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  Being Maoist not a crime, rules Kerala High Court

  India | May 23, 2015 7:24 IST

  Kochi: In a significant ruling, the Kerala High Court on Friday said that being a Maoist is not a crime and police cannot detain a person merely because he is a Maoist."Being a Maoist is

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  Suspected Maoist held with arms and explosives

  India | May 13, 2015 12:44 IST

  Jamui: A suspected Maoist has been arrested with arms and explosives from a village under Khaira police station area in Bihar's naxal-infested Jamui district, a police officer said today.Acting on a tip-off, the CRPF jawans

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  Heart attacks kill more CRPF jawans than extremists in last 5 years

  India | May 11, 2015 10:14 IST

  New Delhi: Heart attacks have killed more Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans than Naxals have in the last five years.According to a latest data related to jawans serving in Naxal affected regions, stated that

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  Macabre drama of death will end: PM Modi on Maoist violence

  Politics | May 09, 2015 14:53 IST

  Dantewada: The first Prime Minister to visit this Maoist hotbed in three decades, Narendra Modi today asked Naxals to abjure gun and allow peace so that the macabre drama of death will end to pave

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  Top Maoist leader Roopesh, his wife Shina arrested in Kerala

  India | May 05, 2015 11:27 IST

  Kerala: A top Maoist leader, wanted in at least 20 cases in Kerala, his wife and three others, were arrested on Monday near Coimbatore in a joint operation by police of four southern states.Kerala Home

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  Naxals step up attacks in Chhattisgarh; 5 cops killed

  India | April 13, 2015 21:15 IST

  Raipur: In the fourth Naxal attack in the last three days in Chattisgarh, Maoists tried to blow up a mine protected vehicle (MPV) in Dantewada district, killing 4 and injuring at least 7 security personnel.The

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  7 policemen killed, 10 injured in Maoists encounter in Sukma

  India | April 11, 2015 17:50 IST

  Raipur: Seven policemen were killed and ten others were injured in an encounter with Maoists in Sukma district of Chattisgarh today. The number of causalities on Maoists side is not yet known.The encounter took place

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  Odisha recorded 2,011 rape cases in 2014: Government

  India | March 27, 2015 17:20 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 2,011 rape cases and 93,657 criminal cases in the year 2014, according to a White Paper of the State Home Department.  In 2013, Odisha recorded 1,832 rape cases but that rose to

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  NDA govt to push development projects in Maoist “ hit areas

  India | February 10, 2015 18:24 IST

  New Delhi: The centre is likely to push development projects in Maoist – hit areas like building road, bridges, educational institutions and other infrastructure.Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the developmental projects relating to roads, bridges,

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  No toilets for CRPF men in Maoists-hit areas

  India | January 23, 2015 14:37 IST

  New Delhi: Lack of basic toilet facilities is a major problem that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are facing in their camps in Maoist-hit areas of the country.Despite repeated complaints by the CRPF to

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  CMs' meet to speed up road links in Maoist-hit states

  Politics | January 11, 2015 13:07 IST

  New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has convened a chief ministers' conference of eight states haunted by Left-wing extremism to resolve bottlenecks in speedy implementation of road projects being executed

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  Maoists attack quarry unit in Kerala

  India | January 02, 2015 12:37 IST

  Kannur (Ker):  Suspected Maoists attacked a private quarry-cum-crusher unit in Kannur district of Kerala this morning, in the third such strike by the Leftist ultras in the state in recent weeks.No one was injured in

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  Suspected Maoists set 20 vehicles on fire

  India | December 12, 2014 13:17 IST

  Lohardagga (Jharkhand):  Suspected Maoists set ablaze around 20 vehicles, including 16 trucks, near a bauxite mine site in Lohardagga district, a senior police officer said today.Superintendent of police Manoj Ratan Choutey said a group of

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  No let up in operations to tackle Maoist menace: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | December 03, 2014 17:30 IST

  New Delhi: Two days after Naxals struck in a big way in Chhattisgarh, government today asserted in Parliament that there will be no let up in operations to eliminate Maoist menace and promised all support

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  Naxal ambush planned by local cadres camping in Bastar: police

  India | December 02, 2014 14:34 IST

  Raipur: The deadly Maoist ambush, claiming lives of 14 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, was planned and supervised by local Naxal leaders who were reportedly camping in south Bastar for past few days, a

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  Brisk polling in Jharkhand

  Politics | December 02, 2014 11:08 IST

  Ranchi: About 16.32 per cent turnout was recorded in the first two hours in 20 Jharkhand Assembly constituencies across seven Maoist-hit districts where polling was underway today in the second phase.Brisk polling was being reported

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  Jharkhand Polls: Second phase of polling begins in the state

  Politics | December 02, 2014 12:30 IST

  Ranchi: Voting has begun in the second of the five-phase assembly elections in Jharkhand. Balloting is being held for 20 of the 81 assembly seats in this phase spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts. These

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  J&K, Jharkhand polls: Huge voter turnout recorded in second phase

  Politics | December 02, 2014 22:59 IST

  Srinagar/Ranchi: Huge voter turnout was recorded in second phase poll for Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand assembly elections.65.46% polling was recorded in Jharkhand whereas Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a huge turnout of 72 percent.About 65.46

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  Seven alleged Maoist cadres arrested in Dantewada district

  India | November 28, 2014 8:40 IST

  Raipur: Seven Maoists who were allegedly involved in torching heavy vehicles and attacking security personnel in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district early this month were arrested from the same region today, the police said.The Maoist cadres

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  CRPF screens films in Naxal-hit areas to connect with tribals

  India | October 24, 2014 13:25 IST

  Raipur: Reaching out to tribals in Chhattisgarh's worst Maoist-hit Sukma district, CRPF has launched a new initiative of screening Bollywood movies for them as it feels that it would expose the people from the remote