Maoists
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Will not bow down before Naxalism: PM
India | May 26, 2013, 06:22 PM ISTRaipur, May 26: Asserting that the country will never bow down before Naxalism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said government will pursue the perpetrators of the crime with urgency and is committed to bringing
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Maoists in Chhatisgarh fire 10 rounds at BSF helicopter
India | Apr 17, 2013, 09:33 PM ISTRaipur, Apr 17: Maoists on Wednesday fired 10rounds at a BSF helicopter, involved in lifting Greyhound commandos in the Basanguda jungles of south Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The Mi-17 helicopter suffered bullet shots in the cockpit
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One jawan injured in gunfight with Maoists
India | Apr 10, 2013, 07:59 PM ISTPakur (Jharkhand), Apr 10: A jawan of the India Reserve Battalion was today injured during an encounter with Maoists on the borders of Pakur and Godda districts. The police were on patrol when the Maoists
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Maoists blow up panchayat office in Jharkhand
India | Apr 04, 2013, 11:17 AM ISTLohardaga (Jharkhand), Apr 4: Maoists blew up a panchayat bhavan in Lohardaga district, police said today.A group of Left ultras reached Siram panchayat on Tuesday night and blew up the panchayat bhavan there, they said.Security
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More than 2,500 civilians killed by Maoists in last 5 years
India | Mar 20, 2013, 06:45 AM ISTNew Delhi, March 20: More than 2,500 civilians, a majority of them marginalized tribals, were killed by the Naxals in last five years, the Home Ministry said.Since 2007, more than 2,500 civilians were killed by
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Security forces find bodies of six persons killed by Maoists
India | Mar 19, 2013, 07:51 AM ISTChaibasa (Jharkhand), Mar 19: Security forces found the bodies of six persons gunned down by Maoists to avenge the killing of two of their cadre in West Singhbhum district on March 10, a senior police
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STF jawan killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
India | Mar 15, 2013, 05:12 PM ISTRaipur: A Special Task Force jawan was killed and another injured in an gun fight with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, police said. "Special Task Force jawan Angad Kumar was killed and another jawan
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Maoists regrouping in Jangalmahal
India | Feb 01, 2013, 11:56 AM ISTLalgarh (WB), Feb 1: Maoists are regrouping in West Bengal's Jangalmahal area, where peace prevailed for more than a year after their leader Kishenji was killed and several other top functionaries were arrested, according to
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Maoists fire at IAF helicopter in Chhatisgarh, 2 CRPF jawans killed
India | Jan 18, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTRaipur, Jan 18 : Suspected Naxalites fired at an IAF helicopter trying to airlift two injured CRPF jawans in the Maoist hotbed of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh today. Both the injured jawans later died.According to preliminary
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Maoists implant bomb inside dead CRPF trooper's stomach
India | Jan 10, 2013, 06:35 PM ISTRanchi, Jan 10: Maoists cut open the stomach of a dead trooper to implant a bomb inside which was defused after doctors conducting an autopsy raised an alarm, police said here Thursday.Eleven Central Reserve Police
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Maoists place bomb inside stomach of dead CRPF trooper
India | Jan 10, 2013, 03:08 PM ISTRanchi, Jan 10: Maoists cut open the stomach of a dead trooper to plant a bomb inside which was defused after doctors conducting an autopsy raised an alarm, police said Thursday.Eleven Central Reserve Police Force
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Maoists kill 9 CRPF jawans in Jharkhand, 14 jawans missing, fighting continues
India | Jan 08, 2013, 09:22 PM ISTLatehar (Jharkhand), Jan 8: Nearly three companies of Central Reserve Police Force were surrounded by Maoists in the dense forests of Barwadi in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Sunday, and according to official reports, nine CRPF
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Three CRPF personnel killed in encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand
India | Jan 07, 2013, 09:24 PM ISTLatehar (Jharkhand), Jan 7: Three CRPF personnel were killed and seven injured in an encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district today.Police said the encounter took place near Katila locality of Amuatikar village when the
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Maoists torch vehicles
India | Dec 17, 2012, 08:46 AM ISTChaibasa (Jharkhand), Dec 17: Maoists yesterday set ablaze about a dozen vehicles belonging to a construction company in Deruwan village in West Singhbhum district, police said.Around 50 armed ultras arrived at the railway track construction
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Maoists stop vulgar dance performance in Odisha village
India | Nov 27, 2012, 01:03 PM ISTMalkangiri (Odisha), Nov 27: Donning the role of moral police, Maoists stopped a ‘vulgar' dance performance and assaulted the organisers of the show in Odisha's tribal-dominated Malkangiri district.The police said dancers from Andhra Pradesh and
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GPS, Android, UAVs, satphones to counter Maoists in Chhatisgarh
India | Oct 31, 2012, 04:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 31 : The country's specialised snoop department, NTRO has set up its first base in a naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh to monitor the movement of armed Maoist cadres and fly UAVs to
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No foreign hand behind Maoists says Baba Ramdev
India | Jul 12, 2012, 08:52 PM ISTGuwahati, Jul 12: Yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev today claimed that “there are no foreign hands” behind the massive rise of Maoist and ultra-left forces in the country.Talking to reporters here during his
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Maoists posters announce 'death sentence' for four
India | Jul 05, 2012, 06:56 PM ISTMunger, Jul 5: Maoists put up posters in several villages in Bihar's Munger district announcing ‘death sentence' for four persons, including a mukhiya and their eviction from the villages apparently for their failure to abide
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Maoists kidnap 19 railway employees, release them later
India | Jun 20, 2012, 10:23 PM ISTJamui/Kolkata, Jun 20: In a brazen daylight operation, Maoists today abducted 19 railway employees, including a station master in Bihar's Jamui district, but later released all of them.The armed Maoists, numbering about 20, took the
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CPI-M, Maoists plotting to kill me with foreign help, says Mamata
National | May 23, 2012, 06:20 PM ISTWashington/Kolkata, May 23: Targeting her Marxist opponents again, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that CPI-M was plotting with Maoists to kill her with the help of Pakistan's ISI and financed by North Korea,