police said today.
Baro Kod....
- West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee slams journalists for 'supporting' Maoist cause
Kolkata, Sep 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has lashed out against a section of the "big press" for allegedly supporting the Maoists and said some journalists we....
- Maoists set ablaze bus in Bihar
Patna, Sep 15: Maoists set ablaze a bus in Bihar's Sheohar district today but its only occupant, the driver, escaped unhurt, police said.
According to police, the rebels attacked ....
- Maoists kill 'police informer' in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 14: The body of an unidentified person suspected to have been killed by Maoist guerrillas was found today in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district, police said.
- Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar
Patna, Sep 14: Maoists have blown up a railway track in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district and set ablaze the machine room of a mobile tower in Gaya district early today to enforce a two-day stri....
- Maoists kill five CPI-M supporters in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 13: Maoists shot dead five Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, the first day of a 48-hour shutdown the rebels ca....
- Maoists blow up rail tracks in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 13: Maoist guerrillas early today have blown up rail tracks in Jharkhand's Giridih district, affecting services of over 30 trains, a railway official said.
"Maoist....
- Maoists kill two cops in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Sep 13: Maoist guerrillas killed two policemen in a pre-dawn attack near a police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said.
The attack was carried out clo....
- Chhattisgarh cops struggle to confirm Maoist leader's death
Raipur, Sep 12: Chhattisgarh Police have been struggling to confirm reports about the death of a top Maoist leader in the restive Bastar region.
"There are reports that Maoist lea....
- Maoists shoot at CPI-M leader, blow up party office in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 12: Suspected Maoists shot at a local CPI-M leader and blew up a party office by triggering a landmine blast in two separate incidents in West Bengal's West Midnapore district ....
- Probe ordered into BSF troopers' assault on Chhattisgarh villagers
Raipur, Sep 11: The Chhattisgarh government has ordered an inquiry after five tribal civilians of a village in Kanker district of restive Bastar region were hospitalised with serious injuries a....
- Two Maoist rebels arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 10: Two suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested by security forces from Maoist-affected areas of West Midnapore and Bankura districts in West Bengal, police said today.
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- Police sub-inspector killed in Jharkhand gunfight
Ranchi, Sep 10: A police sub-inspector was killed and a policeman was injured in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand's Dumka district today, authorities said.
"Sadanand Singh....
- Maoists blow up panchayat office in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 9: Maoist guerrillas today triggered a landmine blast in Orissa's Malkangiri district, blowing up a panchayat office, the second blast in the region this week, police said.....
- Maoists set ablaze BJP leader's house in Bihar
Patna, Sep 9: Maoists today set on fire the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Bihar's Gaya district, police said.
Over two dozen armed rebels set ablaze BJP leader....
- Six women Maoists held for Chhattisgarh ambush
Raipur, Sep 8: Seven Maoist guerrillas, including six women, were arrested in Chhattisgarh today for killing five security personnel in an ambush last month, police said.
The seven, a....
- Chhattisgarh may sack cops dodging Maoist area postings
Raipur, Sep 7: Chhattisgarh, one of the states worst hit by Maoist insurgency, is thinking of suspending or dismissing from service 31 policemen who are declining new postings, mostly in Maoist....
- Maoists blast Orissa government building
Bhubaneswar, Sep 7: Maoist guerrillas early today blasted a newly constructed government building in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said.
About 100 armed rebels set off land....
- Pro-Maoist group in West Bengal to agitate against spokesman's arrest
Kolkata, Sep 7: The pro-Maoist tribal body, Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) will observe a four-day agitation starting today in the three ultra-left dominated districts....
- Orissa police seize arms after gun battle with Maoists
Bhubaneswar, Sep 6: Police today seized arms, ammunition and explosives from a Maoist camp after a three-hour gun battle with the rebels in a forested area of Orissa's Jajpur district, poli....
- Joint appeal to Maoists helped free cops: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Sep 6: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said a joint appeal by political parties as well as public pressure helped secure the release of the three policemen who were abducted by M....
- Eid already in released cop Ehsan Khan's village in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 6: Smiles returned to the faces of the wife and 80-year-old father of Ehsan Khan today and hundreds of people gathered near their home in Jharkhand when TV footage confirmed that th....
- Maoists release three abducted Bihar policemen
Patna, Sep 6: Maoist guerrillas released three Bihar policemen today, seven days after they were abducted from Lakhisarai district, state police chief Neelmani said here.
"The thr....
- Maoists release abducted cops, Bihar CM to make a statement
Patna, Sep6: Calling the eight day crisis an end, Maoists release the 3 abducted policemen today in the morning at around 6:30. The three policemen were found inside Tata Safari in Lakhisarai. ....
- Maoists kill father, son in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Sep 6: Maoists today killed a man and his son over land dispute in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said.
About 20 rebels of the People's Liberation Front of India (....
- Three Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 5: Three suspected Maoists were arrested and a local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker was shot at in two separate incidents in West Bengal's Bankura and West Mid....
- Family gloomy as no trace of 'freed' cops
Ranchi, Sep 5: The family of Ehsan Khan was happy today morning when the news came that the Maoists had released him and the other two abducted Bihar policemen, but a pall of gloom again descen....
- Two BSF troopers injured by Maoists
Raipur, Sep 5: Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in a gunfight with Maoists today in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said.
The battle, lasting for abo....
- Pro-Maoist sent to judicial custody for 14 days
Kolkata, Sep 5: Manoj Mahato, spokesperson of the pro-Maoist tribal body Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), was today remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a court ....
- Abducted Bihar policemen freed
Patna, Sep 5: Maoist guerrillas today freed three Bihar policemen they abducted a week ago, the local media reported, but the police declined to confirm the development. The three policemen wer....
- From hunter to hunted: Salwa Judum leaders have nowhere to hide
Raipur, Sep 5: Leaders of Salwa Judum, the anti-Maoist civil militia, say they are being hunted down in a planned manner by the rebels even as the Chhattisgarh government, which was widely accu....
- Bihar government offers talks with Maoists
Patna, Sep 5: After an all-party meet held here, the state government today asked the Maoists to release the three abducted Bihar policemen and said it was ready for dialogue with them over the....
- Slain Bihar cop Lucas Tete's last rites performed at his Jharkhand hometown
Ranchi, Sep 4: The last rites of Bihar policeman Lucas Tete, who was killed by the Maoists in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, were held today with full state honours in his home town in Jharkh....
- Maoists kill school teacher in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 4: A school teacher, who was a member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), was today shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
- Maoists in Bihar sorry for wrongly saying Abhay Yadav was killed
Patna, Sep 4: A day after the bullet-riddled body of Bihar cop Lucas Tete was found, Maoists today apologised for wrongly saying that they had killed Sub-Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav. The rebels....
- Abducted Bihar policeman Abhay Kumar Yadav's village people hold highway protest
Patna, Sep 4: Hundreds of people from the village of abducted policeman Abhay Kumar Yadav today blocked a national highway to protest the Bihar government's failure to rescue the sub-inspec....
- Two suspected Maoists held in Bihar, search on for abducted cops
Patna, Sep 4: Two suspected Maoists were arrested today in Bihar's Jamui district while a massive combing operation was on to trace three cops abducted by the rebels, a day after the body o....
- Maoists call 48-hour shutdown to protest Azad's 'murder'
Kolkata, Sep 3: Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji, leader of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), has called a 48-hour shutdown from Sep 13 in eight states demanding a probe in....
- Maoists allege spokesperson arrested, police deny
Kolkata, Sep 3: Maoists today alleged that the spokesperson of the pro-Maoist tribal body Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) was arrested by the police. However, the polic....
- 'Maoists aiming to demolish morale of forces'
New Delhi, Sep 3: Maoists are aiming to "demolish the morale" of security personnel, a home ministry official said today after the guerrillas killed one of the four policemen they had a....
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar calls all-party meet over Maoist deadline
Patna, Sep 3: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meeting on Saturday to discuss the Maoist deadline set for releasing their eight jailed commanders and the rebels' cl....
- Abducted cop Lucas Tete's body found in Bihar forest
Patna, Sep 3: The body of Lucas Tete, one of the four policemen abducted by Maoist guerrillas five days ago, was found in a Bihar forest today, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed Sub....
- Abducted Bihar policeman's body found near a forest in Lakhisarai
Patna, Sep 3: A day after Maoists claimed to have killed Sub-Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, the body of the abducted Bihar policeman was found near a forest in Lakhisarai district early today, me....
- We are ready for talks with Maoists: Nitish
Patna, Sep 2: Responding to news reports that the Maoists had killed one of the four policemen they abducted on Sunday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said his government is ready for ....
- Suspected Maoists kill two in West Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 2: Suspected Maoists today shot dead two people in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said. "Two bodies were found at Ektal village near Aguiboni area of Jhargra....
- Francis Induwar's widow appeals to Maoists
Ranchi, Sep 2: The widow of Francis Induwar, the special branch inspector who was abducted and beheaded by Maoists last year, has appealed to the Leftwing rebels to free the four policemen take....
- Maoists to decide fate of kidnapped Bihar cops at 'people's court'
Patna, Sep 2: Maoists in Bihar today said they would decide the fate of four captive policemen at a 'jan adalat' or kangaroo court, as the second deadline set by them to release eight o....
- Worried families of abducted policemen pray for release
Patna, Sep 2: The families of four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists are worried and helpless as the deadline for releasing eight jailed commanders expires at 10 a.m today, failing which they....
- Suspected Maoists kill two CPI-M supporters in Bengal
Kolkata, Sep 1:today, police said. Suspected Maoists shot dead two local leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal's West Midnapore district
"Bod....
- Time is running out for four abducted Bihar cops
Patna, Sep 1: Time is running out for the four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists as the rebels' deadline for releasing their eight jailed commanders expires around 4 p.m. today, failing w....
- Maoists torch vehicles, thrash ex-legislator's relative
Ranchi, Sep 1: Maoists torched three vehicles and thrashed a relative of a former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator in Jharkhand's Latehar district today, police said.
About 2....
- Third Maoist surrenders in West Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 31: A member of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist active in West Bengal's West Midnapore district surrendered today, taking to three the number of Left-wing rebels w....
- He is innocent, abducted official's family tells Maoists
Patna, Aug 31: The wife and son of an abducted Bihar government official today asked Maoist guerrillas to release him from capitivity as he was innocent and pro-poor. Manoj Kumar Singh, the blo....
- Cops were killed in retaliation, Maoists say
Patna, Aug 31: The six-hour-long gunfight in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, in which 10 policemen were killed and 10 others were injured, was in retaliation to the staged shootout that left M....
- Police seek Dhoni's help in anti-Maoist campaign
Ranchi, Aug 30: Jharkhand Police have sought help of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a campaign against Maoist rebels.
Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz ....
- Maoist killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 30: A Maoist was killed and a rebels' camp was destroyed in Jharkhand's Khuti district today, police said.
"One Maoist was killed in a gun battle with police i....
- Bihar official untraced day after abduction
Patna, Aug 30: A Bihar government official remained untraced today, a day after he had been abducted by armed Maoist guerrillas, police said.
Manoj Kumar Singh, the block development ....
- Maoists kill six security men in Bihar gunfight
Patna, Aug 30: At least six security personnel were killed by Maoists in a gunfight in a forested area in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said today.
Additional Director Gener....
- Three killed as rival Maoist groups clash
Ranchi, Aug 28: Three people, including two Maoists, were killed as rebel groups clashed in Jharkhand today, police said.
According to police, members of the outlawed Communist Party ....
- Woman Maoist leader arrested in Kolkata
Kolkata, Aug 29: A hardcore woman Maoist leader from Bihar, Chameli Devi, was arrested from Kolkata, West Bengal today, police said.
Acting on intelligence inputs, policemen from Biha....
- Maoist arms suppliers held in West Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 29: Two arms suppliers who allegedly catered to the Maoists were arrested early today from West Bengal's Bankura district, police said.
Biswanath Mondal and Sheikh Am....
- Azad killing: Andhra police chief rules out judicial probe
Hyderabad, Aug 29: The Andhra Pradesh Police today said there was no need for a judicial probe into the killing of top Maoist leader Azad in a gunfight but promised a comprehensive police inqui....
- Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight
Raipur, Aug 29: Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region early today, police said.
"Maoists am....
- Azad killed in 'real' gunfight, says Andhra police chief
Hyderabad, Aug 28: Andhra Pradesh police chief R.R. Girish Kumar today denied that the top Maoist leader Azad was killed in a stage-managed gunfight and termed it as a "real and genuine"....
- Seven Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 28: Seven Maoist rebels were arrested today in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said.
"The seven belonged to Swatantra Jan Sangharsh India Morcha. We seized on....
- Chhattisgarh to add 3,000 SPOs in war on Maoists
Raipur, Aug 28: Chhattisgarh, one of India's worst insurgency-hit states, will recruit 3,000 more special police officers (SPOs) in violence-hit Bastar region to step up the fight against g....
- Development is the way to stop Maoist violence: Indians on Twitter
New Delhi, Aug 27: While Maoist menace has long been doing the rounds as a common phrase in the news, Indian premier has already tagged it as a 'serious threat' to the country. At this ....
- Maoists kill three of a family in West Midnapore
Kolkata, Aug 27: Three members of a family were killed today in West Bengal's West Midnapore district by Maoists on suspicion that they were police informers, police said.
"We....
- Gyaneshwari sabotage key accused killed in gun battle
Kolkata, Aug 27: Pro-Maoist leader Umakanta Mahato, a prime suspect in the Gyaneshwari Express sabotage case, was killed in a gun battle with joint security forces in West Bengal's West Mid....
- Two pro-Maoist activists held in Gyaneshwari case
Kolkata, Aug 26: Two pro-Maoist activists were arrested from West Bengal's West Midnapore district today in connection with the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express tragedy, in which 148 passengers w....
- Maoists attack police station in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 26: Maoist rebels attacked a police station, torched six trucks and blasted the office of a political party in two districts of Jharkhand while enforcing their 24-hour strike in par....
- Maoists attack police station in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 26: Maoist rebels attacked a police station, torched six trucks and blasted the office of a political party in two districts of Jharkhand while enforcing their 24-hour strike in par....
- Maoist carrying reward of Rs.2 lakh arrested
Ranchi, Aug 25: A Maoist, for whose capture a reward of Rs.2 lakh was announced, was arrested along with another rebel from Jharkhand's Giridih district today, police said.
Accord....
- Maoists kill two in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: Maoist guerrillas killed two people in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district after accusing them of being police informers, an official said today.
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- Rajya Sabha member takes a dig at UPA's economic policies
New Delhi, Aug 25: Rajya Sabha member Mani Shankar Aiyar expressed displeasure at the UPA government's policy to combat Maoist menace. It has also taken a dig at the government's econom....
- Maoists kill Orissa villager
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24: Maoists killed a villager in Orissa's Koraput district, suspecting him to be a police informer, police said today.
A group of about 30 rebels dragged Sikalu M....
- Maoist killed by security forces, rebels gun down man
Midnapore, Aug 24: A Maoist guerilla was killed during a three-hour gunfight between the rebels and joint security forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early today, police said.
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- Maximum Maoist leaders have many partners: Ex Maoist leader
New Delhi, Aug 24: Former Maoist area commander Shobha Mandi has revealed that most Maoist leaders have more than one partner. In what may be termed a shocking revelation, she has also stated t....
- Naxal leader calls it quits after being raped time and again
New Delhi, Aug 24: A 23 year old lady commander of the Maoists, Shobha Mandi, who is also known as Uma and Shikha, has been forced to call it quits after being repeatedly sexually exploited by ....
- Woman Maoist held in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Aug 23: A suspected woman Maoist was arrested in Gujarat's Surat district, police said today.
The woman, identified as Sujatha, was arrested in Mangrol town of the dist....
- Maoist commander surrenders in Jharkhand
Bokaro, Aug 23: A Maoist commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist outfit surrendered before police in Jharkhand's Bokaro district today.
Ramendra Singh alias Guru....
- Pro-Maoist tribal body to protest 'unreasonable' salary hike of MPs
Kolkata, Aug 23: The generous salary hike for Indian parliamentarians has upset the pro-Maoist tribal body Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). It will observe black day on....
- Five Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 21: Five Maoist guerrillas were arrested today in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region after a brief gunfight, police said.
The gunbattle began when a group of Maoists....
- Five Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 21: Five Maoist guerrillas were arrested today in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region after a brief gunfight, police said.
The gunbattle began when a group of Maoists....
- Maoist carrying Rs.5 lakh reward arrested
Ranchi, Aug 20: A top Maoist leader, who carried a reward of Rs.5 lakh, was arrested from a hotel in this Jharkhand capital today, police said.
"Alokji alias Ashokji was arrested ....
- Poor use by states of Maoist-area funds: Panel
New Delhi, Aug 19: A parliamentary panel has rebuked the tribal affairs ministry for not aggressively persuading the states to utilize funds for development in Maoist-affected areas.
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- Maoists blow up school building in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 19: Maoist rebels blew up a primary school building and a panchayat office in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region today, police said.
The incident took place in ....
- Maoists blow up school building in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 19: Maoist rebels blew up a primary school building and a panchayat office in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region today, police said.
The incident took place in ....
- Maoist squad member arrested in West Midnapore
Kolkata, Aug 19: A Maoist squad member was arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
"Haren Pal was an active member of Communist Party of India-Ma....
- Government working on plan for Maoist areas
New Delhi, Aug 19: The government is working on an Integrated Action Plan to address development issues in areas affected by Maoist violence, Minister of State for Planning V. Narayanasamy sai....
- Only ceasefire can pave way for talks: Maoist sympathiser
Hyderabad, Aug 18: The government is not sincere in talks with the Maoists and a simultaneous ceasefire by both sides alone can pave way for talks, said Left-wing sympathiser Varavara Rao here ....
- Mamata welcomes Maoist leader Kishenji's ceasefire offer
Kolkata, Aug 18: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee remained unperturbed by a spate of criticism against her for her alleged favour towards the Maoists. Sticking to her stance of peace ta....
- Maoist truce offer is an eyewash, say experts
Raipur, Aug 18: Top Maoist leader Kishanji's offer of a truce was nothing but an "eyewash", security experts said here today, stressing that the government should not fall in the &#....
- Maoists blast Jharkhand school building, kill contractor
Ranchi, Aug 18: Maoist rebels blew up a school building and shot dead a contractor in two separate incidents in Jharkhand, police said today.
Around 15 to 20 Maoist rebels on Tuesday ....
- Four Maoists held after three-hour gunfight
Kolkata, Aug 18: Four suspected Maoists were arrested after a three-hour fierce gun battle with the joint forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
The f....
- Agnivesh proposes 72-hour ceasefire with Maoists
Kolkata, Aug 18: Welcoming the Maoist offer for a three-month ceasefire to begin talks, social activist Swami Agnivesh today proposed an initial three-day truce between the government and the g....
- Mamata sticks to comments on slain Maoist leader
Kolkata, Aug 18: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today stuck to her comments suggesting Maoist leader Azad was killed in a staged shootout and said she was happy the rebels had responded to ca....
- Kishanji proposes three-month ceasefire ahead of talks
Kolkata, Aug 18: Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji has proposed a three-month ceasefire as a pre-condition for talks between the Left wing rebels and the government. In an audio tape s....
- Abjure violence first: Government on Kishanji offer
New Delhi, Aug 18: The Indian government on Tuesday reiterated that the Maoists must first abjure violence before talks could be held with them on ending their decades-long armed struggle in va....
- Suspected Maoist linkman arrested
Kolkata, Aug 17: A suspected Maoist linkman was arrested today in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said.
"Sukhdeb Hembram was arrested from Sarenga police station area f....
- Bihar legislator alleges extortion bid by Maoists
Patna, Aug 17: A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator in Bihar alleged that Maoists demanded Rs.50 lakh from him and threatened him with dire consequences if he did not pay up, police today said.
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- Two Maoists held in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17: Two Maoists were arrested in Orissa's mineral rich Keonjhar district today, police said.
Budhuram Sinku, 38, and Ananta Tudu, 32, were arrested from a foreste....
- Ration cards for poor distributed in Bengal's Maoist areas
Kolkata, Aug 16: The West Bengal government has started distributing ration cards for below poverty line families as part of implementing the special development package in the states' thre....
- Pro-Maoist tribal held for Bengal train sabotage
Kolkata, Aug 16: A pro-Maoist tribal, allegedly involved in the derailment of the Gyaneshwari Express on May 28 in which 148 people were killed, was arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore....
- Maoist blast government office in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 16: Dozens of Maoist guerrillas today blew up a new tehsil (sub-district) office in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said.
The rebels planted explosives in th....
- Maoists kill villager in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 16: Maoists have killed a villager in Orissa's Koraput district suspecting him to be a police informer, police said today.
Over a 100 armed rebels killed 30-year-....
- Suspected Maoists kill Bihar man
Patna, Aug 16: Suspected Maoists shot dead a man in Bihar's Munger district early today, police said.
They threw his body near a government office at Haweli-Kharagpur, about 200 k....
- Suspected Maoists kill two CPI-M supporters
Kolkata, Aug 15: Suspected Maoists killed two supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal's Jhargram sub-division of West Midnapore district today, police said....
- All in letter 'M'
New Delhi, Aug 15: The political battle in West Bengal revolves around the letter 'M.'
"For (Mamata) Banerjee, it is Ma, Mati, Manush and the Marxists," said someone i....
- Maoists are obstructing development: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar, Aug 15: Maoists are "obstructing" the development of India, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today after unfurling the national flag on the 64th Independence Day c....
- Maoists blow up building
Bhubaneswar, Aug 15: Maoist guerrillas have blown up a newly built school building in Orissa's Malkangiri district a day before the country's independence day, police said today.
- Buddhadeb promises help to surrendered Maoists
Kolkata, Aug 15: Urging the Maoist guerillas to eschew violence and return to the mainstream, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today promised to extend help to the surrendered....
- Maoists will be defeated: Raman Singh
Raipur, Aug 15: The Chhattisgarh government is working on multiple efforts to contain Maoist violence and restore peace, Chief Minister Raman Singh said in his Independence Day speech today.
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- Maoists kill CPI-M supporter in West Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 14: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter was killed and a suspected Maoist linkman arrested in two separate incidents in West Bengal's West Midnapore district t....
- Orissa Maoist involved in two murders held
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14: A Maoist leader was arrested today in Orissa's Rayagada district for his alleged role in at least seven crimes, including two murders, police said.
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- Hardcore Maoist surrenders in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 14: A hardcore Maoist rebel surrendered to senior police officials in Jharkhand today.
Sanjay Parmanik of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrend....
- Maoists must abandon path of violence: President
New Delhi, Aug 14: President Pratibha Patil today appealed to Maoists and other extremists to abandon their path of violence and come for dialogue with the government.
"The propon....
- JMM leader shot dead by Maoists
Ranchi, Aug 14: A Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader of Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawa district was shot dead by Maoists early today, police said.
According to the police, around....
- Maoists threaten Bihar speaker
Patna, Aug 14: Maoists threatened Bihar assembly Speaker Udai Narain Choudhary and asked him not to enter Gaya's Imamganj, his assembly constituency, for campaigning ahead of the forthcomin....
- Maoists set on fire iron ore-laden trucks in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 14: Around 60 armed Maoists set on fire at least six trucks loaded with iron ore for Essar Steel in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada district early today, police said.
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- Security beefed up in northeast for I-Day
Guwahati, Aug 14: More than 100,000 army, police and paramilitary troopers were deployed in India's restive northeast to foil any plans by separatists to stage violent attacks ahead of Inde....
- Majority in Maoist-dominated areas side with government: Study
New Delhi, Aug 14: While the government views Maoist violence as the single largest threat to internal security, a study focused on 36 Maoist-affected districts reveals that a majority of the p....
- Four Maoists handed over to police by villagers
Kolkata, Aug 14: Four Maoists were caught by villagers and handed over to police in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Friday.
Police said the four arrested were members of ....
- Maoists blow up culvert in Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 13: Maoists triggered a landmine blast and blew up a culvert in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early today, police said.
"A portion of the culvert between ....
- Maoists blow up panchayat building
Bhubaneswar, Aug 13: Maoist guerrillas blew up a panchayat office building in Orissa's Malkangiri district early today. No one was inside the building at the time of the blast, police said.....
- Five Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 12: Five Maoists have been arrested in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
According to police, five Maoists Ananda Kumar, Bhabataron Mahato, Umacharan....
- Chhattisgarh loses revenue as Maoists dominate forests
Raipur, Aug 12: About 55 percent of Chhattisgarh’s forests are dominated by Maoists and the government suffers a revenue loss due to its inability to operate in these area, an official said tod....
- Up to Andhra to order probe Azad's death: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 12: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said he was ready to provide all resources for an inquiry into the July 2 killing of Maoist spokesperson Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in A....
- No evidence of Maoists getting foreign support: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 11: The government does not have any evidence of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) getting monetary or other support from any international agency or mili....
- Three Maoists involved in Dantewada massacre killed
Raipur, Aug 11: Three Maoist guerrillas, amongst those who staged the April 6 massacre in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and killed 76 paramilitary troopers, were gunned down today, offi....
- Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 10: Four Maoists were today held from the forests of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said.
A police contingent stormed the forested Mohlagaon village in Kanker di....
- Two of gang selling arms to Maoists held
Lucknow, Aug 9: Two men who used to supply firearms illegally manufactured in Bihar to Maoists have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said today.
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- Andhra Maoist arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 9: A top Maoist leader from Andhra Pradesh carrying a bounty of Rs.10 lakh was arrested from Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said today.
According to police, Naras....
- Swami Agnivesh seeks probe into killing of pro-Maoists
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Aug 9: Social activist Swami Agnivesh today demanded a judicial inquiry into the killing of Lal Mohan Tudu and Sidhu Soren, leaders of the pro-Maoist tribal group People&....
- Two pro-Maoist activists arrested
Kolkata, Aug 8: Two pro-Maoist activists were to9day arrested for their alleged involvement in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment in West Bengal in which 148 people were killed, police s....
- Slain pro-Maoists' kin face dark future
Lalgarh, Aug 8: The dilapidated thatched cottage is home to a grieving family. Slain pro-Maoist Lalmohan Tudu's mother Dhamoni asks: "Has the government wiped out the Maoists by killing....
- Chhattisgarh has best government-party tuning: BJP
Raipur, Aug 7: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is experiencing the best co-ordination between government and party in Chhattisgarh, party's newly-appointed state in-charge J.P. Nadda said ....
- Will resist arrest attempts at Lalgarh rally: PCAPA
Kolkata, Aug 7: The pro-Maoist Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) on Friday confirmed its participation in the Aug 9 Lalgarh meeting to be addressed by Trinamool chief Mam....
- No night trains in Maoist-affected areas till Aug 11
Bhubaneswar, Aug 6: Restrictions on the movement of passenger trains during night in Maoist-affected areas of Orissa and West Bengal will continue till Aug 11, the East Coast Railway said here ....
- Pro-Maoist activist held for role in murder cases
Kolkata, Aug 6: A pro-Maoist activist, wanted in several murder cases and suspected to be involved in the Gyaneshwari Express sabotage, was arrested today afternoon in West Bengal's West Mi....
- Chhattisgarh police arrest 16 Maoists
Raipur, Aug 5: At least 16 members of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist were arrested today from Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
The rebels were desc....
- Two Maoists arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 5: Two rebels of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested today in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said.
One of the rebels was s....
- Abducted CPI-M supporter escapes from Maoist captivity
Kolkata, Aug 5: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter, abducted by Maoists guerrillas in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, managed to flee from captivity today morning d....
- Two Maoist rebels surrender in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 5: Two Maoist rebels today surrendered before the Jharkhand police chief and will be rehabilitated under the state's surrender policy, a police official said.
The two ....
- India not interfering, Shyam Saran tells Nepal Maoists
Kathmandu, Aug 5: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy to Nepal Shyam Saran began his whirlwind consultations today by first holding talks with the top leaders of the Maoist....
- Top Maoist leader among four arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 5: A top Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs.5 lakh was arrested along with two of his associates from an apartment here while another guerrilla was arrested from Garwah district ....
- BJP leader shot dead by Maoists in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 5: Maoists have shot dead a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said today.
Munna Gupta was shot late Wednesday by guerrillas b....
- PCAPA to participate in Aug 9 Lalgarh rally
Kolkata, Aug 5: The pro-Maoist tribal group - Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) - on Wednesday changed its stance and decided to participate in the Aug 9 "apolitical&....
- 70 cops missing amid Chhattisgarh gunfight
Raipur, Aug 4; About 70 police personnel were today reported missing in Chhattisgarh forests amid a major gunfight between heavily armed Maoists and the security forces in Dantewada area, a....
- Major' gunfight between Maoists, cops in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 4: A major gunfight between heavily armed Maoists and police personnel broke out today in a forest in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area, sources at the police headquarters here said....
- No foreign money coming to Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 4: Denying reports of Maoists getting foreign funds, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said an integrated development plan is being made by the Planning Commission for the left-....
- Chhattisgarh saw 1,948 Maoist attacks in three years
Raipur, Aug 4: Chhattisgarh has become the hotbed of Maoist insurgency in India with 1,948 attacks by the guerrillas in the past three years.
"The state witnessed 1,948 attacks fr....
- Maoists blow up culvert in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 4: Maoist guerrillas blew up a road culvert in Orissa's Sundergarh district today, police said.
The incident took place near Mahipani village between Bhalulata an....
- Maoists await Shyam Saran visit with mixed feelings
Kathmandu, Aug 4: Nepal's biggest party, the Maoists, today said they were awaiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy, Shyam Saran, with mixed feelings because they r....
- Maoist violence grows at the expense of India's mining sector
New Delhi, Aug 3: Maoist insurgency in India has penetrated almost every sphere of life and this unbridled menace is now putting a scathing mark on the mining industry. If on the one side auth....
- Maoist strike hits road, rail services in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 3: Road and rail services were badly affected in Jharkhand due to a 48-hour strike called by Maoists that began today, officials said.
The national highways wore a deserte....
- Pro-Maoist group's shutdown paralyses life in West Bengal areas
Kolkata, Aug 3: Normal life was paralysed in Maoist-affected areas of three West Bengal districts today following a 48-hour shut down call by the pro-Maoist Peoples' Committee Against Polic....
- Iron ore transportation hit due to Maoists: NDMC
Raipur, Aug 3: The 'martyrs week' called by Maoists has hit iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, a company official said.
The public sector miner excavates iron ore in Bacheli....
- Four trains cancelled in Bihar amid Maoist shutdown
Patna, Aug 3: Four trains were cancelled and some diverted in Bihar in view of a two-day Maoist shutdown that began today, officials said.
The passenger trains cancelled include the G....
- Landmines recovered in Orissa, six Maoists arrested
Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: Tragedy was averted in Orissa's Sundergarh district when two unexploded landmines were found fitted under two separate culverts during a combing operation, police said t....
- Half of Chhattisgarh's diamond belt in Maoist strongholds
Raipur, Aug 2: Diamond reserves could be present in eight belts in Chhattisgarh, half of which according to the police are in Maoist strongholds, Chief Minister Raman Singh said today.
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- Maoist activist held for role in teacher's killing
Kolkata, Aug 2: A Maoist activist was arrested today for his alleged involvement in the killing of a primary teacher in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on July 23, police said.
- Bengal police implement rehabilitation package for Maoists
Kolkata, Aug 1: The implementation of a rehabilitation package for Left wing extremists who surrender to security forces was initiated today in Maoist-affected areas in three western districts ....
- Maoist commander killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 1: A Maoist commander was killed in a gun battle with security forces who raided a rebel hideout on the outskirts of the Jharkhand capital early today. Another rebel was arrested fr....
- Body found in Maoist-dominated area
Kolkata, Aug 1: A man's body with bullet marks was found in the Maoist-dominated Salboni area of West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
"The body was fo....
- One more arrested in Gyaneshwari train tragedy
Kolkata, Aug 1: A pro-Maoist activist has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express tragedy in West Bengal in which 148 people were killed, police said today.
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- Maoist killed in gun battle in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 1: A Maoist was killed in a gun battle with security forces who raided a rebel hideout on the outskirts of Jharkhand's capital early today, police said.
Police raided ....
- 40 kg landmine recovered in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 31: Police recovered a 40 kg landmine planted by the roadside on the outskirts of Ranchi today.
"The state police and Jaguar force formed to fight Maoists were on rou....
- Maoists posters found on Kolkata Raj Bhavan gate
Kolkata, July 31: Maoist posters were found pasted on one of the gates of the West Bengal governor's house here on Friday night, causing a stir.
Police said the posters were put u....
- Railways soft target for Maoists: Minister
New Delhi, July 30: The railways have become a soft target for Maoists, Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed told the Rajya Sabha today, adding that there had been a dramatic rise in the nu....
- Suspected Maoists kill CPI-M supporter in Bengal
Kolkata, July 30: Suspected Maoists shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
The body of Bidyadh....
- Constable held for supplying cartridges to Maoists
Lucknow, July 30: Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested a constable from Sonbhadra district for allegedly smuggling cartridges from government armouries and selling them to Maoists, an official....
- Three Maoists arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 30: Three Maoists were arrested on Thursday from Orissa's mineral rich Keonjhar district, police said.
The rebels were arrested from Pancham village under Brahma....
- Special anti-Maoist cell needed: Goa assembly panel
Panaji, July 29: Almost two months after a leader of an Orissa-based fringe Maoist group was arrested in Goa, a legislative panel has recommended setting up of a special cell to keep tab on Mao....
- Maoists set five trucks on fire in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 29: Maoists set five trucks of the Essar Group on fire in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district today, the second day of the week-long 'martyrs week' called ....
- Sabotage caused Gyaneshwari derailment: Minister
New Delhi, July 29: The derailment of the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal that killed 148 people was due to suspected sabotage, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa tol....
- West Bengal announces surrender policy for Maoists
Kolkata, July 29: The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the Maoist guerrillas with immediate effect.
As per the package, based on....
- 500 Maoist attacks, 350 people killed in three months
New Delhi, July 28: Maoist rebels have carried out at least 500 attacks killing nearly 350 people in nine states in the last three months, with Chhattisgarh recording the highest number of such....
- Bus services hit in Orissa for Maoist 'Martyrs Week'
Bhubaneswar, July 28: Buses and commercial vehicles went off the roads in parts of Orissa as Maoists today began observing 'Martyrs' Week' in memory of rebel leaders killed by secur....
- Villagers lynch man on suspicion of being Maoist
Ranchi, July 28: One man was beaten to death and two people were injured on suspicion of being Maoists by villagers of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said today.
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- Chhattisgarh tense as Maoist 'Martyrs Week' begins
Raipur, July 28: Security was heightened as a 'Martyrs' Week' called by the Maoists began today in their Bastar stronghold in Chhattisgarh amid fears of attacks in the region.
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- Army not a solution to Maoist menace: Ajit Jogi
Raipur, July 28: Congress leader Ajit Jogi on Tuesday said that using the army was not the solution to rising Maoist militancy in Chhattisgarh.
"Army is not the solution...this is....
- Maoists want to usurp power at gunpoint: Raman Singh
Raipur, July 27: Maoists have been stepping up their war against the state with the aim of usurping power in Delhi at gunpoint, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said today.
Rep....
- Security up in Orissa ahead of Maoist martyrs week
Bhubaneswar, July 27: Security has been beefed up in insurgency-hit areas of Orissa ahead of the 'martyrs' week' the Maoists are observing from July 28, a police official said today....
- Pro-Maoist leader involved in Gyaneshwari tragedy surrenders
Kolkata, July 27: A pro-Maoist leader allegedly involved in the Gyaneshwari Express sabotage has surrendered in a court in West Midnapore's Jhargram, police said today.
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- Maoists trigger landmine explosion, no one injured
Kolkata, July 27: Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine explosion blowing up a culvert in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said. No one was hurt.
The incident ....
- Maoist camp destroyed in 20-hour Jharkhand gunfight
Ranchi, July 26: A Maoist camp was destroyed in Jharkhand after a 20-hour gunfight between the security forces and the rebels, police said today.
The gun battle started on Sunday in t....
- Security forces kill six Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 26: Six Maoists were killed and a security personnel was seriously injured in a clash in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early today, police said.
The clash be....
- Suspected Maoists kill Trinamool supporter
Kolkata, July 25: Suspected Maoists killed a Trinamool Congress supporter in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on suspicion of his being a police informer, an officer said today.
- Reduce 'development deficit' to tackle Maoism: PM
New Delhi, July 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said "development deficit" in backward areas should be reduced to deal with Left-wing extremism and admitted that government-spon....
- Kishenji aide, three other Maoists sent to police custody
Kolkata, July 24: Four top Maoists, including an aide of rebel leader Kishenji and wanted for the 2007 killing of Jharkhand MP Sunil Mahato, were remanded to police custody for five days by a l....
- Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 24: Four Maoist rebels were arrested with explosives in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said today.
"A joint contingent of state police and the BSF (Border....
- Need to revisit development plans in Maoist areas: PM
New Delhi, July 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a "holistic development programme" was needed for Maoist affected areas, admitting that the government sponsored schemes ....
- Advocates of non violence not Maoist sympathisers: Congress
New Delhi, July 24: It is wrong to dub those who suggest non-violent means to tackle the Maoist menace as their sympathisers, the Congress said today rebutting the contention of BJP president N....
- Gunfight between police, Maoists in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 24: An hour-long gun battle broke out today night between the police and Maoists in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said. There were no immediate r....
- Maoists storm into bus, passengers terrorised
Raipur, July 23: Armed Maoists stormed into a bus in Chhattisgarh, forced the 40-odd passengers out and drove away, leaving the commuters to walk several kilometers on a jungle road, police sai....
- Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group
Kolkata, July 23: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today held a demonstration against....
- Suspected Maoists kill teacher
Kolkata, July 23: Suspected Maoists today shot dead a 58-year-old primary school teacher in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
The incident took place around 4.30....
- Tackling Maoism in tribal areas to top high-level meet on Saturday
New Delhi, July 23: Ways to tackle leftwing extremism in 33 affected districts, especially in tribal areas, will top of the agenda of the 55th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) ....
- Kishenji aide, three other Maoists arrested
Kolkata, July 23: Four top Maoists, including one who was wanted for the 2007 killing of Jharkhand MP Sunil Mahato and is a close aide of rebel leader Kishenji, were arrested in West Bengal tod....
- Suspected Maoists abduct four villagers in Bihar
Patna, July 23: Suspected Maoists have abducted four people in Bihar's Rohtas district over a land dispute, police said today.
Over 40 armed guerrillas raided Tendua village in Ro....
- Four more confirmed swine flu cases in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 22: Four people were admitted to a hospital today after they tested positive for swine flu, taking the number of confirmed cases in West Bengal to 31 this year, the state health d....
- Maoists kill one in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 22: Maoists killed a man in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, charging him with being a police informer, an officer said.
According to police, local people noti....
- Will be happy if someone can do my job better: Chidambaram
New Delhi, July 22: Replying to continued criticism of his "anti-Maoist policy" by Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said he will be the "h....
- Maoists abduct engineer in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 22: Maoists have abducted an engineer of the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) from Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said today.
According to police, eight-10 rebel....
- I will request PM to stop anti-Maoist operation: Mamata
Kolkata, July 21: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said she would request Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the anti-Maoist joint operation in West Bengal....
- Maoists trigger landmine blast in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 21: Maoists triggered a landmine blast in West Bengal's troubled Jhargram area today, police said. No casualties were reported.
The landmine blast was triggered on t....
- War against Maoists will be long-drawn: Raman Singh
Raipur, July 21: His state is the worst to be hit by Maoist insurgency in India. But despite a series of deadly attacks in 2010, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is confident that his go....
- Five Maoists held for railway station blast in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 20: Five Maoists involved in blasting a railway station building earlier this month have been arrested in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said today.
According t....
- Communists choose PM candidate, Maoists still dithering
Kathmandu, July 20: Even as the deadline for taking part in Wednesday's prime ministerial election drew closer, Nepal's Maoists, who had been waging a year-long battle for the post, fai....
- Maoist arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 20: A rebel wanted in at least 11 cases related to Maoist violence has been arrested from Orissa's Gajapti district, police said today.
Jacob Majhi, 40, was arre....
- Maoist wanted in 11 cases arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 20: A rebel wanted in at least 11 cases related to Maoist violence has been arrested from Orissa's Gajapti district, police said today.
Jacob Majhi, 40, was arre....
- Maoist-northeast militants linking up no cause of worry: Army chief
Shillong, July 19: Chief of Army Staff General V.K. Singh today said there is no cause of alarm over the possibility of the Maoists and northeast insurgents linking up.
"There has....
- Trains suspended as Maoist banners found on tracks
Kolkata, July 19: Train services in the Jhargram-Tatanagar section of the South Eastern Railway (SER) were suspended after Maoist banners were found on the tracks between Jhargram and Khatkura ....
- Lingaram in Agnivesh's safe custody
New Delhi, July 18: Lingaram Kodopi, the tribal youth who has been in the media spotlight and the crosshairs of Chhattisgarh police for allegedly being a Maoist "mastermind", is spendin....
- Maoists set five vehicles on fire in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 18: Maoists set ablaze five vehicles of a construction company in Jharkhand's steel city of Jamshedpur after the firm refused to pay levy to them, police said today.
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- Maoists blow up two Orissa schools, kill man
Bhubaneswar, July 18: Maoists today blew up two school buildings and killed a villager in separate incidents in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, police said.
The rebels blew up a school ....
- Maoists kill tribal for being 'police spy'
Raipur, July 17: Maoists shot dead a tribal civilian today in Chhattisgarh's troubled Bastar region, police said.
Sodhi Hunga, 40, was shot dead at his native village Kankerlanka ....
- Maoists free abducted cop in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 17: Maoist rebels today freed a police officer whom they kidnapped earlier this month after attacking a security post in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said.
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- CPI-M member killed by Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 17: Maoists killed a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member early Saturday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
A group of 10-12 heavily a....
- Five cops killed in Jharkhand landmine blast
Ranchi, July 16: Five policemen were killed and 10 injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district today, police said.
The landmine blast took pla....
- Suspected Maoist killed in Bengal
Joybanki (West Bengal), July 16: A suspected Maoist was killed in a gunbattle today when security personnel conducted a raid near this village in West Midnapore district in connection with the ....
- Suspected Maoists kill three in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 16: Suspected Maoists killed three people, including a worker of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), in separate incidents across the state, police ....
- Maoists attack police station in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 16: A group of around 70 Maoists late Thursday night attacked a police station in Orissa's Nabrangpur district and triggered a blast, police said.
The rebels att....
- Two Maoists lynched in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 16: Two Maoists were lynched by angry villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said.
According to the police, five Maoist rebels went to Jalim village of Lat....
- Suspected Maoists kill teen in Orissa, torch house
Bhubaneswar, July 15: Suspected Maoists today killed a boy and torched the house of a home guard in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district, police said.
"A group of about 20-30 suspected re....
- Suspected Maoists kill woman in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 15: Suspected Maoists shot dead a woman in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
Locals noticed the bullet-ridden body of the victim lying on the....
- Jharkhand seeks Rs.100 crore to fight Maoists
Ranchi, July 14: Jharkhand Governor M.O.H. Farook today sought Rs.100 crore from the central government to develop infrastructure for the Special Task Force (STF) involved in anti-Maoist operat....
- Urgent need for coordinated anti-Maoist drive: PM
New Delhi, July 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there was "urgent need for the central and state forces to work with coordination" to meet the challenge of Maoist extre....
- Maoists are part of our society: Nitish Kumar
New Delhi, July 14: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today struck a discordant note on the government's anti-Maoist policy, saying the leftist rebels were "part of our society" and....
- Maoists have been killing over 500 civilians every year: Chidambaram
New Delhi, July 14: The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has been killing over 500 civilians every year since 2004 after labelling many of them "police informers", Home Mini....
- Integrated approach needed to fight Maoists: Raman Singh
New Delhi, July 14: Maoist-affected states needed an "integrated action plan" to fight left wing rebels, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said here today.
"State go....
- Suspected Maoists kill one in Bengal
Kolkata, July 14: Suspected Maoists shot dead a middle-aged man in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
Locals noticed the bullet-ridden body of the victim ne....
- PM meets chief minister of Maoist affected states
New Delhi, July 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met the chief ministers of Maoist affected states to review government policy and discuss strategy to counter one of the greatest interna....
- Set up unified command in four Maoist hit states: Chidambaram
New Delhi, July 14: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal should coordinate their anti-Maoist operations and form a Unified Command with a....
- PM meets chief minister of Maoist affected states
New Delhi, July 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met the chief ministers of Maoist affected states to review government policy and discuss strategy to counter one of the greatest interna....
- Maoists open fire at six places in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 14: Maoist guerillas resorted to simultaneous firing at camps of police and the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum activists at six places in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday night, police said. No ca....
- Maoists open fire at six places in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 14: Maoist guerillas resorted to simultaneous firing at camps of police and the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum activists at six places in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday night, police said. No ca....
- NMDC resumes full production after Maoist attack
Raipur, July 13: NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore miner, today restored production to its full capacity from its key mining facility in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, a day after ....
- Police have no proof of Lingaram's link to Maoist attack: Lawyer
New Delhi/Raipur, July 13: The Chhattisgarh police were today still verifying whether Lingaram Kodopi, who they allege had masterminded the July 8 Maoist strike on a Congress leader's house....
- Three suspected Maoists arrested with explosives
Lucknow, July 13: Three suspected Maoists have been arrested along with a big cache of explosives in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, police said today.
The three, who are from....
- PM to meet chief ministers of Maoist-hit states, stress on development
New Delhi, July 13: Against the backdrop of unabated Maoist violence, a day-long meeting of chief ministers of seven Maoist-affected states will be held here on Wednesday where Prime Minister M....
- In Maoist-police battle, tribal women bear the brunt
Lalgarh (West Bengal), July 13: On both sides of the war between Maoists and security forces, it is mostly the men who wield the arms. But it is the tribal women who bear the brunt of the confl....
- Maoists open fire at mining facility in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 12: Nearly 40 armed Maoists including some women, opened fire at a mining facility of India's largest iron ore miner, NMDC Ltd, tonight in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district....
- Maoist damage rail tracks in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 12: Train movement was affected today in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district as Maoists damaged rail tracks, an official said.
The guerrillas had damaged tracks up to 3....
- Maoist held with 90 kg of ammonium nitrate
Ranchi, July 12: A Maoist rebel was arrested today with 90 kg of ammonium nitrate in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said.
According to police, the rebel was arrested from Jhu....
- Maoists kill two in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 12: Maoist guerrillas shot dead a panchayat head and his associate in Jamboni area of West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
Soumen Bhakat and his....
- Maoists abduct 11 in Bihar
Patna, July 12: More than 200 armed Maoists raided a Bihar village and abducted 11 villagers on suspicion of being police informers, police said today.
The guerrillas swooped on Kaimu....
- Maoist attack mastermind linked to activists: Police
Raipur, July 12: Six people were arrested on Sunday on charges of being involved in an attack on a Congress leader's house in Chhattisgarh on July 8 that killed two people and the police cl....
- Maoist attack mastermind linked to top activists: Police
Raipur, July 12: Six people were arrested on Sunday on charges of being involved in an attack on a Congress leader's house in Chhattisgarh on July 8 that killed two people and the police cl....
- Man killed by suspected Maoists
Kolkata, July 11: A 55-year-old man was killed by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
The body of Umakanto Mahato, a resident of Mathura....
- Maoists open fire at police station in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 11: Maoist rebels on Saturday night fired at a police station in a remote pocket of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said. No casualty has been reported. "Maois....
- Army's help needed in fight against Maoists: Raman Singh
Raipur, July 11: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday reiterated that the army should be used for providing logistics support to the security forces fighting the Maoists. "Fi....
- Maoists blow up mobile tower control room
Bhubaneswar, July 11: Armed Maoists blew up a mobile tower control room of a private telecom company in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said today.
More than 30 rebels of out....
- Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 10: Four Maoists were arrested today in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, where the guerrillas had slaughtered 27 security personnel on June 29, police said.
The ar....
- Maoists' bid to blast police vehicle fails
Raipur, July 9: Maoists today made a failed bid to blow up a police vehicle in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
Maoists triggered twin landmine blasts in Bijapur....
- Naxalites may take to urban terrorism: Stratfor
Washington, July 9: While the Maoist movement in India appears to be fairly contained for now, the rebel group's leaders and bombmakers could develop the "tradecraft for urban terrorism....
- Maoists kill contractor in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 9: A contractor was killed today when Maoist guerrillas attacked a road construction camp and damaged equipment in Orissa's Koraput district.
About 10-12 armed r....
- Maoists torch CPI-M leaders' houses
Kolkata, July 8: Houses of seven Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members and supporters were set ablaze by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on day two of a shutdown....
- Maoist strike hits rural Bihar
Patna, July 8: Life in parts of rural Bihar was badly hit on the second day of a Maoist shutdown today called to protest the killing of one of their top leaders, police sources said.
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- Maoists torch police station building, abduct policeman
Bhubaneswar, July 8: Maoists set furniture and other stuff inside a police building on fire in Orissa's Keonjhar district and abducted a police officer, officials said today, the second day....
- Congress leader's relative killed in Maoist attack
Raipur, July 8: Dozens of armed Maoists attacked a Congress leader's house and a police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district early today, killing a close relative of the politic....
- Maoists blast railway station, tracks in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 8: Maoists guerrillas blew up a railway station and tracks in Jharkhand today, the second day of a two-day strike called to protest against the killing of one of their top leaders,....
- Maoists open fire at Chhattisgarh CRPF camp
Raipur, July 8: Maoist guerrillas on Wednesday night opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said. No casualties were reporte....
- Six Maoists, nine arms suppliers held
Ranchi, July 7: Six Maoists and nine arms suppliers have been arrested in Jharkhand, police said today.
The Maoists of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) were arrested today from the ju....
- Maoist shutdown hits life in three Bengal districts
Kolkata, July 7: Normal life was hit in tribal-dominated areas of three West Bengal districts as Maoists began a two-day shutdown today to protest the killing of their spokesperson Azad in Andh....
- Maoist strike begins in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 7: A two-day shutdown by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) began today in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region amid fear of violence and tight security arrangeme....
- Maoist shutdown hits road traffic in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, July 7: Road services were hit in Orissa's interiors as Maoists began a 48-hour nationwide shutdown to protest the killing of their top leader in Andhra Pradesh.
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- Maoist shutdown evokes partial response in parts of Andhra
Hyderabad, July 7: The 48-hour shutdown called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to protest the killing of their spokesperson Azad evoked partial response in parts of....
- Maoist strike begins in Bihar
Patna, July 7: Five trains were cancelled and buses went off roads in Bihar today as a two-day Maoist strike began amid tight security and fear of violence in the state, officials said.
- Seven trains cancelled in Jharkhand due to Maoist strike
Ranchi, July 7: Seven trains were cancelled and routes of five diverted in Jharkhand today as Maoists began their two-day strike in seven states to protest the killing of their top leader in An....
- Journalist's body flown to Delhi
Hyderabad, July 6: The body of Hemchandra Pandey, a freelance journalist killed with Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gunfight with police, was today taken to New Delhi....
- Steps taken to combat Maoists yielding results: Pillai
Raipur, July 6: Steps taken to combat Maoist insurgency had slowly started yielding results, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here today.
Giving details about the ongoing anti-Ma....
- Security tightened ahead of Maoists' two-day shutdown
New Delhi, July 6: Security has been tightened in states affected by Maoist violence in view of the 48-hour shutdown from on Wednesday called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CP....
- Maoists blow up Orissa school building
Bhubaneswar, July 6: Maoist guerrillas blew up a school building in Orissa's Malkangiri district early today.
About 30-40 rebels blasted the school building at MV 21 village, abou....
- No immediate need for army in Maoist-hit areas: Pillai
Raipur, July 5: Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said today he felt there was no immediate need for deploying the army in the Maoist-affected areas.
"The centre and the state gove....
- Andhra minister promises probe into slain man's identity
Hyderabad, July 5: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy Monday said a probe would be ordered to find out if Hemchandra Pandey, killed along with Maoist leader Azad in a gunfight w....
- Maoists blow up key bridge in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 4: Maoists blew up today a bridge on a national highway connecting Chhattisgarh to Andhra Pradesh in the state's worst insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said.
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- Mystery deepens over identity of 'journalist' killed with Azad
Hyderabad, July 4: The mystery over the identity of a "journalist" killed along with top Maoist leader Azad in the alleged exchange of fire with police on Friday deepened with the the o....
- 'Maoists may trigger Dantewada-like attacks to avenge Azad's killing'
Kolkata, July 4: Maoist rebels may trigger Dantewada-style attacks in eastern India to avenge the killing of their top leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, intelligence reports suggest, said a....
- Bodies of two Maoist victims yet to be recovered
Kolkata, July 4: The bodies of two people killed by suspected Maoists were found on the banks of the Tarafeni river on the border between West Bengal's West Midnapore and Bankura districts ....
- Revolutionary songs mark Maoist leader Azad's last rites
Hyderabad, July 4: Sympathisers, former extremists and civil liberties activists today sang revolutionary songs and paid their respects to top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, whose....
- Maoists call two-day strike to protest Azad's killing
Kolkata, July 4: The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist has called for a two-day strike across the country from Wednesday to protest the gunning down of their senior politburo member Cher....
- 'Maoist' killed with Azad was journalist: Maoists
Hyderabad, July 3: The Communist Party of India-Maoist today claimed that the man killed along with top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gun battle with police in Andhr....
- Mother, brother allowed to see Maoist leader's body
Hyderabad, July 3: The mother and brother of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, gunned down by the Andhra Pradesh Police a day earlier, were today allowed to see his body.
- Maoists may soon realise that India is not a soft state
New Delhi, July 3: Knowingly or otherwise, the Maoists are engaged in a dangerous game which can ultimately prove disastrous for them. It is clear that their present tactics involve attacking t....
- Maoists looted Ak47s in Narayanpur attack
Hyderabad, July 2: The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has put the number of its cadres killed in the ambush in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district Tuesday at three and....
- Top Maoist leader gunned down in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, July 2: In a major blow to the Maoists, their top leader and spokesperson Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was killed in a gunfight with police in Andhra Pradesh today, police claimed.
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- Maoist leader Azad had gone 'missing' in March
Hyderabad, July 2: Top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who was killed by police in Andhra Pradesh early today, had apparently gone 'missing' four months ago.
The ....
- Maoists kill two villagers in Orissa for 'spying'
Bhubaneswar, July 2: Maoists early today killed two villagers in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district, accusing them of being police informers, police said.
At least 20-30 memb....
- Jadavpur University alumna denies being a Maoist
Kolkata, July 1: A former woman student of Jadavpur University, who was dubbed as a Maoist leader by West Bengal police's criminal investigation department (CID), today rubbished the allega....
- Maoists vow to keep killing security personnel
Raipur, July 1: The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) vowed today to keep targeting security forces to avenge what it said were atrocities by them on the locals.
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- Maoist stir hits life in some West Bengal areas
Kolkata, July 1: Normal life was paralysed in the tribal areas of three West Bengal districts today - the second day of the Maoists' shutdown in five states protesting against the central g....
- Orissa submits plan for development in Maoists hit areas
Bhubaneswar, July 1: The Orissa government has submitted an integrated action plan to the centre on expediting development work in some of the areas worst hit by Maoists activities, an official....
- Maoists mutilated bodies of slain securitymen
Raipur, July 1: Doctors, who performed autopsies of the 26 security personnel killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgargh on Tuesday, were stunned to find that at least 10 men had their hands an....
- CRPF personnel are like broiler chicken: Maoists
Nagpur, July 1: Once again the vulnerability of the CRF jawans surfaced when Maoists embarked on a fresh assault in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur on Tuesday. The incident, which killed 27 CRPF ....
- Maoist strike hits life in interior Chhattisgarh
Raipur, July 1: Normal life was hit in the forested interiors of Chhattisgarh today, the second day of the two-day shutdown in five states called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist....
- 12-day police remand for five Maoist leaders
Kolkata, June 30: Five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders were on Wednesday remanded to 12 days' police custody by a court here.
The quintet, including a state c....
- Ensure security of Amarnath pilgrims, says BJP
New Delhi, June 30: Expressing concern over the situation in Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said today that the government should ensure that morale of security forces was not affect....
- Chhattisgarh should revisit CRPF deployment: Chidambaram
New Delhi, June 30: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the central government wanted Chhattisgarh to "revisit some of the deployment" of paramilitary forces in view of the frequent....
- Maoist shutdown hits three West Bengal districts
Kolkata, June 30: Normal life was partially affected in Maoist pockets of three West Bengal districts on the first day of a two-day shutdown called by Leftwing ultras in five states to protest ....
- Maoists kill Congress leader, contractor in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 30: In two separate incidents, Maoists have killed a Congress leader and a building contractor as their two-day strike began in Jharkhand today, police said.
Maoists kill....
- Adhocism in fight against Maoists: BJP
New Delhi, June 30: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today accused the government of "adhocism" in the war against Maoists and said states where the rebels are active should get all hel....
- Maoist strike evokes little response in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, June 30: The two-day strike called by Maoists from today in five states has evoked little response in Orissa, police said.
"Less number of vehicles were plying in the....
- Maoist strike hits life in Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Raipur, June 30: A day after 26 security personnel were killed in a Maoist massacre, normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh's southern restive Bastar region as a two-day ....
- Why CRPF keep falling victim to Maoists?
Raipur, June 30: The Chhattisgarh Police and experts on Maoist warfare are blaming the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for repeatedly falling victim to Maoist guerrillas.
Police s....
- Maoists kill 26 security personnel in Chhattisgarh attack
Raipur, June 30: In yet another daring and deadly attack, Maoists on Tuesday killed 26 security personnel, including 24 paramilitary troopers and an assistant commandant, in Chhattisgarh's ....
- Five top Maoists held in South Kolkata
Kolkata, June 29: In a major crackdown, West Bengal CID arrested five top Maoists from the outskirts of Kolkata today. While the first lot of Maoists was arrested from Vishnupur area (South 24 ....
- Suspected Maoists kill student in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 29: The body of a Class 10 student suspected to have been murdered by Maoist guerrillas was found in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
The bo....
- West Bengal to raise industrial security force
Kolkata, June 28: The West Bengal government on Monday said it would raise its own industrial security force to provide protection against the Maoist menace and other threats.
Inspect....
- Maoists kill three on spying charges
Raipur, June 28: Three civilians were shot dead by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar district on charges of being informers, police said.
"Maoists stormed into Patt....
- Gyaneshwari train derailment accused wants to confess
Kolkata, June 28: Pro-Maoist activist Bapi Mahato, a prime accused in last month's Gyaneshwari Express derailment, today told a city court that he wanted to make a confessional statement be....
- Maoists kill businessman in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 28: Maoist rebels shot dead a businessman, who they considered a sympathizer of another rebel faction, in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said today.
Two Maoist ....
- Maoist shutdown hits life in tribal districts of Orissa
Bhubaneswar, June 28: Normal life was disrupted in tribal-dominated districts of Orissa as a 24-hours shutdown called by Maoists against government policies began in the state today, police sai....
- Trooper, Maoist killed in West Bengal gunfight
Kolkata, June 27: A joint forces trooper and a Maoist fighter were killed in a shootout in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early today, police said. The body of the unidentified Maois....
- Two Maoists wanted for Jharkhand ex-minister, cop's killings held
Ranchi, June 26: Two more Maoist rebels, allegedly involved in the murder of former Jharkhand minister Ramesh Singh Munda and the abduction and beheading of police inspector Francis Induwar, we....
- Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 26: A Maoist commander was arrested in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district today, police said.
According to police, Pradeep Mahto, an area commander of Tritiya Prastuti C....
- Supposed Maoist outfit warns Mayawati
Lucknow, June 26: A supposed Maoist group has threatened violence in Uttar Pradesh, but police say it is a fake threat.
The editorial department of a known Hindi daily on Friday recei....
- Maoists abduct son of CPI-M leader
Kolkata, June 25: Suspected Maoists have abducted the son of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal and demanded the release of a jailed guerrilla in order to set him ....
- School teacher killed by Maoists
Kolkata, June 24: A primary school teacher, a former Marxist, was kidnapped from his house and shot dead by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's troubled Midnapore district, police said today....
- Indian censor board rejects film on Nepal Maoists
Kathmandu, June 24: Citing the growing Maoist violence in some states of India as the reason, authorities in New Delhi have refused to allow public screenings of a documentary on Nepal that dep....
- Police sneak into forests after Maoist killings
Raipur, June 24: Dozens of policemen sneaked into a thick forest in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district to avenge the deaths of their three colleagues killed by Maoist guerrillas a day earlie....
- Rs.600 crore sanctioned for Maoist-hit Bastar
Raipur, June 23: The central government has sanctioned Rs.600 crore for infrastructure development in the Maoist-hit Bastar region, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said today.
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- Three cops, two civilians killed in Maoist violence
Raipur, June 23: In fresh violence in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region today, three policemen were killed in a blast in Dantewada district, while two civilians were murdered in Bijapur district.
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- Rs 1 lakh if you are hit by Maoists, get nothing for police violation
Raipur, June 23: Your family members get more as compensation if you are killed by Maoists and they may blame their luck if police have brought death to you. If Chhattisgarh has witnessed ceas....
- Maoists call 48-hour shutdown in five states
Kolkata, June 22: The Maoists today called for a 48-hour shutdown from June 30 in five states - West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh - to protest the disinvestment policy of t....
- 10-day CBI custody for train sabotage prime accused
Kolkata, June 22: Pro-Maoist activist Bapi Mahato, a prime accused in last month's train sabotage in West Bengal in which 148 people were killed, was today remanded to 10 days' Central ....
- Posters come up against four Maoists
Kolkata, June 22: The West Bengal Police today came out with posters seeking information about four hardcore Maoists in various parts of Purulia district.
Purulia Superintendent of Po....
- Doubts over Chhattisgarh ambulance service in Maoist hotbeds
Raipur, June 22: The Chhattisgarh government said today it will provide ambulance services to its urban citizens within 22 minutes and to rural citizens within 30 minutes of dialling 108. Howev....
- CBI takes train sabotage prime accused to West Bengal
Ranchi, June 21: Bapi Mahato and Bimal Mahato, both accused in last month's Gyaneshwari Express train sabotage, were today taken to West Bengal by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ....
- No easy solution to Maoist challenge: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, June 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said there was no easy solution to the Maoist challenge and the issue has become "very complicated" due to sup....
- Maoists kill CPI-M activist in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 21: A Communist party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was killed today in Ranibandh village in West Bengal's Bankura district by suspected Maoists who claimed he was a polic....
- Monsoon slows down anti-Maoist offensive
Raipur, June 21; The anti-Maoist offensive in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region has slowed down due to the Monsoon, an official said today.
"There is always a big probl....
- Explosives seized in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 20: A sack containing 50 gelatine sticks and other explosive material was found today in West Bengal's Bankura district, where Maoists are active, police said.
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- One of the prime accused in train sabotage arrested
Kolkata, June 20: A pro-Maoist activist, who is one of the three prime accused in the derailment of a train in West Bengal that killed 148 people, was arrested in Jharkhand today, police said h....
- Diamond reserve in Chhattisgarh under Maoist control
Pailikhand (Chhattisgarh), June 20: Maoist guerrillas, who hold sway over vast stretches of Chhattisgarh's forested interiors, have now virtually taken control of a diamond deposit area aft....
- Six Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 19: Six Maoists were arrested today after the security forces raided their forest hideout in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
"A squad of Distri....
- Maoists torch construction company vehicles
Ranchi, June 19: Maoist rebels torched vehicles of a road construction company in Jharkhand's Chatra district today, police said.
About 20 to 25 Maoist rebels set on fire a road r....
- Suspected Maoists kill two 'police informers'
Kolkata, June 19: Suspected Maoists today killed two people in West Bengal's Jhargram area in West Midnapore district after accusing them of being "police informers", authorities sa....
- One more arrested in Gyaneshwari Express derailment
Kolkata, June 19: A pro-Maoist activist has been arrested for the sabotage that led to the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment in West Bengal last month killing 148 people, Central Bureau of I....
- Nepal Maoists intensify anti-dam protest
Kathmandu, June 18: Work on a controversial high dam by India and Nepal in collaboration continued under tight security in eastern Nepal even as the opposition Maoist party intensified its prot....
- India to UN: Maoist problem not an armed conflict
New York, June 18: India has voiced its strong protest against the inclusion of the Maoist guerrilla issue as an "armed conflict" in a UN report and clarified that the violence by these....
- Little development around Lalgarh, a year into security operations
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 18: Exactly a year after police and paramilitary forces launched operations to flush out Maoists along with promises of better times, development eludes people in an....
- One year of Lalgarh: 325 people, 37 cops killed by Maoists
Lalgarh, June 17: Maoist guerrillas have killed 325 people, as also 37 policemen, in the one year since the launch of Operation Lalgarh on June 18, 2009 to flush out the Left-wing ultras from p....
- West Bengal announces rehab package for surrendering Maoists
Kolkata, June 17: The West Bengal government on Thursday formally announced a package for bringing back Maoist guerillas, who lay down arms, to the mainstream under a "Special Rehabilitatio....
- CBI declares reward for tips on Bengal train sabotage accused
Kolkata, June 17: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today declared a reward of Rs.1 lakh each for anyone providing information about the three prime accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Ex....
- Arrested 'Maoist' in Bengal is mentally challenged: Parents
Duli (West Bengal), June 17: A 19-year-old arrested by the security forces after Wednesday's gunbattle with Maoist guerrillas in West Midnapore's Ranjha forest is "mentally challeng....
- Haunted by guns and poverty, right next to where Maoists died
Duli (West Bengal), June 17: Branching off from a road, a five kilometre trek on a potholed pathway leads to this village, close to the spot where eight Maoists were killed by the security forc....
- Bengal on high alert ahead of Maoist protest
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 17: Ahead of shutdowns and protests called by Maoists, police stations in all West Bengal districts have been alerted to foil any rebel strikes in view of the comple....
- Arya Samaj leader to pursue Maoist dialogue efforts
New Delhi, June 17: Arya Samaj leader and social activist Swami Agnivesh, who led a three-day march from Raipur to the Maoist-infested Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh recently, today said he....
- Hunt on for Maoists after Lalgarh battle
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 17: A massive hunt is on to track down Maoists who fled after a gun battle that left eight of them dead near this rebel stronghold in West Bengal, the state police c....
- Maoists beat up employees in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 17: Angry after being denied extortion money, Maoists torched two heavy machines in two industries and beat up some employees in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police sai....
- 'Army uniforms' worn by joint forces bought from market: Police
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 17: In a shocking admission, police said that the army battle fatigues worn by the joint security forces during Wednesday's gunfight with Maoists in West Midnapo....
- Bengal to rehabilitate Maoists who surrender
Lalgarh, June 16: West Bengal is set to unveil a rehabilitation package for Maoists willing to surrender and return to the mainstream, a senior police official said here on Wednesday.
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- 13 held in Bengal for Maoist links sent to judicial custody
Lalgarh, June 16: Thirteen people, including three city intellectuals, arrested for alleged links with Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district were on Wednesday remanded by a court....
- Armed forces doctrine has lessons to fight Maoists
New Delhi, June 16: The Indian armed forces, in a step towards enhancing their joint fighting capabilities, have promulgated two doctrines, including one on fighting internal battles like the M....
- Eight Maoists killed in West Bengal
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 16: Eight Maoist guerrillas, including three women, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in this Maoist stronghold of West Midnapore district, police said ....
- 13 arrested for alleged Maoist links
Kolkata, June 15: Thirteen people, including two Kolkata-based professors, were today arrested for their alleged links with Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
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- Maoist rampage: station, bank torched, police camps raided
Patna, June 15: Maoist guerrillas in Bihar set ablaze a railway station and a bank as well as attacked a police station and a camp of the Special Auxiliary Police to enforce their two-day shutd....
- Maoists kill two in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 14: Suspected Maoists today killed two people, including a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter, in West Bengal's West Midnapore and Bankura districts, police sa....
- Passenger train movement to remain suspended on two routes
Kolkata, June 14: Movement of passenger trains during the night on the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Eastern Railway (SER) would remain suspended till June 18 due to s....
- Lack of leadership turns Bengal tribal group to violence
Kolkata, June 14: The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a tribal group formed two years ago to protest police torture in West Bengal, seems to be engaging in mindless vi....
- Trains, bus services hit in Jharkhand amid Maoist strike
Ranchi, June 14: Nine trains were cancelled, bus services were hit and trucks were stranded in several parts of Jharkhand on the first day of a two-day Maoist shutdown in three states today, of....
- Anti-Maoist offensive intensified, 10 rebels killed in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 14: The anti-Maoist offensive in Jharkhand has been intensified with security forces gunning down 10 rebels in West Singhbhum district, police sources said today.
Police ....
- Maoists who abducted intelligence officer arrested
Ranchi, June 14: Two of the Maoists who abducted an intelligence officer in Jharkhand and who was later beheaded have been arrested, police said today.
Lakshmi Munda and Pawan Munda w....
- Trains cancelled in Bihar amid Maoist shutdown
Patna, June 14: At least nine trains were cancelled and some diverted in Bihar in view of a two-day Maoist shutdown that began today, officials said.
The trains cancelled include the ....
- Government extends time for census in Maoist-hit Bastar
New Delhi, June 13: The government has decided to extend the time for carrying out census in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Bastar region as the difficult terrain and presence of rebels was....
- Maoists gun down cop in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 12: Four armed Maoists today gunned down a policeman in full public view in Chhattisgarh, an official said.
The armed Maoists opened fire at assistant sub-inspector Shivk....
- India cannot lose battle against Maoists: BJP
Patna, June 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said that India cannot afford to lose the battle against the Maoists.
"We have to strengthen the security situation in areas....
- CBI sleuths visit Gyaneshwari Express accident spot
Kolkata, June 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the Gyaneshwari Express accident on Friday made a survey of the spot where the train derailed near Jhargram in West....
- Chhattisgarh seeks education package for violence-hit areas
Raipur, June 11: Admitting that unabated Maoist violence has hit its education system hard, Chhattisgarh has urged the central government to release a special package for the six most affected ....
- No consensus on using armed forces against Maoists
New Delhi, June 11: A cabinet panel that met here on Thursday to consider deploying the armed forces against the Maoists could not arrive at a consensus and is likely to meet again next week, a....
- Gyaneshwari Express case handed over to CBI
Kolkata, June 10: The West Bengal government today handed over the Gyaneshwari Express derailment case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), whose sleuths held a series of meetings with....
- Government's focus on strengthening police to fight Maoists: Pillai
New Delhi, June 10: Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai today said strengthening the state police to fight the Maoists is the cornerstone of the government's policy. Pillai was replying to a q....
- Maoist sabotage threat hits Bengal train movements
Kolkata, June 10: Train movement was late on Wednesday suspended over a part of the South Eastern Railway in West Bengal following intelligence inputs that Maoists had assembled near the tracks....
- Two Maoists held for Rs.5 crore heist
Ranchi, June 9: Two Maoist rebels allegedly involved hijacking an ICICI bank delivery van and looting Rs.5 crore from it were arrested on Wednesday, police said.
According to police, ....
- Another possible train sabotage by Maoists foiled
Kolkata, June 9: Train movement was late today suspended over a part of the South Eastern Railway in West Bengal following intelligence inputs that Maoists had assembled near the tracks in West....
- Maoist celebrations hit NMDC's iron ore shipment
Raipur, June 9: A week-long celebration of revolutionary week by Maoists has hit iron ore shipments of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), India's largest iron ore miner, i....
- Suspected Maoists kill two in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 8: Suspected Maoists today killed two people in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
The local people found the bodies on a road crossing near Ghangh ....
- Five Maoists held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 8: Five Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Jharkhand's Gumla district today, police said.
Four Maoist rebels belonging to the People's Liberation Front of India....
- Three Maoists held with bombs in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 7: Three Maoist rebels were arrested today from Chhattisgarh's Kanker district and two bombs recovered from their possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, the po....
- Explosives recovered from railway station in Jharkhand
Ranchi, June 7: Explosives were recovered from a railway station in Jharkhand's Giridih district today, officials said. Police suspect it was meant to be supplied to Maoist rebels.
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- Maoist 'revolutionary week' hits life in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 7: Normal life was hit in the interiors of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region today owing to the weeklong Maoist celebration, Jan Pituri, which began two days ago, officials said.
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- Efforts should be made to reform the Maoists: Baba Ramdev
Bhopal, June 7: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said efforts should be made to reform the Maoists and if they still do not return to the mainstream then law should take its own course.
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- Maoists kill CPI-M member in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 6: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member was shot dead by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said today.
According to police, Ni....
- Maoists torch resthouse in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 5: Maoist rebels set ablaze a forest department resthouse in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region today but there were no casualties, police said. The ultras also disrupte....
- Over 150 people migrate as Maoists label them informers
Raipur, June 5: Over 150 people belonging to 35 families have migrated from their ancestral forest village in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region after Maoists branded them police informer....
- Evidence of Maoist links with northeast insurgents: Pillai
Shillong, June 5: Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said today there was evidence of Maoists establishing links with insurgents in the northeastern region.
"We have evidence that the Mao....
- Suspected Maoists kill one in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 5: Suspected Maoists today shot dead a man they held guilty of being a police informer in a kangaroo trial in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
The....
- Maoist killed in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 4: Police and paramilitary troopers destroyed a Maoist hideout today in Chhattisgarh, killing a guerrilla and recovering a large quantity of explosives.
Some 80 security ....
- Maoists destroy key road in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, June 4: Maoist guerrillas have dug up a key cemented road, constructed only last year, at 12 different places in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said today.
The guerr....
- Maoists stop road work, torch machines in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, June 4: Maoists set on fire a vehicle and two machines engaged in road construction in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.
"Naxalites (Maoists), ....
- Chhattisgarh police claim three Maoists killed
Raipur, June 3: The Chhattisgarh Police claimed to have killed three Maoist rebels in a gunfight but failed to recover the bodies, an official said on Thursday.
"There was an enco....
- Two suspected Maoists killed in Bihar
Patna, June 3: Two suspected Maoists were killed in a gun battle with police in Bihar's Munger district today morning, an official said.
Security forces, including the Central Res....
- Chidambaram assures help to Maoist-hit Chhatisgarh
Raipur, June 2: Referring to Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today that the state was going through a difficult time and the central government stood by it. &....
- Government looking at new role for Indian Army to deal with Maoists
New Delhi, June 2: The Indian government is exploring different avenues to involve the Indian Army in an increasingly influential role with regards to countering the threat posed by the Maoists....
- Police stations only in name in some Maoist areas: Chidambaram
Raipur, June 2: Police stations exist only in name in some districts most affected by left wing extremism, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today.
"The distribution of force amon....
- Explosives stolen by Maoists had expired: NMDC
Ranchi, June 1: The state-owned NMDC Ltd today denied that the explosives stolen by Maoists from its depot in Bailadila hills in Dantewada district were being used by the rebels to trigger the ....
- Tribal affairs minister declines to comment on Maoists
New Delhi, June 1: Tribal Affairs Minister Kantilal Bhuria today said that appropriate steps are being taken for development of tribal areas but declined to comment on Maoist activities.
- Chhattisgarh seeks police chief's opinion on Dantewada aftermath
Raipur, June 1: More than a week after the central government asked Chhattisgarh to take action against two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for their "command failure" in connectio....
- Suspected Maoists demand Rs.2 mn extortion
Patna, June 1: Suspected Maoists have demanded Rs.2 million from a government doctor in Bihar to buy arms and ammunition, police said today.
The demand was made to Rajendra Singh, who....
- Cabinet meet on security to review Maoist policy
New Delhi, May 31: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today indicated that the government may revisit its anti-Maoist policy at a cabinet meeting on security soon in the wake of a surge in Left-wing ....
- Maoist hand suspected in train disaster: Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 31: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the Communist Party of India-Maoist was being suspected for the sabotage that caused the train accident in Jhargram in West Bengal on ....
- Winning hearts in Kanker to beat back Maoists
New Delhi/Raipur, May 31: Maoists hold sway over parts of eastern and central India, but Kanker - once a stronghold of the rebels in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region - is a success story of how....
- Maoists to use 19 tonnes explosives before 2010 expiry, warns expert
Raipur, May 31: The country should be prepared for more deadly blasts by Maoists as the guerrillas are planning to use some 19 tonnes of explosives before they expire by the end of this year, a....
- Antony doesn't rule out using army against Maoists
New Delhi, May 29: Defence Minister A.K. Antony today met Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh to discuss the possibility of using the army against the Maoist guerrillas - a possibility that Anton....
- Sonia, Omar discuss Kashmir coalition's functioning
Jammu, May 29: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today discussed the functioning of the National Conference-Congress coalition government in the....
- Train tragedy toll rises to 108
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: The death toll in Friday's train tragedy near this West Bengal town has risen to 108, police said today, also blaming Maoists guerrillas for the Gyaneshwari ....
- Heard blast before train derailed: Driver
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: The driver of the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express today filed a police complaint saying he had heard a "blasting sound" and felt a jerk before the derailme....
- Special relief train for Gyaneshwari passengers
Mumbai, May 29: The Indian Railways has dispatched a special relief train to bring back the survivors of the West Bengal train tragedy and relatives of the victims, many of who were from Maha....
- Man held for supplying arms to Maoists
Lucknow, May 29: A man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district on charges of supplying arms and ammunition to Maoists, police said today.
Murlidhar Sharma, a native....
- Did the railways run pilot train ahead of Gyaneshwari?
Jhargram, May 28: Did the railways run a pilot train before the ill-fated Howrah-Kurla Gyaneshwari Express traversed the Maoist hotbed around Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore distri....
- Anxious kin wait in Mumbai for news on train passengers
Mumbai, May 28: Chaos reigned at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Bandra-Kurla, central Mumbai, where the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express was scheduled to arrive late today evening. The train de....
- Three trains cancelled, 18 diverted after West Bengal mishap
New Delhi, May 28: Three trains were cancelled and 18 diverted after a Mumbai-bound passenger train derailed and was hit by a speeding goods train in West Bengal, 150 km from Kolkata, killing a....
- Home ministry monitoring outside help to Maoists: Krishna
Bangalore, May 28: External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna today said that the home ministry is continuously monitoring the extent to which the Maoists get help from forces outside India.
- PCPA owns up responsibility for train derailment in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 28: People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has claimed responsibility for the today's train tragedy that claimed 65 lives in West Bengal's Jhargram region.....
- Railways a 'soft target': Minister
New Delhi, May 28: The railways have become a "soft target" for "anti-national forces", Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed said today, after suspected Maoists derailed a t....
- Gadkari expresses grief over Maoist attack in West Bengal
New Delhi, May 28: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari today expressed shock and grief over the death of 65 people when the Howrah-Mumbai Gyaneshwari Express train derailed in ....
- PM grieves loss of lives in train accident
New Delhi, May 28: A "grieved" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced monetary assistance of Rs.2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs.50,000 each to the seriously....
- 65 dead in train accident: Bengal home secretary
Kolkata, May 28: At least 65 people have been killed and over 200 injured in a train accident in West Bengal early today, according to state Home Secretary Samar Ghosh.
Ghosh told the....
- Maoists behind train attack: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, May 28: Preliminary investigations reveal that Maoist guerrillas are responsible for the train accident in West Bengal that left 65 people dead and over 200 injured today, Chief Minist....
- Mamata announces Rs.5 lakh compensation for families of dead
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28: The railways have announced a compensation of Rs.500,000 to each of the families of the dead passengers and jobs for one member of the bereaved families followin....
- Constable killed in Maoist blast
Ranchi, May 28: A police constable was killed and two critically injured when Maoists exploded a landmine in Jharkhand today shortly after the Palamau superintendent of police (SP) passed the a....
- Sabotage may have caused train derailment: Railways
New Delhi, May 28: The Indian Railways said sabotage by suspected Maoist guerrillas may have caused the train derailment in West Bengal that left 20 people dead and over 100 injured early today....
- At least 65 dead as train derails after suspected Maoist sabotage
Jhargram (West Bengal)/New Delhi, May 28: At least 20 people were killed and over 100 injured early today when the engine and 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound passenger train derailed and were hit ....
- Train derailment: IAF launches rescue efforts
New Delhi, May 28: The Indian Air Force (IAF) today launched a massive rescue operation after a Mumbai-bound passenger train derailed in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, killing 20 pe....
- President condoles death in train derailment
Beijing, May 28: President Pratibha Patil, who is on a six-day visit to China, today condoled the death of passengers in a train derailment following a huge explosion by suspected Maoists in We....
- Two cops killed by Maoists in Maharashtra
Mumbai, May 27: Two policemen were killed by a group of Maoists in Maharastra's Gadchiroli district, a police official said today.
"The incident happened at Jambia Gatta in Ga....
- CPI-M worker killed by Maoists
Kolkata, May 27: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker was killed by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's restive West Midnapore district early today, a police official said.
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- Maoists gun down BJP leader in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 26: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Dantewada district, a police official said.
Budra Sodi, a former Dantewada....
- Has right to education fallen victim in Maoist-hit Bastar?
Raipur, May 26: It is a zone where government officials fear to enter. In the thickly forested interiors of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, a heavily-mined Maoist hotbed, authorities are find....
- Left realises Maoists are a threat: Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 25: The Left parties have realised that the Maoists pose a threat to them too, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said. In an interview telecast on the Congress-controlled Jai Hi....
- Innocents arrested for Dantewada attack: Maoist leader
Raipur, May 25: The Chhattisgarh Police has arrested "six innocent advisasis" for the April 6 Dantewada attack in which 76 security personnel were killed, a Maoist leader said, claiming....
- Maoist from Jharkhand arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 24: A Maoist from Jharkhand was arrested in the Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said today.
Ambar alias Rehman alias Alauddin (32) was nabbed on Sunday nig....
- Six Maoist sympathisers held for Dantewada massacre
Raipur, May 24: Six Maoist sympathisers, including a self-styled Maoist commander Barsa Lakhma, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the massacre of 76 security personnel on April 6 i....
- Government not underestimating Maoist insurgency: PM
New Delhi, May 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today denied that the government had underestimated the Maoist insurgency which he again described as the "biggest" security challenge t....
- Maoists, security forces fight gun battle in Lalgarh
Kolkata, May 23: Maoist guerrillas and joint security forces exchanged heavy firing in trouble-torn Lalgarh of West Bengal's West Midnapore district today.
"An encounter took ....
- Maoists kill two people in Bihar
Patna, May 23: Two people have been shot dead by Maoist guerrillas in a village in Bihar's Patna district, police said today.
Nearly 50 armed Maoists stormed Pachpanpar village ne....
- Maoists, northeast rebels may be involved in drug trade: Official
Shillong, May 22: Maoists and various northeast-based rebel groups may be using the illicit drug trade route to generate funds for their operations, a senior official said today.
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- Gunfight between Maoists, police; one arrested
Ranchi, May 22: A Maoist guerrilla was arrested following a gun battle between police and a group of 35-40 rebels in Jharkhand's Giridih district today.
Acting on a tip-off that 3....
- Government's anti-Maoist policy mired in confusion
New Delhi, May 22: Notwithstanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's description of the Maoist insurgency as the gravest internal threat faced by India, the government seems unsure about how ....
- Top Trinamool leaders have links with Maoists: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, May 21: Alleging that a section of the top Trinamool Congress leadership was hand-in-glove with the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday charged the op....
- Maoist attack in Dantewada could have been deadlier: Pillai
New Delhi, May 21: The Maoist attack earlier this week on a bus carrying civilians and special police officers (SPOs) in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh could have been deadlier if the guerrillas had....
- Body parts still lie at Maoist blast site
Raipur, May 21: Human skin, a pair of ankles... Body parts are still strewn around the spot in a remote, forested part of Chhattisgarh where Maoists blasted 31 people with a landmine four days ....
- Deep-rooted Maoists will take time to go: Home Secretary
New Delhi, May 21: The government is prepared for casualties in a long-running and intensifying battle against deep-rooted Maoist insurgents, affirms Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, saying that 150....
- State chief ministers unable to tackle Maoist threat: Lalu Prasad
Patna, May 21: Rashtriya Janata Dal head Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday accused Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh, for the rise of Naxalism in his state. Singh referred Maoists as main ....
- Man arrested for supplying explosives to Maoists
Lucknow, May 21: A man suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists has been arrested in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Ashok Kumar was arrested on Thursday e....
- Maoists would not achieve anything through violence:Modi
Aligarh, May 20: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said Maoist problem can be only be resolved through talks and not by violence.
"Maoists should realise violence cannot b....
- No misunderstanding in fighting Maoists: Raman Singh
New Delhi, May 20: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said there was no misunderstanding with the central government in fighting the Maoists and efforts will be made to further impro....
- West Bengal can't control Maoists until others do: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, May 20: Maoist activities in West Bengal cannot be fully controlled if similar security operations are not launched in neighbouring Jharkhand and Orissa, says Chief Minister Buddhadeb ....
- Maoists loot 16 tonnes of ammonium nitrate
Raipur, May 20: Suspected Maoists hijacked a truck in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district and looted 16 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer also used to make explosives, police said today.
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- Maoists blast rail track, torch diesel tankers on goods train
Patna, May 20: At least 15 diesel tankers caught fire when suspected Maoists derailed a goods train by blasting the railway track and then set afire one of the tankers in Bihar's Motihari d....
- Digvijay Singh blames Raman Singh for Maoist attack
New Delhi, May 20: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday blamed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh for failing to prevent attacks by Maoist in his state.
"If....
- Chidambaram has diluted approach against Maoists: BJP
New Delhi, May 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today criticised Home Minister P. Chidambaram for "diluting" his proactive approach in tackling Maoists due to "lack of support w....
- Maoists may have links with Lashkar: Raman Singh
New Delhi, May 19: Two days after Maoists blew up a bus killing 31 people, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today described Leftwing extremism as the worst form of terrorism and said the....
- Maoist arms supplier held with 40 kg explosives
Ranchi, May 19: A person, who supplied arms and explosives to Maoist guerrillas, was today arrested in Jharkhand's Bokaro district with 40 kg explosives and over Rs.3 lakh in cash, police s....
- Four troopers feared killed as Maoists blow up vehicle
Kolkata, May 19: Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were feared killed and two others wounded when their vehicle was blown up in a landmine blast by Maoist guerrillas in Lalgarh ....
- Maoist strike affects buses, rail services in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 19: The 48-hour Maoist strike entered the second day today with buses not plying, mining activities halted and railway services affected in Jharkhand, especially in the rural areas,....
- Maoists blast tracks on second day of strike
Kolkata, May 19: The driver and his assistant of a goods train were injured when Maoists blasted rail tracks between Jhargram and Gidhni stations in West Bengal today on the second day of a 48-....
- Maoists blow up government warehouse in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 19: Maoist guerrillas blew up a government warehouse in Orissa's Malkangiri district during their two-day strike protesting the government offensive against them, police sa....
- Maoism worst form of terrorism: Raman Singh
New Delhi, May 19: Two days after Maoists blew up a bus killing 31 people, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today described Maoist insurgency as the worst form of terrorism in India.
- Mayawati blames central government for Maoist violence
Lucknow, May 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has blamed the central government for the Maoist violence in the country and said the problem would hit her state too if New Delhi's &....
- JNU students condole Dantewada deaths
New Delhi, May 19: A candlelight condolence meet was organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday in memory of the victims of Monday's Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewa....
- Digvijay Singh opposes use of air power against Maoists
Mirzapur, May 18: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said he was not in favour of using air power in anti-Maoist operations.
'It's not appropriate in my view as t....
- Maoists have sneaked into Madhya Pradesh: Police chief
Bhopal, May 18: An alert has been sounded in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat and Sidhi districts where 30 to 40 Maoists are believed to have sneaked in from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, a top polic....
- Using air power against Maoists not a matter of public debate: Yechury
New Delhi, May 18: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today said using air power during the anti-Maoist operations was not a matter of public debate and it was the government's du....
- Chidambaram supports air surveillance to combat Maoists
New Delhi, May 18: A day after Maoists massacred 35 people in Chhattisgarh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today supported the idea of providing air support to help security forces hunting for th....
- Chidambaram questions the role of social activists after Dantewada massacre
New Delhi, May 18: Now that the Maoists have made their murderous intents absolutely clear the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram is looking to procure a bigger permission in order to restrain....
- Normal life hit in Maoist areas of West Bengal
Kolkata, May 18L: Normal life was affected on Monday in several Maoist pockets of three West Bengal districts on day one of a 48-hour shutdown called by Left-wing guerrillas in five states to p....
- Pro-Maoist groups under close watch of home ministry
New Delhi, May 18: At least 57 civil rights groups, trade unions and student organisations as well as the Hurriyat Conference are under the constant vigil of intelligence agencies for their all....
- BJP asks PM to spell out anti-Maoist policy
New Delhi, May 18: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to spell out if his government favoured a soft or hard line against Maoist guerrillas. "The tim....
- Shutdown hits rail, road services in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 18: Several important trains were cancelled or diverted and road services hit today as Maoist guerrillas began a 48-hour shutdown to protest the government offensive against them.
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- Home ministry meet to seek change in anti-Maoist strategy
New Delhi, May 18: A day after Leftwing rebels massacred 35 people in Chhattisgarh, India's top security officials, including Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, will meet here today evening seekin....
- 15 Dantewada victims battle for life
Raipur, May 18: As many as 15 people were battling for life in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, a day after Maoist guerrillas blew up a crowded passenger bus and killed at least 35 ....
- Maoist strike hits bus services in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 18: Traffic was hit in several parts of Orissa today as a two-day strike by Maoist guerrillas protesting the government offensive against them came into effect.
Roads....
- Shutdown begins in Chhattisgarh amid fears of more attacks
Raipur, May 18: Security forces stayed fearful in their base camps and life was hit in several parts of Chhattisgarh as a 48-hour strike called by Maoists began today, a day after at least 35 p....
- Bus attack shows bankrupt Maoist policies: CPI-M
New Delhi, May 18: The Maoist attack on bus passengers in Chhattisgarh that killed 35 people "highlights their bankrupt policies", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said toda....
- Maoist strike begins in Bihar
Patna, May 18: A two-day Maoist strike began in Bihar amid tight security, police said today.
Additional Director General of Police P.K. Thakur said that no violence was reported in t....
- Need to revisit anti-Maoist policy: Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 18: Condemning the Leftist guerrilla attack on a civilian bus in Chhattisgarh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said he was following a "limited mandate" and that t....
- Killing civilians hallmark for Maoist violence: Pillai
New Delhi, May 17: Pointing out that "killing unarmed civilians has become the hallmark of Maoist violence for a year", Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai today lamented that no civil soc....
- Withdraw Operation Green Hunt, demands Kishenji
Kolkata, May 17: A short while before Maoist guerrillas blew up a bus in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district killing at least 35 people, their leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji demanded the ....
- Attack on civilians shows Maoists' callous nature: Yechury
New Delhi, May 17: Strongly condemning the Maoist attack on civilians in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said it shows the....
- Maoist attack in retaliation to security operations: Raman Singh
Raipur, May 17: The dastardly Maoist attack on a civilian bus, killing 35 people including women and children, was a "retaliatory attack" by the leftwing rebels in response to the secur....
- BJP, Congress call for stern action against Maoists
New Delhi, May 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress today demanded stern action against Maoists in the wake of another attack in Chhattisgarh in which at least 35 people - both sec....
- Chidambaram confers with PM as government condemns Maoist attack
New Delhi, May 17: Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today evening as the government condemned the Maoist attack on "hapless civilians" in Dantewada distric....
- 'Military-style offensive, better local intelligence required'
New Delhi, May 17: The murderous attack on some 50 civilians and security men in the Chhattisgarh forest today has left India's security experts shocked over how Maoists could strike with s....
- A look at some of the major Maoist attacks
New Delhi, May 17: The deadly Maoist guerrilla attack on a civilian bus in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today evening comes just over a month after the Left rebels' audacious April....
- Maoists blow up bus in Chhattisgarh, many dead
Raipur, May 17: Maoist guerrillas blew up a bus in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh today, killing 20-30 civilians and special police officers (SPOs), police sources and locals said. The bus ....
- Maoists torch dumpers, rollers of construction firm
Patna, May 15: Maoists have torched two dumpers and as many rollers of a road construction company in Bihar's Gaya district, police said today.
Armed rebels late on Friday attacke....
- Security experts oppose using army against Maoists
New Delhi, May 14: Internal security experts today unequivocally supported the central government's policy against using the army to counter Maoist guerrillas.
"The army canno....
- Four cops held for supplying arms to Maoists
Lucknow, May 14: Four policemen have been arrested from different districts of Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of being involved in a racket to smuggle arms and ammunition for Maoists, officials sai....
- Maoists kill four CPI-M workers in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 14: Four Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers were shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district and their bodies were found today, police said.
- Chhattisgarh policeman donates blood to save injured Maoist
Raipur, May 12: A Chhattisgarh policeman donated blood and saved the life of a Maoist guerilla who suffered bullet injuries in a gun battle with the security forces, sources said today.
- Maoists are not terrorists, says Digvijay Singh
New Delhi, May 12: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh says that Maoist activities are criminal and totally unacceptable but the Left guerrillas should not be called "terrorists".....
- Chidambaram rules out using army against Maoists
New Delhi, May 12: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today reiterated that the government does not envisage using the army or the air force to tackle Maoists and urged business and industry captains....
- Maoists open fire at police outpost in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 12: Maoists opened fire early today at a police outpost at Chintalnar in Dantewada district where the guerrillas had slaughtered 76 security personnel last month, police said.
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- Maoists kill two villagers for spying
Bhubaneswar, May 12: Maoist guerrillas hacked two villagers to death in Orissa's Gajapati district early today after accusing them of being police spies, authorities said.
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- Two suspected Maoists arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 11: Two suspected Maoists have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, an official said today.
"Kishun Rajbhar and Rajju were nabbed today from Dubahar ....
- Judicial custody of Kobad Ghandy's aide extended
New Delhi, May 11: A city court today extended the judicial custody of a suspected associate of Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy by 14 days.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sent....
- Six injured in Maoists-police gunfight in Andhra
Hyderabad, May 10: At least three tribals and three policemen were injured during a gun battle between Maoists and police in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district.
The police sa....
- Explosives, Maoists' kit bags recovered in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 9: Security forces today recovered at least eight unexploded landmines and about a dozen kit bags of Maoists from a forested area of Orissa's Koraput district, police said.....
- Eight troopers killed as Maoists blast CRPF vehicle
Raipur, May 9: Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed today when Maoist guerrillas blew up their vehicle in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a month after the rebels....
- Fear of Maoists hits tiger census in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 8: The tiger census in Orissa, which started today, was hit by the refusal of dozens of forest field staff in various parts of the state to enter forests due to the Maoist thre....
- Maoists blast CRPF vehicle in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 8: Maoist guerrillas today blasted a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, a top police officer said.
"C....
- Gunfight between Maoists, security forces in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 8: A gun battle broke out between the Maoists and security forces in a forested area in Orissa's Koraput district today evening, an official said. No security personnel was....
- Kabir Suman says he is not a Maoist
Kolkata, May 7: Singer-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman today denied that he was a Maoist and said he only raised his voice against the oppression of tribals.
"I am neithe....
- Goa not safe harbour for Maoists: State home minister
Panaji, May 7: A day after a 25-year-old leader of an Orissa-based fringe Maoist outfit was arrested here, state Home Minister Ravi Naik today said Goa was not a safe harbour for the Leftwing u....
- Maoists damage rail tracks in Bihar
Patna, May 7: Maoist guerrillas damaged railway tracks in two places in Bihar, resulting in four coaches of a train being derailed and disruption of traffic, officials said today.
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- Maoist, 17 others arrested in Goa
Panaji, May 6: A 25-year-old leader of a fringe Orissa-based Maoist group was arrested in Goa along with 17 other people, police said today.
"This evening we arrested Shambhu Beck....
- Supporting Maoists will invite 10 year jail
New Delhi, May 6: Those who speak in favour of Maoist guerrillas will face legal action and 10 years imprisonment, the government announced today in a warning to civil society groups who raise ....
- Dantewada operation illogically formulated: Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 6: Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that the anti-naxalite operation that was carried on in April at Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, in which Maoists killed 76 CRPF personne....
- Maoists blast railway track in Bihar
Patna, May 6: Maoists blasted a railway track in Bihar today during a 48-hour strike called by them after police foiled a Maoist-backed outfit's public meeting.
Police sources sai....
- Maoists set afire two buses in Bihar
Patna, May 6: Suspected Maoists today torched two buses in Bihar's Saran district, police said.
Armed rebels set on fire two buses near a village under Maker police station.
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- Stop Operation Green Hunt: Pro-Naxal students to Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 6: It was an unexpected welcome for Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday as pro-Naxal students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University greeted him with slogans against him.
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- Police, railway authorities discuss anti-Maoist strategy
Kolkata, May 6: Police officials of three states and Eastern Railway authorities on Wednesday held a high level co-ordination meeting here to formulate a joint strategy to combat attacks by Mao....
- Maoist commander, six aides held in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 5: A commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested today along with his six associates, police said.
Dilip, who carried a reward of R....
- Maoist strike lands Indian pilgrims in unholy plight in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 5: Dozens of disappointed Indian pilgrims are among the hundreds of Indian tourists forced to leave Nepal without fulfilling their dreams, thanks to the indefinite nationwide gen....
- Battle against Maoists is battle for development: Raman Singh
New Delhi, May 5: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said an integrated action plan should be worked out to tackle Maoists and stressed that it was important to win the battle a....
- Three Maoists gunned down in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 4: Three armed Maoist guerrillas were killed today in two separate gunfights with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, officials said.
Two rebel....
- Woman Maoist's parents accuse CRPF of mental torture
Raipur, May 4: The Chhattisgarh Police today began a probe into a complaint from the tribal parents of a woman Maoist leader that they were being harassed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)....
- States have primary role in tackling Maoists: Home Minister
New Delhi, May 3: The central government today put the onus for tackling Maoists on state governments, saying they were responsible for both implementing developmental schemes and utilising cen....
- One killed by suspected Maoists
Kolkata, May 3: Suspected Maoists shot dead a man in Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
The body of Ram Mandi was recovered from the Jhargram-Bi....
- Woman Maoist surrenders in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 1: A 19-year-old woman Maoist, accused in several cases of attacks, including one that killed at least 13 policemen, surrendered today in Orissa's Rayagada district, police....
- Four Maoists surrender on Maharashtra's golden jubilee
Nagpur, May 1: Four Maoists, including three women, surrendered in Gadchiroli district today on the occasion of Maharashtra’s golden jubilee, an official said.
The Maoists, aged betwe....
- Policeman gets life imprisonment for shooting Maoist
Raipur, May 1: A district and sessions court awarded life imprisonment to a constable in Chhattisgarh's Korea district on Friday for shooting dead a Maoist leader in judicial custody.
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- Maoists fire at paramilitary camp in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 1: Maoists opened "random firing" on Friday night near a camp of the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Errabore in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada district....
- Maoism bigger issue than Kashmir conflict, says Ramdev
Panaji, April 30: Maoism was a bigger issue confronting the nation than the Kashmir conflict, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today.
Addressing a press conference here ahead of a four-day ....
- Spend development funds properly to curb Maoists, MPs told
New Delhi, April 30: Proper utilisation of development funds provided by the central government will help curb Maoist insurgency - was what Home Minister P. Chidambaram told MPs from 34 Left-wi....
- Government diverts forces from northeast to tackle Maoists
Agartala, April 30: The union home ministry is in the process of withdrawing several battalions of central paramilitary forces from the northeast to deploy them in Maoist-affected areas of the ....
- Maoists kill contractor for spying
Bhubaneswar, April 30: Suspecting him to be a policy spy, Maoist guerrillas today gunned down a contractor in front of shocked villagers in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said.
- Did Digvijay Singh seek secret talks with Maoists?
New Delhi, April 29: A Maoist ideologue has claimed that Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tried to open a secret channel with the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).....
- Maoists kill forest guard in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, April 29: Maoist guerrillas killed a forest guard in Orissa's Nuapada district, police said today.
"About 30-4O Maoists had come on Wednesday night. They attacked....
- CPI-M leader shot dead by suspected Maoists
Kolkata, April 28: A local leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was killed by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
Nihar Ma....
- Maoists blow up rail track in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 27: Maoist guerrillas blew up a foot of rail track in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, disrupting train services on day two of their shutdown in three states.
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- Dantewada massacre: Probe hints at lack of police support
New Delhi, April 26: The Chhattisgarh police did not fully support the central paramilitary troopers, thus failing to prevent the April 6 Maoist attack in which 76 security personnel were kille....
- Three killed by Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 26: The bodies of two CPI-M workers and another person, suspected to have been killed by Maoist rebels, were recovered from a jungle in West Bengal's West Midnapore district ....
- History will never forgive Maoists: Raman Singh
Raipur, April 26: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said history will never forgive Maoists for halting development in Bastar region, where the guerrillas hold sway.
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- Nepal government asks Maoists to call off May Day protests
Kathmandu, April 26: Ahead of a show of might announced by Nepal's Maoist parties in the capital on May Day, the ruling parties today urged the former guerrillas to call off the protests, s....
- Maoist strike call draws partial response in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 26: A two-day shutdown called by the Maoists, to press the government to bring their arrested comrades before courts speedily, evoked a partial response on day one in the three u....
- Sangma criticises Chidambaram's Maoist policy
Shillong, April 25: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A. Sangma today criticised Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his alleged statement to "annihilate the tribal population" in a bid to we....
- Tiger census in Jharkhand stalled due to Maoists
Ranchi, April 25: A tiger census has been stalled midway in Jharkhand’s Palamau Tiger Reserve due to presence of Maoists in forests, an official said today.
"We are unable to moni....
- Dantewada martyrs' minor kin get post-dated job letters
Lucknow, April 24: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has issued post-dated appointment letters to the minor dependents of its 75 troopers massacred by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantew....
- Move CWG to Jharkhand to end Maoism: Aiyar
New Delhi, April 24: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mani Shankar Aiyar today said that if the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were moved to the Jharkhand forests, it would end the Maoist troub....
- Effective local bodies can counter Maoist threat: PM
New Delhi, April 24: Effective functioning of panchayati raj institutions in remote and backward areas of the country will help deal with problems like Maoism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sai....
- Maoist strike hits bus services
Bhubaneswar, April 24: Public bus services were hit in two Orissa districts following a six-day strike called by Maoists beginning today to protest against a security crackdown, police said.
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- Panchayat can help fight Maoist threat: PM
New Delhi, April 24: Naxalism has posed a major threat to India's security. Although government is undertaking various steps to curb Maoist activities in different states of India, but stil....
- No rethink in anti-Maoist strategy: Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 24: Making it clear that the government won't reconsider its security operation against Maoist guerrillas, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said that while developmen....
- Suspected Maoist from Bihar held in Delhi
New Delhi, April 23: A 32-year-old suspected Maoist has been arrested from Delhi's Govindpuri area, police said today.
"Ajay Kumar Singh was apprehended two days ago on a tip-....
- Jharkhand doctor alleges extortion call by Maoists
Ranchi, April 23: A civil surgeon in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district today alleged that the Maoists have made an extortion call for Rs.5 lakh from him.
Vijay Kumar, the civil surg....
- BJP attacks Digvijay Singh over war on Maoists
Bhopal, April 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today accused Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh of creating confusion about the nationwide campaign against Maoists.
"On the one ....
- Four killed in Maoist violence in Jharkhand
Ranchi, April 23: Four people, including a Maoist guerrilla, were killed and two security personnel were injured in three separate incidents of Maoist violence in Jharkhand, police said today.
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- Maoists blow up mobile phone tower in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, April 23: Maoists have blown up a mobile phone tower in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said today.
"Some armed Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres blew u....
- Maoist attack not to derail probe report, says Rammohan
New Delhi, April 21: The latest attack by Maoists on paramilitary forces will not derail the probe into the April 6 massacre of 76 security personnel by the guerrillas, the officer heading the ....
- Government has no existence in Bastar: Congress
Raipur, April 21: The Chhattisgarh government has "no existence" in the Maoist stronghold of Bastar, the state's main opposition Congress said today while slamming the ruling Bharat....
- Maoist posters found ahead of chief minister's visit
Kolkata, April 21: Posters demanding the withdrawal of anti-Maoist operations were found in Baharampur town in West Bengal's Murshidabad today, hours before Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattac....
- Chhattisgarh cops search forests after Maoist attack
Raipur, April 21: Squads of the Chhattisgarh police sneaked into forests in Dantewada district early today to track Maoist guerrillas who opened fire near five Central Reserve Police Force (CRP....
- JMM legislators live in fear of Maoist retaliation
Ranchi, April 21: Their party chief and Chief Minister Shibu Soren is sometimes accused of having a soft corner for Maoists, but several Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislators expect the rebe....
- Maoists open fire near CRPF camps in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, April 21: Maoist guerrillas opened fire near at least five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camps in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district simultaneously on Tuesday night, a police o....
- Probe panel to fix responsibility for Maoist massacre: Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 20: Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said an inquiry committee probing the killing of 76 security personnel by Maoists in Chhattisgarh will fix responsibility at all leve....
- Dantewada probe report by April 25: Rammohan
New Delhi/Raipur, April 17: Describing the firing by Maoist guerrillas on his convoy today as a "minor incident", Dantewada massacre probe panel chief E.N. Rammohan said that his inquir....
- Maoists fire on massacre probe team
Raipur, April 17: Maoist guerrillas today opened fire on a team probing the Dantewada massacre in Chhattisgarh when it was in a forested stretch on way to the site where 76 security personnel w....
- Don't fear Maoists, top cop tells security forces
Raipur, April 16: Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan's directive to security forces is simple: "Don't fear Maoists."
Ranjan today told policemen and....
- Maoists suspected to have killed Bengal villager
Kolkata, April 16: Maoists are suspected to have killed a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker who had later joined the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal's Purulia distric....
- India mulls using UAVs against Maoists
Raipur, April 16: Authorities in Chhattisgarh are keen to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Maoist-dominated pockets in the wake of the massacre of 75 security personnel, official sources ....
- Maoists torch trucks in Bihar
Patna, April 16: Suspected Maoists have torched several trucks and machines of two road construction companies in Bihar's Vaishali and Aurangabad districts, police said today.
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- Government should not speak in different voices on Maoists: Yechury
New Delhi, April 15: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Rajya Sabha today trained its guns on railway minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee during a debate on t....
- India cannot lose the battle against Maoists: Jaitley
New Delhi, April 15: India cannot afford to lose the battle against Maoists, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha today and alleged that the United Progressi....
- Development, calibrated action to fight Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 15: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the government will fight the Maoists through calibrated police action and development of areas affected by the left wing extremism.....
- Maoists kill former guerrilla
Ranchi, April 15: Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand have killed a former member after dubbing him a police spy, police said today.
Kishore Rana was abducted from Ratanjori village in Gir....
- I salute people of Dantewada: Arundhati Roy
Kolkata, April 14: Writer-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday virtually justified the Maoist attack on the Central Reserve Police Force in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, saying she saluted the p....
- Four Maoists held in Jharkhand
Ranchi, April 14: Four suspected Maoists, including a women, were arrested in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district today, police said.
A release by Jharkhand police said the four peopl....
- Rethink anti-Maoist strategy: Digvijay to Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 14: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said Home Minister P. Chidambaram should not opt for a "narrow sectarian view" when dealing with Maoist rebels and, in a....
- Maoists are 'worst' rights abusers in India, says study
New Delhi, April 13: Maoist guerrillas are "worst" violators of human rights among all insurgent groups in India, a study on torture said today.
The Asian Centre for Human Rig....
- Maoists kill man for collecting levy in their name
Ranchi, April 13: Maoist guerrillas slit the throat of a person in Jharkhand's Bokaro district accusing him of collecting levy in the name of the Communist Party of India-Maoist, police sai....
- Security sought for engineers in Maoist-hit areas
Lucknow, April 13: An association of engineers in Uttar Pradesh proposes seeking security for those working in Maoist-infested districts of the state, officials said today.
The decisi....
- Maoists kill two villagers in Bihar
Patna, April 13: Suspected Maoists have killed two villagers in Bihar's Jamui district, police said today.
Arjun Paswan and Vishnudeo Yadav, residents of Kishanpur village, about ....
- Maoists stepped into vacuum between tribals, government: Home Secretary
New Delhi, April 13: "Overenthusiastic" officials tried to shift tribal people out of their homes in the forests and drove them into the extended arms of Maoists who exploited their vul....
- Help us, say tribals in India's new war zone
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 13: Exactly one week has passed since Maoists butchered 76 security personnel in the forests of Dantewada. Hundreds of thousands of poor tribals in the Bastar re....
- 40 years on, cops face heat for killing Maoist
Kochi, April 13: Forty years after a Maoist leader was shot dead in an alleged shootout, a Kerala court is examining witnesses to ascertain the truth. At the centre of it lies the statement of ....
- Complaint against Arundhati Roy for 'glorifying' Maoists
Raipur: A social worker has filed a complaint here against Booker prize winning writer Arundhati Roy for writing an article allegedly in an attempt to glorify the Maoists, police said today.
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- Caught in crossfire, Chhattisgarh tribes traumatised
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh): Hundreds of impoverished tribal families caught in the crossfire between security forces and Maoists in the vast forested terrain of Bastar are feeling traumatised, wi....
- Maoists using ULFA links for base in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati: Maoists have links with the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and are desperately trying to set up a base in Assam as part of their strategy to spread their network beyo....
- Government formulating new strategies to uproot Maoists
New Delhi: Centre is now analyzing the security infrastructure in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh after the vicious attack of Maoist guerillas killing 76 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Forces) perso....
- Maoists gun down sawmill owner in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoists early today shot dead a sawmill owner in a village in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district and described him as an exploiter of the poor, police said.
About five rebe....
- CRPF suspends anti-Maoist drive in Bastar, say police
Raipur: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has suspended the anti-Maoist campaign in Chhattisgarh's forests following the massacre of 75 troopers, state police sources said today.
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- Maoists call off Nepal strike as government cancels Indian deal
Kathmandu: Nepal's opposition Maoist party has called off the nationwide general strike declared today, but said its protests against the coalition government would continue after Prime Min....
- Maoists threaten to kill former army man
Patna: Suspected Maoist guerrillas have threatened to kill a former army officer defence official and his family in a Bihar village if he failed to pay them Rs.15 lakh, police said today.
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- All parties should fight Maoists unitedly, says Yechury
Kolkata: Political leaders cutting across party lines should unite in the fight against the Maoist guerillas, Communist Party Of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said here....
- In Chhattisgarh, policemen fight Maoists with lathis
Raipur: In the vast hostile jungle terrain of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region, much in the news because of the recent massacre of 76 paramilitary troopers, hundreds of policemen....
- Suspected Maoists blow up three buildings in Bihar
Patna: Suspected Maoists blew up three government buildings in Bihar's Kaimur district, police said today.
The rebels blew up a primary health centre, a middle school and a commun....
- BJP condemns 'celebrations' over Maoist massacre
New Delhi; The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today condemned what it said were celebrations by some Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student over the massacre of security personnel by Maois....
- Suspected Maoists kill CPI-M workers in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district as the indefinite shutdown called by the People's Comm....
- With Dantewada massacre, Maoists on suicidal course
New Delhi: The Maoists may have signed their own death warrant by carrying out the massacre at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. The very success of the ambush can spell doom for them. No government c....
- Congress spells anti-Maoist strategy for government
New Delhi: The Congress today said the central government should give full support to the states in their anti-Maoist operations to "regain control over the territory" occupied by the r....
- Our men's blood will not be wasted: CRPF
New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has vowed to fight back the Maoists after they took away the lives of 76 security force personnel in a devastating attack at Dantewada in Chha....
- This is no time to blame any one, says Buddhadeb
New Delhi: Within hours of Home Minister P. Chidambaram's remark that the "buck stops" at his desk over the Dantewada Maoist massacre, a mollified West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhad....
- Chidambaram offers to step down, PM rejected the proposal
New Delhi: In not quite an unexpected turn of events, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is reported to have offered to resign after owning up the responsibility for the recent Maoist attack in ....
- Chidambaram offered to quit after Maoist massacre?
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting "full responsibility" for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, had also o....
- I accept full responsibility for Dantewada: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said he has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting full responsibility for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh's ....
- Fresh Maoist attacks feared in Chhattisgarh towns
Raipur: Maoists are preparing for fresh strikes, this time in the towns of Chhattisgarh, according to intelligence inputs today, three days after 76 security personnel were massacred and eight ....
- Inside drawbacks, training problems behind massacre: Army chief
New Delhi: Army chief General V.K. Singh on Thursday cited "inside drawbacks" and "training problems" as possible reasons for the massacre of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CR....
- Maoists kill man and his son in Bihar
Patna: Suspected Maoists shot dead a man and his son in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said today.
About 100 armed Maoists attacked Kenar-Khurd village under Chenari police stati....
- Maoist leader arrested in West Bengal, weapons seized
Kolkata: A key Maoist leader was arrested during a search operation jointly carried out by the central paramilitary forces and state police in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district....
- Montek, Buddhadeb discuss Maoist violence
New Delhi: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today discussed the issue of Maoist violence with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today while finalising....
- Threat to replicate Dantewada blood bath in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Suspected Maoists have again sent a threat e-mail to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, warning of orchestrating an attack akin to Chhattisgarh's Dantewada massacre in his s....
- CRPF 'faulty planning' led to massacre, says Maoist expert
Kolkata: Faulty planning by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was a key factor that led to the massacre of over 70 men at the hands of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, according to a former intel....
- Chidambaram announces time-bound probe into Maoist attack
Raipur: Central Government today announced the setting up of an inquiry into the horrendous incident that led to the death of 76 CRPF troopers.
While talking to the reporters, Home M....
- Maoists get weapons from across the border: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Two days after Maoist guerrillas killed 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the leftist insurgents were procuring arms from "across the....
- Maoists say sorry for exploding schools
Patna: Maoists in Bihar have expressed their apologies to the students whose schools they have blown up in recent times. In 2009 the left wing rebels have demolished 25 school buildings. In the....
- Forests, mines keep Maoist location out of bounds
Raipur: Police officers trying to track down Maoists involved in the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh today said they had clues about the location of the rebels, but a thick fo....
- What can air force do in jungles of Bastar, ask officials
Raipur: The air force can only play a limited role in the thick forests of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, security officials in the Maoist stronghold said today amid indications that the gov....
- We will continue to hit Maoist heart: Chhattisgarh top cop
New Delhi: Ruling out a change in the central and state forces' strategy in the anti-Maoist operation, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP) Viswas Ranjan today said the security fo....
- Shutdown in Chhattisgarh to protest Maoist massacre
Raipur: A day-long shutdown called by the opposition Congress began in Chhattisgarh today to protest the massacre of 76 troopers by Maoists. As per initial reports, schools were closed and publ....
- Yet to decide on using air power against Maoists: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the government reviewed from time to time various options to fight Maoists, including the use of air power. "I think, the policy h....
- Maoists fire at CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Maoist rebels opened fire at a base camp of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Wednesday night in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said. No casualties ....
- Slain CRPF men's kin to get over Rs.3.8 mn in damages
New Delhi: The next of kin of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers massacred in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, will be given compensation of over Rs.38 lakh each, a gove....
- Security forces comb Chhattisgarh forests for Maoists
Raipur: Thousands of policemen today combed the hostile jungle terrain in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region to track down Maoists responsible for Tuesday's massacre of 76 security men but fa....
- He wants to give 'befitting reply' to Maoists
Unnao: His uncle met a gruesome end in the ambush by the Maoists in Dantewala district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. But this youth wants to join the paramilitary forces and wishes that his first....
- Orissa, Madhya Pradesh hike alert near Chhattisgarh
Bhubaneswar: Security forces intensified combing operations along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border and increased patrolling in Madhya Pradesh's areas close to Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra tod....
- Bodies of CRPF troopers arrive in Delhi
New Delhi: Bodies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, killed in a Maoist ambush on Tuesday, were brought to the national capital today evening.
An Indian Air Force transp....
- Violence in the name of rights is wrong: NHRC
New Delhi: Condemning Tuesday's Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in which 76 security personnel were killed, The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said any movement that resorts to....
- Government should talk to Maoists: Mahasweta Devi
Kolkata: A day after Maoists massacred 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, eminent writer and Magsaysay award winner Mahasweta Devi today said the government should immediately go for talks ....
- Stop blaming states, CPI-M tells Chidambaram
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today flayed Home Minister P. Chidambaram for criticising state governments over Maoist violence and said the central government was to b....
- High alert along Orissa-Chhattisgarh border
Bhubaneswar: Security forces intensified combing operations along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border today, a day after the massacre of 76 paramilitary troopers by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dan....
- Chidambaram in Chhattisgarh to mourn troopers, review security
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): Home Minister P. Chidambaram reached this Chhattisgarh town today to attend a 'martyrs' ceremony' for the 76 security personnel massacred by guerrillas in ....
- Maoist violence 'social terrorism', says legendary Naxalite
Kolkata: Ashim Chatterjee, one of the leading figures of the bloody Naxalite revolt of the late 1960s, says the mass massacre on Tuesday of security personnel in Chhattisgarh is "social ter....
- Day after deadly Maoist ambush, troopers scared to enter forest
Raipur: A day after 76 troopers were massacred in the worst ever Maoist attack, hundreds of para-military men and state police personnel assigned to track down the killers are scared to enter t....
- In anti-Maoism fight, buck stops with Chidambaram: Jaitley
New Delhi: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership decided to support the government's drive against Maoism, senior party leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday trained his guns on Home....
- National Security Council discusses Maoist menace
New Delhi: On the day when 75 central paramilitary personnel were killed in a Maoist offensive, the Left-wing extremists' menace dominated the discussion at the National Security Council he....
- Chhatisgarh attack 'consequence' of Green Hunt: Maoist leader
New Delhi: On the day Maoist guerrillas carried out the worst massacre of security personnel by trapping and slaughtering 75 men in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, Gopal, a top Maoist leader....
- Popular support leading to Maoist attacks on security forces?
Hyderabad: Security forces in states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa are coming under more attack from Maoists because the rebels enjoy considerable support among people especially trib....
- 'Irrational strategy, flawed operations', say experts
New Delhi: Security experts blamed "irrational strategy", "inadequate deployment" and "flawed operations" for the massacre of 74 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troo....
- Government admits failure in Chhattisgarh operation
New Delhi: Home Secretary G.K. Pillai admitted today that there had been an "element of failure" in the anti-Maoist offensive that led to the massacre of 75 security personnel in Chhatt....
- They rode into the forest of death
Raipur: Around 6 a.m. a team of 120 personnel of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was getting ready in their camp for breakfast when they got an urgent message about a possi....
- 'Troopers ignored warfare manual in Maoist den'
Raipur: It would appear that the 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers who were killed mercilessly today by Maoists were seized with a death wish as they ventured "blindly" in....
- Maoist attack creates terror among iron ore miners
Raipur: Businessmen, especially iron ore miners, in Chhattisgarh are a terrified lot after the deadly Maoist attack today in the state's Dantewada district in Bastar region, described as th....
- Maoists kill man in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists shot dead a villager in West Bengal's Bankura district today, police said.
"We have got information that a group of unidentified miscreants - suspec....
- It's people's war, says revolutionary balladeer
Hyderabad: Maoist sympathiser and revolutionary balladeer Gaddar today termed as "people's war" the Maoist attack on paramilitary forces in Chhattisgarh which claimed 75 lives.
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- We stand with government against Maoists, affirms BJP
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said that it offered full support to the government in its fight against the Maoists, after 73 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers wer....
- The Maoist threat continues to get bigger by the day
New Delhi: Today the Maoist guerillas lay to waste the lives of 73 jawans of the Central Reserve Paramilitary Force. This hideous assault is the latest in line of the continued efforts on parts....
- Maoists' attack trail in the past year
New Delhi: Today's attack by hundreds of Maoist guerrillas on a Central Reserve Police Force contingent in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, killing more than 70 troopers, is said to be the....
- CRPF walked into Maoist trap, says Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today that the scores of Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel massacred in Chhattisgarh earlier in the day seemed to have walked into a Mao....
- Maoists attack CRPF troopers in Chhattisgarh, at least 70 killed
Raipur: At least seventy troopers were killed today when Maoist guerrillas ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team in a thickly forested area of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bast....
- Orissa land mine blast toll rises to 11
Bhubaneswar: The deaths in the land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district on Sunday rose to 11, officials said today.
The guerrillas detonated a powerful la....
- DU teacher asked to depose against Maoist leader
New Delhi: A Delhi University lecturer, who was questioned for his links with the Left-wing rebels, was today asked to be a witness in a case against Maoist leader Krishna Rao in Hyderabad.
- Ensure Trinamool not helping Maoists, CPI-M to Chidambaram
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today asked union Home Minister P.Chidambaram to ensure that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partne....
- Naxalism is the 'first enemy' of the nation: Chidambaram
Chennai: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has portrayed Naxalism as the "first enemy" of India and assured that within 2-3 years, the threat would be fully neutralized.
He ....
- Congress to submit report on Maoist violence to PM
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Congress will submit a detailed report of party workers falling prey to Maoist violence in the state to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
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- Maoist carrying Rs.50,000 bounty held in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A Maoist who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture has been arrested from a forest area in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, a police official said today.
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- Maoists are cowards, war will be long drawn: Chidambaram
Lalgarh (West Bengal): Maoist guerrillas are cowards as they hide in the forests and the campaign against them will be long drawn, Home Minister P. Chidamabaram said in this rebel bastion today....
- Rs.12 lakh bounty on Kishenji?
Ranchi: Jharkhand police have recommended to the state government to place a cash reward of Rs.12 lakh on information leading up to the arrest of top Maoist leader Kishenji. In a tit-for-tat, t....
- Congress workers quit to escape Maoist fury
Ranchi: Some Jharkhand Congress workers have quit their party fearing attacks by Maoists who blame the party for a sweeping inter-state offensive against them.
The banned Communist Pa....
- Security personnel injured in mine blast by Maoists
Bhubaneswar: A security personnel was injured when a claymore mine suspected to have been laid by Maoists near a culvert in Orissa's Koraput district exploded today, police said.
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- Maoists kill doctor, blow up school in Bihar
Patna: Suspected Maoist guerrillas shot dead a doctor in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said today.
Armed Maoists killed Dinesh Prasad in Nauhatta in Sasaram, the headquarter to....
- Joint anti-Maoist drive launched in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Police and paramilitary forces have launched a joint operation against Maoist guerrillas in Orissa, a senior police officer said today.
'The operation started about f....
- Maoists need to be dealt with firmly: Chidambaram
New Delhi: 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 "....
- Chidambaram to review anti-Maoist operation on Saturday
Kolkata: Home Minister P. Chidambaram will review the anti-Maoist operation in West Bengal's Lalgarh and other areas with chief Minister Buddahdeb Bhattacharjee today.
Chidambaram....
- Rajdhani restricted in Bihar due to Maoist shutdown
Patna: Restrictions were imposed on the passage of Rajdhani Express in Bihar while two trains were cancelled due to fear of Maoist violence in wake of a shutdown today, a railway official said.....
- Maoists kill Congress leader in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas shot dead a Congress leader in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district to protest the Green Hunt operation in the state, police said today.
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- Maoists torch four trucks, blow up school
Ranchi: Maoist rebels torched four trucks and blew up a school building in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said today.
Four trucks were fired on by 20 to 25 rebels, suspected ....
- Naveen Patnaik's security beefed up after threat e-mail
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's security has been beefed up following email threat allegedly from 'Maoists', warning him to stop Operation Green Hunt in the stat....
- Maoists hold up development in Bastar
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh): The road to development has almost hit a dead end in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region with Maoist rebels holding up construction of rural roads and blowing up more tha....
- Operation Green Hunt kills 90 Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: More than 90 Maoist militants were killed and 12 terror camps dismantled during the government's anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar said to....
- Maoists blow up police station in Bihar
Patna: Suspected Maoists blew up a newly-constructed police station in Bihar's Saran district, police said today. Armed Maoist guerrillas attacked the newly-built Bheldi police station in A....
- Maoists kill three policemen in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoist guerrillas launched an attack on a police patrol party and killed three policemen in Orissa's Gajapati district early today, an official said.
The Maoists open....
- Maoist-hit states alerted over train attacks
New Delhi: With railway property increasingly being targetted by Maoists, the government today sounded a warning to insurgency-hit states on possible similar strikes, hours after guerrillas tar....
- Maoists blow up track, kill CPI-M leader
Kolkata: Maoist guerrillas killed a Marxist leader and blew up a rail track in West Bengal, disrupting train services for several hours on the second day of a shutdown in six states.
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- Maoists blow up rail track in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoist guerrillas blew up a rail track in Orissa's Sundergarh district early today, an official said.
They blew up the rail track near Bishra station in the district,....
- Train derails after Maoists blow up tracks in Bihar
Patna: A train derailed after suspected Maoist guerrillas blew up a railway track in Bihar's Gaya district, police said today. No injuries have been reported.
The incident occurre....
- Gun battles mark Maoists' shutdown in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Maoist guerrillas who had called for a 48-hour shutdown in six states from today, including Chhattisgarh, fought gun battles with police at three separate locations in their stronghold ....
- Maoists call two day shutdown across 6 states
Kolkata: The Maoists have called for a two day shutdown across six states of India viz, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The proceedings are supposed to st....
- Maoists say their spokesman is safe and alive
New Delhi: The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) said today that its spokesman who it claimed was missing and may have been killed was safe after all.
The "Nor....
- Maoists kidnap five officials in Jharkhand, release all
Ranchi: Maoist rebels abducted five government officials, including an additional judicial magistrate, at gun point from Latehar district in Jharkhand today noon. The rebels, however, released ....
- Maoist terror holds up construction of Chhattisgarh roads
Raipur: Maoist terror threats have held up road laying work under a central government scheme in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, with only one road of the 50 sanctioned being completed, ....
- Two CRPF troopers killed as Maoists trigger blast
Raipur: Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and three others were injured in a blast Maoist insurgents triggered today in a thickly forested area in Chhattisgarh.
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- 'Camp level failure may have led to Silda attack'
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today absolved senior officials of any blame in the Maoist attack that left 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) personnel dead last mont....
- Police allowed to quiz Maoist leader Dipak for 14 days
Kolkata: A city court today allowed police to question arrested Maoist guerrilla leader Venkateswar Reddy alias Telegu Dipak for two more weeks till March 31.
The additional chief jud....
- Forest dwellers victims of anti-Maoist drive in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Forest dwellers, particularly tribal women who collect wood, are facing a threat to their lives and livelihood in the jungles of Jharkhand where security forces are conducting operation....
- Maoists kidnap engineer in Bihar, set him free after hours
Gaya: Maoists continue to create problem for the government. In a recent incident, an engineer of a private construction firm was abducted by a group of naxalites in Bihar's Gaya district.
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- Centre asks states to be cautious expecting Maoists to retaliate
New Delhi: With the assumption that the Maoists could hit back following the series of offensive steps taken against them the Indian government has put the states on alert. It is expected that ....
- Maoists planning major attacks in Andhra Pradesh, say cops
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh police said today that the Maoists were planning to resurface in the state in a big way by carrying out major sensational attacks.
Two days after police reco....
- West Bengal home secretary visits Shilda camp
Kolkata: West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen today visited the violence-hit Shilda Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp in West Bengal's West Midnapore district that was stormed by a grou....
- Aerial, ground search to trace looted explosives
Nagpur: A gang of armed Maoists waylaid a truck carrying 16 tons of explosive chemicals in Maharastra's Gadchiroli district on Thursday, sending security officials into a tizzy. Aerial and ....
- Govt has every right to use forces against Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Giving a reply to the repeated appeals of the Maoist rebels to stop the anti-Maoist operations, Government made a blatant remark that it has right to use as much force as required to....
- Security forces use Naxal strategies to impress locals in Operation Green Hunt
Kolkata/ East Singhbhum/ Bhubaneshwar: The Operation Green Hunt has been launched in different styles in the states affected by Maoists. It has been launched in an aggressive manner in Jharkhan....
- I'm ready to mediate with Maoists: Trinamool MP Kabir Suman
Kolkata: Kabir Suman, the Trinamool Congress MP who is not always known to toe the party line and a hugely popular poet-singer in West Bengal, says he is willing to mediate between the central ....
- Three Maoist camps dismantled in joint operation
Kolkata: At least three Maoist training camps were dismantled during the joint forces' operation along the West Bengal-Jharkhand border, a senior state police officer said on Thursday.
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- Weapons recovered, Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand
Bokaro: A cache of weapons and explosive material was recovered from Jharkhand's Bokaro and Hazaribagh districts and a Maoist commander and an arms supplier arrested, police said today.
- Congress wants minister sacked for Maoist links
Raipur: Chhattisgarh's Agriculture Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu should be sacked for his alleged links with Maoists, the Congress party demanded today.
"Congress is firm on its....
- Maoist wanted in deadly attacks held
Raipur: A Maoist guerrilla carrying a reward of Rs.150,000 on his head was arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, the state's police chief said today.
A police team nabbed ....
- Jharkhand, West Bengal launch major hunt for Maoists
Ranchi: A major drive has been launched against Maoist guerrillas in five districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, and Orissa will soon join the campaign, a senior officer said today.
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- Plugging police deficiencies vital to anti-Maoist drive
New Delhi: Realising the yawning gap in police vacancies in the six states worst hit by the Maoist insurgency, the union home ministry has once again written to state governments to know the po....
- Maoists plan to strike Kolkata before assembly elections
Kolkata: Maoist insurgents are mulling on attacking Kolkata some time before the 2011 assembly elections and they have already started to identify the targets. Arrested Maoist military commande....
- Three Maoists arrested, one surrenders
Bhubaneswar/Ranchi: Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Orissa and Jharkhand and an area commander surrendered to the police today, officials said.
Two men were held in Orissa&....
- Maoists free abducted teacher to scribes
Kolkata: A schoolteacher abducted by Maoists was handed over unharmed to mediapersons in the Mohulboni forest of West Bengal and went back home saying he would continue to teach, police said to....
- Abducted teacher's family condemns joint forces' operation
Kolkata: The family of a school teacher abducted by Maoists today condemned operations by security forces in western districts of West Bengal and demanded the immediate release of 37 villagers ....
- Family of abducted teacher appeals to Maoists
Kolkata: The family of an abducted school teacher in West Bengal today appealed to the Maoists to show mercy and release him, even as police and joint forces launched search operations.
- Tourism can help counter Maoism: Selja
Panaji: Tourism can be effectively used to counter the rising trend of Maoism, union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said today.
Addressing reporters after inaugurating the regional con....
- Maoists want to overthrow Indian state by 2050: Pillai
New Delhi: Maoists want to overthrow the Indian state by 2050, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said today and admitted that it would take at least 7 to 10 years before states affected by the leftwin....
- Long bloody war to stamp out Maoist threat: Home secretary
New Delhi: Stamping out the Maoist threat is going to be a "long bloody war" because the armed rebel cadres were very highly motivated and trained, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said today....
- Long haul to put down Maoist threat, says home secretary
New Delhi: Crushing the Maoist challenge is going to be a long haul because the armed rebel cadres were entrenched in no-go areas, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said today and admitted that it wou....
- Huge explosive haul from Maoist den in West Bengal
Kolkata: Nearly 250-kg explosives were recovered from a Maoist den in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
"Acting on a tip off, we carried out an operati....
- Maoists send ultimatum to Govt, demand immediate release of their leader
New Delhi: In a strong voice of protest against centre's decision to arrest the Maoist leader Venkateshwar Reddy, the rebels have demanded his immediate release. They have threatened the go....
- Maoists change stance, call for talks with the centre
New Delhi: After the Maoist leader Kishenji's deputy was arrested few days back, the rebel camp seems to have felt the pressure of initiating talks with the government. According to the lat....
- Maoist leader held near Kolkata
Kolkata: A key Maoist leader was arrested on Tuesday from Kolkata's adjoining South 24-Parganas district by West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), police said.
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- Chidambaram terms Maoist truce offer bizarre
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the Maoist guerrillas' truce offer was "somewhat bizarre" because the Leftist insurgents continued to indulge in violence hours af....
- Three Maoists surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Three Maoist guerrillas, including a woman, surrendered in Orissa's Kandhamal district today, police said.
"Three Maoists have surrendered before us. They have ex....
- Security force camps in Maoist areas need protection: Narayanan
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan today met the families of the 24 security personnel killed in a Maoist ambush on Feb 15 and said that the camps of security forces in Maoist-affecte....
- Kishenji's phone does not ring, government refuses truce
New Delhi: The government on Thursday declined to take the initiative of declaring a ceasefire with the Left-wing radicals and allowed the deadline set by Communist Party of India-Maoist leader....
- Three Maoists arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Three suspected Maoists were arrested from Rasol village in Keonjhar district of Orissa, police said today.
The arrested people have been identified as Rengal Munda, Dait....
- Maoists give phone number, ask centre to call for talks
Kolkata: Hours after the central government gave a facsimile number to the Maoists, the Left-wing rebels in West Bengal responded to the union home ministry's call by sharing a mobile numbe....
- No talks until Maoists give up violence, asserts Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: A day after Maoists offered to hold talks with the government if the operation against them was halted, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik opposed any dialogue until the rebels g....
- Government ready for unconditional talks with Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi: The government is ready to hold unconditional talks with Maoists if they abjure violence, a home ministry statement released here said today.
"I would like a short simp....
- Home Minister may be resorting to Mamata for secret talks with the Maoists
New Delhi: In an unexpected turn of events it has come to pass that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is resorting to one of his cabinet colleagues to have a secret talks with the Maoists. Uni....
- Maoists attack police camp soon after truce offer, 1 dead
Kolkata: Maoists attacked a camp housing security personnel in West Bengal late on Monday night, just hours after their leader Kishenji offered a 72-hour ceasefire to the government. One suspec....
- Will halt violence if Green Hunt stopped: Maoist leader Kishenji
Kolkata: Top Maoist leader Kishenji today offered to halt violence by the leftwing rebels if the government stopped the massive security operations against them.
Kishenji told the med....
- Paramilitary officer asked to explain 'masked' presser
Kolkata: A paramilitary officer who lambasted the authorities at a press meet after 24 troopers were killed in a Maoist attack in West Midnapore district has been asked to explain his conduct b....
- Maoists blow up school in Bihar
Patna: Suspected Maoists blew up a school building in Bihar's Jamui district, police said today.
According to police, Maoist guerrillas Sunday night surrounded and blew up a state....
- Orissa cops issue lookout notice for Maoists - with photos
Bhubaneswar: Police in Orissa have for the first time circulated photographs of two Maoist leaders, allegedly involved in over 30 criminal cases including the killing of Hindu leader Laxmananan....
- 'Soren conniving with Maoists, abduction was pre-planned': Congress
Ranchi: The Congress today alleged that the Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand was conniving with the Maoists and the recent abduction of a government official was pre-planned. "Shibu Sore....
- Cops to track down Maoist camp in Uttarakhand
Lucknow: A team of Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Saturday evening left for Uttarakhand to track down a suspected Maoist training camp there, a government spokesperson said.
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- Eleven Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Police arrested 11 Maoist guerillas in Chhattisgarh today and seized explosives and guns from them, an official said.
The arrests were made from Durgkondal area in the state&#....
- Review cases against innocents branded Maoists: Soren
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren today asked the police to review cases against "innocent people branded as Maoists in the state", a day after the government freed two Maois....
- Top Chhattisgarh bureaucrat visits Maoist-hit Bastar
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary P. Joy Oommen made a surprise visit to the Maoist-hit Bastar region and promised to develop the troubled rural hinterland in the state.
Oommen on ....
- Chidambaram calls three chief ministers over Maoist violence
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram has written to chief ministers of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal inviting them to a meeting here following the recent spurt in Maoist violence.
- Orissa police team in Delhi to interrogate Kobad Ghandy
Bhubaneswar: A three-member team of Orissa Police is in New Delhi to interrogate Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in September last year, for his alleged role in violent activities ....
- Maoist terror: Paying for past follies
Kolkata: Two recent incidents of Maoist violence have confirmed that the country is still far from being able to contain this menace.
On Feb 15, as many as 24 security personnel and a....
- Abducted Jharkhand official released
Ranchi: A Jharkhand government official, abducted by Maoists last week, was released today evening, police said.
Block Development Officer (BDO) Prasant Layak "was released near H....
- Mamata has not been soft on Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Coming out in support of cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said she has not been soft of Maoists and has condemned violence by the group.
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- After Maoist attack, surviving Bengal troopers face trauma
Kolkata: The security personnel who survived Monday's Maoist attack at the Silda camp in West Bengal should go through individual counselling and be kept away from the conflict zone for a w....
- CHRI condemns Maoist violence in West Bengal, Bihar
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today strongly condemned the killing of 24 Eastern Frontier Rifle troopers by Maoists in West Bengal and the rebels' subsequent at....
- Finding trained cops the challenge in tackling Maoists: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Finding trained and well-equipped security forces in states is the most difficult challenge in tackling Maoists, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here today.
"The most....
- Chhattisgarh Maoists on 'bloodbath' mission in Bihar, Bengal
Raipur: An estimated 650 Maoist guerrillas have crossed over from Chhattisgarh's Bastar forests to West Bengal and Bihar to carry out deadly attacks, intelligence sources said today. The re....
- Maoists set new demands for release of kidnapped official
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government today suffered a major setback in its effort to free its official kidnapped by Maoists when the rebels made fresh demands that villagers branded Maoists be rele....
- Expert committee to probe Maoist attack on Bengal camp
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today constituted an expert committee to probe Monday's Maoist attack that killed 25 people, including 24 security personnel, and left several injured in....
- Maoists kill 10 in Bihar village
Patna: At least 10 people were killed in a Maoist attack in Bihar's Jamui district, police said today. According to a police official, more than 150 armed Maoists attacked Phulwaria village....
- Six killed in Maoist attack in Bihar
Patna: At least six people were killed in a Maoist attack in Bihar's Jamui district, police said today.
According to a police official, more than 100 armed Maoists on late Wednesd....
- Poor police leadership enabled Maoist attack in Bengal
Kolkata: Weak intelligence and communication networks, lack of alertness, and poor security made the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp at Silda in West Bengal a sitting duck for Maoist attacks....
- Ostracize those romanticizing Maoist violence: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today accused the Left of transplanting "a foreign ideology predicated in violence" and said those romanticizing or legitimizing Maoist violence should be ostrac....
- Home ministry team visits Maoist attack site in West Bengal
Shilda (West Bengal): A two-member union home ministry team today visited the security force camp at Shilda in West Bengal, where an audacious attack by Maoist guerrillas on Monday left 24 para....
- Rs.15 lakh compensation to slain security men's families
Kolkata: West Bengal today announced compensation of Rs.15 lakh for the families of each of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) trooper killed in the Maoist attack on a West Midnapore police camp....
- Maoist strike hits five Bihar districts
Patna: Normal life was partially hit in five districts of Bihar today following a strike called by Maoists to denounce the alleged killing of over half a dozen guerrillas.
There was m....
- Hanging on a tree branch for a phone call
Bhubaneswar: Just imagine climbing a 30-foot-high tree and hanging on to a branch to make a phone call. This is a grim reality in Maoist-hit districts of Orissa where the extremists have been t....
- Maoist militancy takes heavy toll on school education
Dornapal (Chhattisgarh): By bombing hundreds of schools since 2005, Maoist militants have taken a heavy toll on education in Chhattisgarh, officials say.
"Education and children&#....
- Silda attack: Jawans were not prepared for the Maoists
New Delhi: Even though most of the states across India plagued by the Maoist forces seem to be well equipped to handle the menace in an effective manner, West Bengal is not at par with them. Th....
- West Bengal to continue offensive against Maoists, 25 dead
Kolkata: Security forces today launched a massive hunt in the forests on the West Bengal-Jharkhand border to track down Maoists who massacred 24 policemen in one of the most gruesome attacks in....
- Government willing to talk to Maoists, apex court told
New Delhi: The government is willing to talk with the Maoists provided they shun violence, the Supreme Court was told today.
Attorney General Goolam E. Vahanvati told an apex court be....
- Bengal government should be more vigilant: Congress
New Delhi: A day after 24 security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in West Bengal, the Congress said the state's Left Front government should be more vigilant as it is responsible ....
- Intense search for ultras starts day after Maoist attack
Kolkata: An uneasy calm prevailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today as a heavy contingent of central forces started an intense search in the Shilda region. A group of armed Mao....
- CPI-M accuses Maoist sympathisers of fuelling violence
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday accused Maoist sympathisers of indirectly fuelling violence across the state.
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- 24 security men killed in West Bengal Maoist attack
Kolkata: A daring attack by Maoists on a police camp in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Monday has left 24 security personnel dead, an official said.
The incident took pl....
- Maoists attack joint forces' camp in West Bengal
Kolkata: A group of 20-strong Maoist ultras attacked a joint forces' camp in West Midnapore district of West Bengal Monday, police said.
According to police sources, the incident ....
- Four Maoists arrested in Bihar
Patna: Four suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested from two villages in Bihar, police said today.
While three rebels were arrested from Mahuar village under Haspura police station ....
- Mamata urges people to turn against Maoists
Kolkata: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the people of West Bengal's western districts to turn against the Maoists to stop the "bloodbath" in the region.
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- West Bengal police prepare for anti-Maoist operations
Kolkata: West Bengal police today held a meeting to prepare blueprint for anti-Maoist operations in three western districts of the state, an officer said.
"We have chalked out pla....
- We would talk once our leaders are set free: Naxals
New Delhi: It seems that the Maoists want to hold peace talks with the central governments. They have stated that they would like to hold discussions with the central government regarding impor....
- Maoists blow up two rail tracks in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoists blew up two rail tracks between Bhalulata and Bishra in Orissa's Sundergarh district early today, an official said.
"Two tracks have been blown up between....
- Orissa to get more central forces to fight Maoists
Bhubaneswar: Orissa would get three more battalions of central paramilitary forces to fight the Maoist menace in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today.
"The union ho....
- Two SPOs injured in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Two special police officers (SPOs) were injured today in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district when Maoist insurgents ambushed a contingent of some 300 policemen, officials said.
- Halt violence for talks, Chidambaram tells Maoists
Kolkata: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the government would be ready to talk to Maoist guerrillas if they called a halt to their violence.
"If you abjure violence, that ....
- Maoists blow up rail tracks in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks at two places in Jharkhand's Giridih district early today, a railway official said.
" Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks at two ....
- Soren skips meeting with Chidambaram in Kolkata
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren fell ill and failed to go to Kolkata today to attend a meeting with central Home Minister P. Chidambaram to discuss the proposed offensive against M....
- Maoists blow up rail track in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: A rail track was blown up by Maoists early today near Bhalulata railway station in Orissa's Sundergarh district, an official said.
"A goods train was derailed as ....
- Good response from centre in fighting Maoist violence: BJP's Raman Singh
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), today lauded the efforts of Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in tackling M....
- Maoist camp busted, two ultras nabbed in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Two Maoists were nabbed during a raid on a rebel camp in the Kalimela area of Malkanagiri district of Orissa today, police said.
"We have nabbed two Maoists during a ....
- Indian companies under fresh Maoist threat in Nepal
Kathmandu: Two major Indian companies and a third multinational firm are headed for tough times once again in Nepal with the former Maoist guerrillas asking them to stop work.
Though ....
- Maoist movement has no future: Woman insurgent
Bastar Forest (Chhattisgarh): After over five years in the underground, Poriyam Poje feels that the Maoist movement has no future and that its activists have turned into robbers and killers.
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- Mixed response on day two of pro-Maoists' shutdown call
Kolkata: The indefinite shutdown called by the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) in three West Bengal districts against alleged atrocities by the joint secu....
- Maoist violence up, deaths also rising: Chidambaram
New Delhi: The situation in states affected by Left-wing extremism continues to be a cause of grave concern and the number of deaths last year indicated a rising trend, Home Minister P. Chidamb....
- Shibu Soren assures help in anti-Maoist drive
New Delhi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren on Thursday met Home Minister P. Chidambaram and said his government would extend all help to central paramilitary forces for their anti-Maoist d....
- Maoists set ablaze 19 trucks at NMDC mining complex
Raipur: Over 100 Maoist guerrillas stormed into a mining complex of the state-run NMDC Ltd in Chhattisgarh's restive Dantewada district and set 19 trucks on fire in the early hours today.
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- CPI-M seeks central forces in Maoist-hit states' border areas
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today asked the central government to deploy security forces in border areas of Maoist-affected states in co-ordination with state govern....
- Four killed as Maoists trigger blast
Bhubaneswar: Maoists today blew up a jeep carrying policemen and some civilians in Orissa's Koraput district, killing four people and injuring eight others, police said.
The rebel....
- Kishenji is very much within our reach, says police
Kolkata: Top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji is very much within the reach of the joint forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, a po....
- No evidence of Maoists getting foreign help: Chidambaram
Raipur: The central government does not have any evidence of the Maoists, against whom the security forces have launched a major offensive, getting external monetary help, Home Minister P. Chid....
- Patnaik to attend meet on anti-Maoist operations
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will attend the crucial meeting on anti-Maoist operations union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has called at Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Frida....
- Maoists kill Class 11 student, tribal youth
Raipur: Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh today killed a student and a tribal young man, suspecting them to be police informers.
"The Class 11 student and the youth, who had appli....
- Chidambaram to fine-tune anti-Maoist operations
Raipur/New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram will hold a crucial meeting of three Maoist affected states in Raipur on Friday to assess the operational and deployment details of security force....
- India launches major offensive to net Maoist leaders
New Delhi: Thousands of paramilitary personnel have launched a crackdown to target some 50 Maoist leaders across the country in a bid to crush what is described as India's biggest internal ....
- Laptop used by Maoist leader Kishanji found, claim security forces
Kolkata: Security forces on Wednesday arrested three suspected Maoists and claimed to have seized a laptop and headphones used by elusive rebel leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji in West Midna....
- West Bengal Police question Maoist leader in Delhi
New Delhi: West Bengal police officers today questioned Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy at the Tihar Central Jail here after obtaining permission from a city court.
"They questioned hi....
- Chidambaram asks Jharkhand government to brace up to Maoist threat
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today hoped that the new government in Jharkhand would face up to the Maoist threat following the landmine explosion triggered by the rebels last week wh....
- Two Maoists surrender in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Two Maoists today surrendered to the police in Rayagada district of Orissa.
"Two Maoists of Srikakulam-Koraput division have surrendered before us. Both the naxalites....
- Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Two Maoist guerrillas were killed in Chhattisgarh today in a gun battle with security forces, police said.
The battle broke out in a forested hamlet in Dantewada district of B....
- Maoists set bridge construction machines on fire
Motihari: Maoists in Bihar have set on fire a number of machines that are used for purposes of construction. The incident took place at Chamatola, which is in the East Champaran district.
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- Suspected Maoists kill two traders in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed two local traders in a village in Orissa's Koraput district early today, police said.
The incident took place in Katulpeta village ....
- Four injured in Maoist attack on Bihar police camp
Patna: Four policemen were injured as a group of Maoist rebels attacked a camp of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) in the state's Bhagalpur district today and looted arms, police said.
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- Two killed by suspected Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists shot dead two men in Muriboni village of West Midnapore district in West Bengal, police said today. The killers reportedly accused the victims of being activists of C....
- Maoists' marijuana plantations found in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Two people have been arrested and marijuana plants over a 10-acre area have been uprooted in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a senior police officer said today, adding that the pla....
- Maoists blow up rail track in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas blew up a rail track causing the derailment of a goods train in Jharkhand's Palamau district, police said today.
According to police, Maoist rebels blew ....
- Maoists shutdown hits NMDC iron ore supply
Raipur: The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has cut down iron ore transportation by 35 percent daily since Jan 1 as railway authorities have cancelled movement of goods trains d....
- Maoists can't survive without urban base: Police
Raipur: The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cannot survive in the jungles without having a urban base as they rely on logistics support from their network in the cities, Chhattisga....
- Maoists damage railway tracks, Purushottam Express passengers lucky to survive
Kolkata: Passengers of New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express had a narrow escape as suspected Maoists damaged railway tracks at two different places in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on....
- Maoists trying to regroup in Andhra: Police chief
Hyderabad: Maoists are trying to resurface in Andhra Pradesh in a big way, the state police chief warned today but assured that police were keeping "utmost guard and vigil".
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- Maoists call for shutdown, burn buses in south Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Parts of south Orissa were tense today as Maoists called for a shutdown, set ablaze four buses and a mobile tower overnight and blew up a forest department beat house as well, poli....
- Maoists ransack, set afire forest beat office in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists ransacked and set afire a forest beat office, after bashing up its employees at Sarenga in West Bengal's Bankura district on Saturday night, police said today.
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- Couple burnt alive by Maoists over land dispute
Ranchi: A couple was burnt alive by suspected Maoists in Jharkhand's Palamau district, due to their land dispute with a rebel commander, police said today.
"Divesh Singh and h....
- Four cops injured in fight with Maoists in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoist violence continued unabated in Orissa as four policemen were injured in a shootout between police and extremists in Koraput district early today.
"Four Special....
- Maoists warn of action against corrupt Bihar officials
Patna: Maoist guerrillas in Bihar have warned of action against dishonest officials if rampant corruption is not curbed in the implementation of government sponsored welfare shemes, police said....
- Are Maoists taking their base to Jhargram from Lalgarh?
Kolkata: It has been learnt that Maoists have been supposedly making Jhargram their new base of operations and are gradually moving away from Belpahari and Lalgarh in the last couple of months.....
- 2010 will be bloodier if offensive is launched: Maoist leader Kishanji
New Delhi: If 2009 was bad, 2010 would be "bloodier" if the government goes ahead with its planned offensive against the Maoist jungle bases, a top guerrilla leader has vowed while warn....
- Four cops injured in West Bengal landmine blast
Kolkata: Four police personnel were injured in a landmine blast in West Bengal's Maoist-stronghold of West Midnapore district, police said today.
Officials said the incident took ....
- Police get 90 more days to file charges against Ghandy
New Delhi: The Delhi Police were today given 90 more days to file a charge sheet against Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrat....
- Children in Bihar appeal to Maoists not to target schools
Patna: Hundreds of poor school children in Bihar's Aurangabad district have appealed to Maoist guerrillas not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly.
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- Maoists blow up building in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas blew up a community building in Jharkhand's Bokaro district as it was used by the security personnel in the recently concluded elections, police said today.
- Maoists blow up landmine at Jharkhand
Medininnagar (Jharkhand): A landmine exploded today at Mahur, Jharkhand where the final stages of election are on in order to choose candidates for the state assembly. It is being assumed that ....
- Naxals get bullet proof jackets for top brass
New Delhi: The Naxalites have been trying to get the newest bullet-proof jackets for their leaders. They have been also raking in enough arms and weaponry even as they are preparing to engage t....
- Amid violence, Maoists at war within
Ghatshila (Jharkhand): They may have stepped up attacks across different parts of India, but the debate still rages within the larger body of Indian Maoists: is the violence the way forward?
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- Maoist-backed group observes shutdown in Bengal, torches truck
Kolkata: Activists of the Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) today torched a truck on the National Highway-6 while observing a 24-hour shutdown in three west....
- Maoists blow up police outpost in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Maoist guerrillas have blown up an under-construction police outpost in Malkanagiri district of Orissa, police said today.
"It was an under-construction police outpos....
- Kobad Ghandy wants to retract confession
New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy today moved in a court here an application to withdraw his confession to police following his arrest on Sep 20, alleg....
- Maoists behead man in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Maoists have beheaded a 25-year-old man after branding him a police informer in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said today.
A group of nearly 10 a....
- Police, Maoists trade fire in West Midnapore
Kolkata: Police exchanged gunfire with a group of Maoists in a village in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Thursday night. While police said no one was injured, a union minister of ....
- Maoists shoot three CPI-M workers in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead three activists of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in a village in West Midnapore district, police said today.
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- Maoist group threatens to kill Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Bhopal: A Maoist organisation, in a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, threatened to kill him and his wife if services of teachers in 'panchayats' (village c....
- Maoists gun down two brothers in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: About 50 armed Maoists raided a Chhattisgarh village and gunned down two brothers allegedly on charges of spying, police said today.
The incident took place on Tuesday night i....
- Maoists' anniversary celebrations hits life in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Normal life was affected in Chhattisgarh's interior areas today, the last day of week-long anniversary celebrations of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), wit....
- India is facing both internal, external threats: RSS chief
Chandigarh: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday that India is facing internal threats from various quarters and the outside world is trying to take advanta....
- Maoist posters found on Kolkata school wall
Kolkata: Several Maoist posters emerged in Kolkata's posh satellite township of Salt Lake today - one at a police kiosk and another on the wall of a school building - creating a flutter in ....
- Maoists' anniversary hits life in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh today, the first day of the weeklong anniversary celebrations of the People's Liberation of Guerilla Army (PLGA), the milit....
- Maoist accused of killing 10 cops held in Bihar
Patna: A Maoist rebel was arrested today for the killings of 10 policemen in Bihar's Nawada district February this year, police said.
Nero Ravi Das, the main accused in the police....
- Arrests in Maoist violence rises to 72
Bhubaneswar: One more person was arrested today for his involvement in the alleged Maoist-backed violence in Orissa's Koraput district, taking the total arrests to 72.
"We hav....
- Maoists kill security man as polling begins in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist rebels targeted a polling team killing one security man in Giridih district today morning as the second phase of polling for 14 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand began.
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- Two cops injured in Lalgarh landmine blast
Kolkata: At least two policemen were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Lalgarh region today, an official said.
A police officer said the ....
- Maoist triggered landmine kills two troopers in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Two troopers were killed and nine injured today when Maoist rebels blew up their vehicle by detonating a landmine in poll-bound Jharkhand, police said.
The mine exploded when ....
- One killed in Jharkhand train blast, bus and mine targeted
Ranchi: One passenger was killed when a train was blown up while those on a bus miraculously escaped a gun attack and a 20 kg bomb was defused at a SAIL iron mine, police in Jharkhand said toda....
- Yechury has close links with Maoists: Mamata
New Delhi: All leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), particularly its politburo member Sitaram Yechury, have a close association with Maoists, Trinamool Congress chief and Ra....
- Maoists release policemen abducted in West Bengal
Kolkata: Maoist guerrillas today released two policemen they had abducted on Tuesday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
"Yes, they have both returned,"....
- Lalgarh operation will continue, says Pranab
Kolkata: The operation to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh in West Bengal would continue till the situation was "completely under control", senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said to....
- Police search for Maoists in West Bengal
Gidhni (West Bengal): Police today continued the hunt for Maoist rebels who killed four state paramilitary troopers on Sunday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
"We are....
- Maoist leader takes responsibility for troopers' killings
Kolkata: Claiming responsibility for the killing of four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers in West Midnapore district, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo member Koteshw....
- Security forces to vacate Lalgarh schools: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said that security force troopers, who have been deployed in and around Lalgarh to flush out Maoists, will vacate all school bu....
- Maoists blow up school building in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Maoist guerrillas blew up a primary school building in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said today.
Some 80-100 Maoists destroyed a major portion of a primary sch....
- Maoists gun down three in West Bengal district
Kolkata: Three villagers were shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal's violence-hit West Midnapore district on Friday night. The bodies were recovered from a forest area in....
- Maoists offer conditional talks, more forces rushed to Lalgarh
Kolkata: The centre today rushed additional paramilitary forces to troubled West Midnapore district to tackle the Maoists, even as the left wing ultras said they were prepared for talks provide....
- Court stays Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy's narco test
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today stayed a planned narco-analysis test on Communist Party of India-Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy till Dec 14.
Justice Indermeet Kaur said the narco-an....
- Buddhadeb to visit Maoist-affected areas on Saturday
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will visit three districts hit by Maoist violence on Saturday to review law and order and progress of development work, an official s....
- Maoists kill CPI-M activist in West Bengal
Kolkata: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead by a group of suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday evening, police sai....
- Maoists have 'always been hostile to CPI-M': Karat
New Delhi: Reacting sharply to Home Minister P. Chidambaram's comment that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) till recently considered Maoists as "comrades in arms", the L....
- Freed cop wants Maoists and government to talk
Jhargram (West Bengal): Freed from Maoist captivity after 54 hours, West Bengal police officer Atindranath Dutta today night said the government and left wing rebels should begin talks by esch....
- Maoists kill two cops, abduct one, demand release of women cadre
Kolkata: Describing abducted police station officer-in-charge Atindranath Dutta as a "prisoner of war", the Maoists today night demanded the release of their arrested women cadres as t....
- Maoist leader remanded in police custody
Kolkata: A West Bengal court today ordered four-day police custody for People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) chief Chhatradhar Mahato in a murder case in the state's La....
- Chattisgarh chief minister seeks divine help to tackle naxal problem
Bhubaneswar: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday sought divine help to deal with naxal insurgency in the state. He prayed in the Samaleswari and Pataneswari temples in Sambalpur....
- Maoists kill tribal leader in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed a Jharkhand Janamukti Morcha (JJM) leader in West Bengal's West Midnapore district and left his body on the roadside, police said today.
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- SMS threat to kill Nitish Kumar
Patna: Suspected Maoists have sent SMS messages to several journalists threatening to kill Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar if two of their top leaders were not released from jail.
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- Maoists planning human shields to thwart troopers in Chhattisgarh
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh): Worried after the massive assault launched by security forces and warned of more in the coming days, top Maoist leaders have started fleeing their landmine-protected h....
- Indian Maoists criticise Prachanda for betrayal
Kathmandu: Banned by the Indian government a week ago and facing redoubled security action in several Indian states, India's Maoist party has now criticised its former ally, the Communist P....
- Maoists worst enemies of development: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Giving the lie to the theory that lack of development was fuelling the Maoist movement in the country, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the rebels were the "worst enemies"....
- 'Maoists are cowards', says Buddhadeb
Kolkata: Maoist guerrillas were fomenting trouble in West Bengal through hit-and-run raids from their bases in neighbouring Jharkhand, they are cowards, said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar....
- Colgate's Nepal officials freed after high drama
Kathmandu: Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd?s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party on Thursday, have been freed and are o....
- Maoists own responsibility for November 2 blast
Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Maoist on Friday night owned up responsibility for the November 2 landmine blast in West Midnapore district and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddha....
- Narrow escape for Buddha, Paswan from naxal attack
Salboni (WB): Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today had a narrow escape when a landmine exploded within minutes of their convoy passing through Baroa ....
- CRPF arrests 34 naxals, seizes explosives in crackdown
New Delhi: In a massive crackdown against naxals, the CRPF has so far led to killing of two Left wing extremists besides seizing over 700 kilograms of explosives, 5200 detonators and has arrest....
- Naxal-hit states to get Rs 500 crore under special scheme
New Delhi: With absence of proper infrastructure often leading to Left wing extremism, a Rs 500 crore special scheme will be launched by the government during the 11th Plan in the naxal-affecte....
- Six policemen killed in gun battle with Maoists in Bihar
Patna: Eight people, including at least six policemen and a passer-by, were killed when Maoist guerrillas attempting to loot a bank in Bihar's Gaya district opened fire at a police team that wa....
- Maoists blow up petrol pump in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoist rebels blew up a petrol pump building and set fire to four vehicles in Jharkhand, police informed today. The Maoist rebels evacuated the building, blasted it and damaged the fuel....
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