Maoists
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Maoists Set Free 3 Abducted Persons
India | Jan 24, 2012, 06:07 PM ISTLatehar, Jharkhand, Jan 24: Maoists today claimed to have set free Garhwa zilla parishad chairperson Sushma Mehta and two others, but kept her security guard in their custody. “We have released the chairperson, her driver
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Maoists Disrupt Delhi-Howrah Rail Traffic
India | Dec 05, 2011, 02:09 PM ISTRanchi/Patna/Bhubaneswar, Dec 5 : In continuing attacks on railway and government properties, Maoists in Jharkhand on Sunday night blew up a rail track near Matari, a few km away from Dhanbad and disrupted rail traffic
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Maoist Bandh : Railway Tracks Blown Up, Mobile Tower Set Afire
India | Dec 04, 2011, 09:07 PM ISTRanchi/Patna/Bhubaneswar, Dec 4: Maoists today began their two-day country-wide shutdown in protest against the killing of their top leader Kishenji by blowing up railway tracks in Jharkhand and setting afire a mobile tower in Bihar's
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Yahoo Moves Delhi HC Against Govt
Nov 26, 2011, 09:25 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 26: Internet portal Yahoo has approached the Delhi High Court against the Union home ministrys attempts to glean information about nearly a dozen Yahoo IDs/IP addresses it suspects are used by Islamic
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Mamata Gives More Time To Maoists, Warns Sympathisers
India | Nov 21, 2011, 08:15 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 21: In a fresh appeal to Maoists to return to the mainstream, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said there was no time limit for patience in democracy but warned sympathisers of
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Two Maoists Surrender Before Mamata In Writers' Building
India | Nov 17, 2011, 06:01 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 17: Responding to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call, a hardcore Maoist couple against whom several cases of murder and violence including the deadly attack on a paramilitary camp in Silda were pending surrendered
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Maoists More Dangerous Than Terrorists, Says Mamata
India | Nov 16, 2011, 06:06 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 16: Talking tough after fresh Naxal violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Maoists were more dangerous than terrorists and warned that her government would not remain a mute spectator.
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Maoists Ready For 4-Month Ceasefire In West Bengal
India | Nov 15, 2011, 09:20 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 15: With the West Bengal government to intensify anti-Maoist operations in junglemahal, an interlocutor on Tuesday claimed that the ultras had taken a u-turn and were ready for a four-month ceasefire on condition
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Bengal To Intensify Anti-Maoist Operations: Mamata
India | Nov 15, 2011, 07:29 AM ISTKolkata, Nov 15 : With suspected Maoists gunning down two Trinamool workers in Purulia district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed the Maoist letter on their ceasefire withdrawal and said joint-operations would
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Maoists Set Fire To 27 Trucks In Orissa
India | Oct 27, 2011, 11:54 AM ISTSambalpur, Orissa, Oct 27: Maoists on Tuesday set fire to 27 trucks of ARSS construction company in Mundher village of Sambalpur district. They exploded bombs and used diesel to set fore to 27 tippers and
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Mamata's 7-Day Deadline To Maoists Ends Saturday
India | Oct 21, 2011, 09:14 PM ISTJhargram, Oct 21: Security has been heightened across Junglemahal with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline to Maoists for laying down arms coming to an end on Saturday and the ultras calling a
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Talks With Maoists In Bengal Will Continue, Say Interlocutors
National | Oct 18, 2011, 06:10 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 18: The West Bengal government-appointed interlocutors today said that the dialogue process with Maoists in the Junglemahal area would continue, though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given a seven-day deadline to the ultras
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Mamata Sets 7-Day Deadline For Maoists To Lay Down Arms
India | Oct 15, 2011, 05:52 PM ISTJhargram, Oct 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today gave Maoists a seven-day deadline to lay down arms, saying violence would not be tolerated any more.“I am giving you (Maoists) a seven-day ultimatum to
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Killings By Maoists Will Derail Peace Initiative: Mamata
India | Sep 26, 2011, 07:45 AM ISTKolkata, Sep 26 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday night said the killings by Maoists in Junglemahal were targeted at derailing the peace initiative in the state. “We gave them an opportunity
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BJD MLA Shot By Maoists In Odisha
India | Sep 24, 2011, 11:24 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Sept 24: A ruling party BJD MLA in Orissa, Jagabandhu Majhi, and his personal security officer were shot dead by unknown assailants suspected to be Maoists today. The MLA was shot dead while distributing
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Nepal PM Wants India To Withdraw Maoists' Convictions
World | Sep 13, 2011, 08:01 PM ISTKathmandu, Sept 13: Nepal's new Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai today asked New Delhi to take “necessary steps” to withdraw the reported convictions of 11 senior Maoist leaders found guilty of anti-India activities by the Patna
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Chhatisgarh Police Arrests Journalist, Contractor For Trying To Send Cash To Maoists
India | Sep 11, 2011, 04:25 PM ISTRaipur, Sept 11: The Chhatisgarh police on Friday arrested a contractor B K Lala and journalist-activist Lingaram Kodopi on charge of going to hand over Rs 15 lakh cash to Maoists at a weekly market
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Essar Pays Protection Money To Maoists In C'garh: Wikileaks
Sep 06, 2011, 08:47 AM ISTWashington, Sep 6 : The Ruias-led Essar Group, which has mining interests in Chhattisgarh, pays protection money to Maoists to safeguard its operations in the state, a leaked US diplomatic cable said.“A senior representative from
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Nepal Maoists Hand Over Weapons To Special Committee
World | Sep 01, 2011, 10:44 PM ISTKathmandu, Sept 1: The Maoist party in Nepal today handed over the keys of its armed wing's arsenal to a Special Committee, a significant move that is expected to boost the vexed peace process.The keys
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Maoists Kill 11 Chhatisgarh Policemen
India | Aug 19, 2011, 10:05 PM ISTRaipur, Aug 19: Eleven jawans of the Chhattisgarh police were killed and three injured on Friday in an ambush orchestrated by armed Maoists, police officials said. “The ambush occurred at about 4:00 pm in between