Maoists
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Maoists kill two BSF jawans in Chhattisgarh
India | Nov 12, 2013, 04:38 PM ISTRaipur: At least two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were killed Tuesday when Maoists ambushed their vehicle in a forested area of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, an official said.A third BSF trooper was seriously injured
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Maoists planning to attack 'soft targets' in Chhattisgarh
India | Nov 06, 2013, 02:17 PM ISTRaipur: With heavy security deployment in hyper-sensitive areas of Bastar region ahead of polls, Naxalites are apparently trying to change their course of action and mobilising cadres to town areas to attack “soft targets” outside
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Maoists warn Chhattisgarh villagers against voting in polls
India | Oct 20, 2013, 08:11 AM ISTRaipur(Chhattisgarh): Maoist banners have come up in several villages of Kanker district asking people to abstain from participating in the Chhattisgarh assembly polls due in November. The election will be two phased. Maoists have also
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Seven killed as Maoists blow up a vehicle in Bihar
India | Oct 17, 2013, 08:22 PM ISTAurangabad: In a daring attack, Maoists today blew up a vehicle killing all seven occupants in Bihar's naxal-infested Aurangabad district, a top police officer said.The incident took place in Pathara village as the Maoists detonated
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No political link to Bastar attack: Maoists
India | Oct 17, 2013, 09:35 AM ISTRaipur: The CPI (Maoist), which had claimed responsibility for the May 25 attack that left many Chhattisgarh Congress leaders dead, yesterday denied that the incident had any political link.In a press release, Secretary of the
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Police exchanges fire with Maoists, finds arms at the spot
India | Sep 23, 2013, 07:14 AM ISTGadchiroli: Police seized a cache of arms after an exchange of fire took place between them and the Maoists in the forests of Kharkadi village in Dhanora taluka. The exchange of fire took place last
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Maoists kill STF trooper in Bihar
India | Sep 20, 2013, 11:31 AM ISTPatna: Maoist guerrillas attacked a patrol vehicle in Bihar's Jamui district early Friday, killing a Special Task Force (STF) trooper and seriously injuring two others, police said.The attack took place near Khaira, about 200 km
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Maoists kill Jharkhand village head
India | Aug 20, 2013, 12:14 PM ISTRanchi: Maoist guerrillas killed a village head in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said Tuesday.Kapishwar Sahu, mukhiya (village head) of Sahpur Panchayat (village council), was abducted Monday night by 10 to 15 Maoists from his house
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Police removes black flag hoisted by Maoists at village school
India | Aug 13, 2013, 08:44 AM ISTGadchiroli: The police removed a black flag which was allegedly hoisted by Maoists at Chhatrapati High School of Maseli village in Korchi taluka last night, eye witnesses told reporters.However, the Korchi police denied that any
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Chhatisgarh: Maoists kill former member of Salwa Judum
India | Aug 10, 2013, 12:26 PM ISTRaipur, Aug 10: Naxals yesterday killed the sarpanch of Kunded village, who was a former member of anti-Maoist vigilant group Salwa Judum. in Sukma district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said.Uike Bodaru (47) was stabbed to
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Know about the Maoists in India, waging armed struggle
India | Mar 12, 2014, 06:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Maoists in India derive their origin from the Naxalites of Sixties - the CPI(Marxist-Leninist) founded by the late Charu Majumdar in Naxalbari, north Bengal. The movement had a violent end with the
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Maoists kill SP, five policemen in Jharkhand
India | Jul 02, 2013, 08:49 PM ISTRanchi, July 2 (IANS) In a major strike, a superintendent of police and five policemen were killed Tuesday by Maoists in a forested stretch of Jharkhand while returning after an official meeting, police said.Amarjit Balihar, the
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Maoists put up banner justifying brutal Bastar attack
India | Jun 29, 2013, 08:22 AM ISTGadhchiroli, Maharashtra, Jun 29: Maoists on Friday put up banners in remote parts of this district justifying the attack on the convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar area on May 25, in which 29
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Mamata dares Maoists to target her
India | Jun 26, 2013, 06:53 PM ISTGopiballlabhpur (WB),June 26: Claiming that Maoists were planning to kill her, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dared them to touch her, saying they can't scare her with guns."When I was planning to visit
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Chit funds funding Maoists, opposition: Mamata
National | Jun 26, 2013, 05:40 PM ISTKolkata, June 26: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday warned people against investing in chit funds and said the money was being used to fund Maoists and opposition parties."They (chit fund operators) are giving
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V.C Shukla killed for revenge, say Maoists
India | Jun 12, 2013, 09:32 AM ISTJagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), June 12: Maoists here said yesterday that they killed state Congress leader V.C. Shukla in revenge for the violence by state forces on innocent people.A spokesperson of the Maoists said that the May
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PM to hold all-party meet tomorrow on Maoists
National | Jun 09, 2013, 07:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 9 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold an all-party meet Monday to finetune the government's strategy to deal with Maoists, official sources said Sunday.The meeting comes in the wake of last
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Maoists kill CRPF officer in Chhattisgarh
India | Jun 01, 2013, 08:35 PM ISTRaipur, June 1: Maoists attacked a CRPF search party in Chhattisgarh Saturday evening and killed an assistant commandant, police said. The ambush came exactly a week after the deadly attack on a Congress convoy in
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Home Minister Shinde in US, as Maoists go on killing spree in Chhattisgarh
India | May 29, 2013, 08:58 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 29: Congress on Tuesday disapproved of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde extending his stay in the United States even as the security apparatus back home grapples with the fall out of the deadly
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Maoists regret death of 'innocent' Congress workers in attack
National | May 28, 2013, 01:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 28: After a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Saturday were attacked, killing 27 people besides leaving 36 others injured, Maoists have claimed responsibility for it. The four-page note which