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  2 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces

  India | March 28, 2015 11:23 IST

  Latehar (Jharkhand): Two Maoists were shot dead and a woman rebel suffered injuries during an encounter with the security forces in Latehar district today, police said.The woman Naxalite was arrested and admitted to a hospital,

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  Large explosive haul in Ganjam, 2 held

  India | March 27, 2015 20:04 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): Police today seized around 5,000 detonators, 579 gelatin sticks, five bundles of live wires and two drilling machines from two persons at Buguda, about 60 km from here, in Ganjam district.  This huge quantity

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  Revealed: Not Maoists but mosquitoes are the most dangerous enemy of CRPF

  India | March 12, 2015 12:22 IST

  New Delhi: The biggest enemy for force fighting Naxalites in dense jungles of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar is not a Maoist but a mosquito.As per the latest government data more CRPF men have died due

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  Maoists attack resort in Kerala,write slogans against Obama visit

  India | January 25, 2015 13:42 IST

  Tirunelli (Kerala): Suspected Maoists attacked a state-run tourist resort in Wayanad in north Kerala today and escaped into forests after vandalising the premises and writing slogans against US President Barack Obama's visit to the country.The

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  Maoists explode bomb on rail line in Odisha

  India | January 24, 2015 11:09 IST

  Rayagada (Odisha):  Suspected Maoists triggered an explosion on Visakhapatnam-Raipur railway line in Rayagada district early today, injuring one person and blowing up a portion of track that led to disruption of train services on the

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  Maoists threatens to blow up railway tracks in Bihar, seek Rs 1 crore and firearms as levy

  India | January 21, 2015 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: Suspected Maoists have sought Rs one crore, firearms and ammunition as levy from the Railways and have threatened to blow up railway tracks between Motihari and Paniahwa railway stations in Bihar if their

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  Naxals publicly kill 2 men branding them as "informers"

  India | January 19, 2015 13:34 IST

  Raipur: Maoists kidnapped two villagers and killed them at a ‘jan adalat' (people's court) in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, police said today.Ramlal and Manter, natives of Aatpal and Bailapad villages respectively under Benoor police station

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  4 ex-Maoists surrender in Odisha

  India | January 19, 2015 7:46 IST

  Rourkela: Apprehending threat to lives from ultras, four ex-Maoists Sunday surrendered before police at Bonai in Odisha's Sundargarh district.  The four, including two from neighbouring Jharkhand, Johan Munda, Joseph Jarkot, Johan Purti and Sunita Munda

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  Work stress leading to social isolation of CRPF jawans: Report

  India | January 11, 2015 10:41 IST

  New Delhi: Continuous deployment in “high intensity conflict areas” is forcing jawans and officers of country's largest paramilitary CRPF to suffer from large-scale “social ostracisation”, a report prepared on the state of affairs of the

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  Four women Maoists surrender in Odisha

  India | January 10, 2015 15:30 IST

  Malkangiri (Odisha): Four women Maoists, carrying rewards of up to Rs four lakh on their heads, surrendered before the police here today, police said.  The women cadres identified as Jhine Padiami alias Rita, Walla Gangi

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  Naxals enter ex-MLA's house, snatch security guards' guns

  Politics | January 06, 2015 6:46 IST

  Raipur: Naxals allegedly stormed into the house of a former Congress MLA in the insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh today and snatched away the weapons of his security guards, police said.However, nobody was injured in

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  Two villagers killed by Maoists in Odisha

  India | January 05, 2015 12:08 IST

  Bhubaneswar: At least two villagers were killed by Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said Monday.A group of rebels Sunday night raided Keriaguda village and dragged two tribal residents out of their homes and beat

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  Manjhi backs Maoist levy on contractors

  Politics | January 05, 2015 6:24 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday courted another controversy Sunday by supporting the Maoists' levy from contractors and businessmen."There is nothing wrong if Maoists are demanding levy from contractors engaged in construction of

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  Police foil Naxal attack on cell phone tower in Telangana

  India | December 29, 2014 14:43 IST

  Khammam: A group of Maoists fired at a police party in Khammam district of Telangana after security forces foiled their attempt to blast a cell phone tower, police said on Monday.The incident occurred last night

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  Flashback 2014: Challenges that Home Ministry faced this year

  India | December 26, 2014 11:04 IST

  New Delhi: Terror outfit ISIS appeared to have emerged as a threat factor in the Indian security radar during 2014 which wrapped up on a tragic note with massacre of over 60 Adivasi by Bodo

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  Three woman naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh

  India | December 11, 2014 11:23 IST

  Raipur: Three women Maoists, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said today.  The cadres turned themselves in before police last evening citing

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  Encounter between Maoists and security forces in Jharkhand

  India | December 09, 2014 9:46 IST

  Giridih (Jharkhand): Security forces and Maoists exchanged gunfire near Kendua Pahari under Dhanwar Assembly constituency in Giridih district today.  No casualty was reported in the encounter that took place just an hour before polling began

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  Jharkhand Polls: Ram Vilas Paswan blames lack of vision for state's political instability

  Politics | December 04, 2014 14:23 IST

  Ranchi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said 10 'golden years' were wasted due to lack of vision and the need of the hour was to elect a stable government in the state."Ten golden

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  Maoists a national challenge, govt has accepted it: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | December 02, 2014 22:04 IST

  Raipur: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called Maoists a “national challenge” which he said the government has accepted and will fight it.On a day-long visit to Chhattisgarh, a day after Maoists killed 14 CRPF personnel

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  Modi condemns attack on CRPF troopers

  Politics | December 02, 2014 7:44 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condemned the attack on CRPF troopers in Chattisgarh's Sukma, that left 13 personnel dead.“Words are not enough to condemn the brutal and inhuman attack by anti-national elements in