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  Two maoists killed in separate encounters in Odisha

  India | April 14, 2014 19:13 IST

  Koraput/Nuapada: Two maoist ultras, including a woman, were killed during separate encounters in Odisha's Nuapada and Koraput districts, police said today. While the Maoist, identified as Purna Huluka alias Khatru of Basanaput village, was gunned

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  300 students hit as Maoists blow up Bihar school

  Politics | April 11, 2014 10:54 IST

  Patna: At least 300 students in a village in Bihar's Lakhisarai district lost their school which was destroyed in a blast by Maoists ahead of voting in six parliamentary constituencies of the state Thursday.The new

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  Narrow escape for BSF personnel as Maoists trigger IED blasts

  India | April 06, 2014 15:55 IST

  Malkangiri: A group of BSF personnel had a narrow escape when two explosive devices planted by Maoists went off in Kalimela area of Malkangiri district in Odisha today.The explosions took place within a short interval

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  Commotion at Modi rally in Bihar, Police lathicharge crowd

  Politics | March 27, 2014 17:18 IST

  Gaya: Commotion broke out today at the venue of a rally here in Bihar shortly before BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address it prompting Police to resort to a mild lathicharge.The police

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  Dream is to see pen or plough in hands, not guns, says Modi

  Politics | March 27, 2014 15:35 IST

  Gumla (Jharkhand): Narendra Modi today appealed to Maoists to abjure violence and said it was his dream to see a pen or a plough in the hands of the youths in their ranks and not

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  Naxals launches anti-poll posters war, panic prevails

  Politics | March 27, 2014 11:55 IST

  Dhanbad: Within days of their meeting with a joint team of senior police officers from Jharkhand and West Bengal, the Maoists pasted posters and circulated handbills warning villagers against voting in the Lok Sabha polls

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  Maoists blow up mobile towers ahead of Modi rally in Bihar

  Politics | March 27, 2014 11:12 IST

  Gaya (Bihar): Maoists blew up two mobile towers exploding powerful bombs in two areas of Gaya district ahead of two election rallies of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today.About one hundred Maoists gathered in

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  Maoists blow up mobile towers ahead of Modi rally in Bihar

  India | March 27, 2014 14:04 IST

  Gaya: Maoists blew up two mobile towers exploding powerful bombs, on Thursday, in two areas of Gaya district ahead of two election rallies of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.About one hundred Maoists gathered in

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  Maoists free 7 abducted labourers in Bihar

  India | March 23, 2014 20:23 IST

  Jamui (Bihar): Seven labourers have been freed ten days after they were abducted by Maoists from Navinagar ghat in Bihar's Jamui district, a police officer said today.The Maoists released the labourers at an isolated place

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  During polls, some Bihar leaders face Maoist threat

  Politics | March 19, 2014 11:22 IST

  Patna: With Lok Sabha polls around the corner, half a dozen Bihar politicians and some police officers are on the hit list of Maoists, police said Wednesday.The Intelligence Bureau has asked the Bihar Police to

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  Two Maoists get life term for ambushing police party

  India | March 02, 2014 6:41 IST

  Ranchi: A special court today awarded life imprisonment to two  Maoists who had ambushed a police vehicle, killing 13 policemen and four civilians on December 19, 2002 in West Singhbhum district's Bitkilsoy village.  Convicting Maoists

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  Maoists kill 5 policemen in Dantewada

  India | March 01, 2014 8:44 IST

  Raipur: A Station House Officer (SHO) and four police jawans were on Friday  killed and three others injured, one of them critically, in a Naxal ambush in Maoist-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said.Naxals also

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  Hundreds of Maoists attack police station in Gaya

  India | February 23, 2014 11:42 IST

  Gaya(Bihar): Several hundred heavily armed Maoists on Saturday night attacked Amas police station and fired more than 1000 rounds in a bid to loot the armoury.The Maoists laid siege to a big chunk of GT

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  Maoists trying to set up bases in upper Assam: Centre

  India | February 03, 2014 16:17 IST

  Guwahati: The Centre today claimed that the Maoist extremists were focusing to set up bases in upper Assam, close to international border and this could create a “serious strategic security complication” to northeastern states.Addressing a

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  Maoists kill two kidnapped villagers in Odisha

  India | December 14, 2013 12:14 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Maoists Saturday killed two of the six men they had abducted two days ago in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.The bodies of Jaga Madakami and Tulsi Behera were found near Bhejangwada area, Superintendent of

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  Maoists free two villagers in Odisha

  India | December 09, 2013 15:32 IST

  Malkangiri (Odisha): Four days after abducting them, Maoists freed two villagers, including a woman and son of a sarpanch, in Malkangiri district of Odisha.  Padia Madhi, son of Gumphakonda village panchayat sarpanch, and Rame Padiami

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  Seven policemen killed in land mine blast by Maoists in Bihar

  India | December 04, 2013 9:25 IST

  Aurangabad (Bihar): Seven policemen were killed after their jeep was blown up in a land mine blast by Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad district this evening.The blast was triggered near Chandragarh More(circle) on the Tandwa-Nabinagar road,

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  Maoists attack train in Bihar, three killed

  India | November 30, 2013 22:19 IST

  Patna: Three Government Railway Police personnel were killed and one seriously injured in an attack on an intercity train at Jamalpur in Munger district of Bihar Saturday.Deputy Inspector General Sudhanshu Kumar said the Sahebganj-Patna Intercity

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  Maoists kill 4 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh

  India | November 27, 2013 22:23 IST

  Raipur: Four CRPF jawans were killed and three others injured when Naxals ambushed a road opening party (ROP) of the security forces in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today, police said.The ultras also looted the

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  Maoists kill four CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh

  India | November 27, 2013 15:38 IST

  Raipur: Four CRPF jawans were killed and as many injured when Naxals ambushed a road opening party (ROP) of the security forces in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. The incident took