BSF trooper killed in Odisha mine blast (Lead)
September 1st, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and another injured Saturday in a land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.The ... Read more...
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40-kg explosive device defused in Chhattisgarh
September 1st, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 1 (IANS) Security forces foiled a bid by Maoist ultras to trigger a massive blast in Bijapur district by defusing a powerful explosive device buried beneath the road ... Read more...
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Panchayat secretary killed in Maoist firing
August 30th, 2012 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 30 (IANS) A panchayat secretary was killed and four others, including a Congress worker, were injured in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh when Maoist ultras fired on the jeep ... Read more...
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CPI-M leader killed in Bengal
August 25th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) A CPI-M leader was killed in broad daylight by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Saturday, police said.The murder sparked off a spat ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill villager in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Tuesday killed a villager in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.Sukra Khurami, 35, was found in a pool of blood on a road near his ... Read more...
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Six injured in fire at HAL plant in Odisha
August 18th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 18 (IANS) At least six people were injured, some of them critically in a fire Saturday at the plant of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Odisha's ... Read more...
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NE states ask governments to ensure safety of their people
August 18th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal/Aizawl/Agartala, Aug 18 (IANS) The northeastern states have urged the central government and various state governments to take all possible steps to ensure safety of people from the region ... Read more...
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Man hurls shoe at judge in Odisha courtroom
August 9th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (IANS) Upset that police had taken no action on his complaint that has family was being harassed, a man facing trial on charges of dacoity hurled a ... Read more...
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Rajasthan woman seeks annulment of her child marriage
August 4th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 4 (IANS) A 20-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Barmer district has requested the authorities to annul her marriage which was solemnised when she was only two years old, police ... Read more...
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10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade
August 4th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said ... Read more...
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Police unearth Maoist arms dump in Odisha
July 18th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) Security forces unearthed a rebel arms dump during a raid on a Maoist hideout in the forested area in Odisha's Rayagada district and recovered landmines and ... Read more...
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Maoists kill ‘police informer’
June 26th, 2012 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Tuesday killed a man in Odisha's Koraput district by slitting his throat, suspecting him to be a police informer, police said.The dead body of ... Read more...
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Forces kill four militants in pre-dawn Assam raid
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) A joint team of police and army killed four militants at a remote village in Assam's Dima Hasao district in the wee hours of Saturday.Dima Hasao ... Read more...
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Lakhs witness Rath Yatra in Puri (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) More than five lakh devotees witnessed the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra in Odisha's temple town of ... Read more...
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Lakhs converge on Puri for Rath Yatra
June 21st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees thronged Odisha's temple town of Puri Thursday for the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, ... Read more...
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Security beefed up ahead of Puri chariot festival
June 20th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in Odisha's Puri town ahead of the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath beginning Thursday, police said.Around 8,000 policemen have ... Read more...
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Manipuri militant held in Odisha port town
May 29th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IANS) A member of Manipur extremist group People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been arrested in an Odisha town, police said Tuesday.S.S. Angou, aged about 40 years, was ... Read more...
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Maoist kill tribal politician
May 23rd, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 23 (IANS) Maoists have killed a tribal politician in a village in Odisha's Rayagada district for carrying out developmental work, police said Wednesday.Deb Jagaranga, 40, was dragged out ... Read more...
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Six troopers among seven killed by Chhattisgarh Maoists
May 14th, 2012 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 13 (IANS) The Maoists Sunday night carried out a deadly attack on a patrol party of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in which ... Read more...
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Maoist extremist apprehended in Delhi (Lead)
May 11th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A Maoist extremist wanted for the killing of a Jharkhand Police official was nabbed from northwest Delhi's Rohini area, police said Friday.Police officials claim the ... Read more...
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Maoist extremist apprehended in Delhi
May 11th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A Maoist extremist wanted for the killing of a Jharkhand Police official was nabbed by Delhi Police's crime branch from northwest Delhi's Rohini area, police ... Read more...
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‘Rajasthan Police arrested man on false charge’
April 12th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Police Thursday arrested a man who had filed a complaint in a court here three days ago against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for not ... Read more...
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RTI activist assaulted in Bihar
April 5th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 5 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) activist was assaulted by government officials in Bihar's Rohtas district after he sought information about illegal mining, police said Thursday.Nabi Ahmad, ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh IPS officer dies of cardiac arrest (Lead)
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Apr 3 (IANS) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer B.S. Maravi died of cardiac arrest in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, an official said.Maravi, 57, known as a dynamic police officer, was ... Read more...
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Maoists raise fresh demands, Italians untraced (Night Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) Maoists who abducted two Italians five days ago Monday made further demands, ignoring Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's appeals to free the two.India meanwhile assured Italian Foreign ... Read more...
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No news of Italians abducted by Maoists
March 19th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) Authorities in Odisha Monday intensified efforts for the release of two Italian national, abducted by Maoist guerrillas five days ago, an official said.State Home Secretary U.N. ... Read more...
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IPS official commits suicide
March 12th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 12 (IANS) An Indian Police Service (IPS) official, Rahul Sharma, Monday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver.Sharma, an IPS official of 2002 batch, was ... Read more...
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Tantrik beheads boy for ‘divine powers’
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 23 (IANS) A 'tantrik' who allegedly beheaded a 10-year-old boy to obtain "divine powers" has been arrested in yet another case of human sacrifice in Chhattisgarh, police said ... Read more...
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Two suspected militants killed in Assam
February 20th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Two suspected militants were shot dead by security forces in Assam's Goalpara district early Monday after they opened fire at a checkpoint, officials said.The exchange of ... Read more...
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11 injured in IFFCO silo collapse in Odisha
February 20th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) At least eleven workers sustained injuries after the roof of a silo at Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited's (IFFCO) plant at Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district ... Read more...
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Two-phase voting in Maoist-hit Gadchiroli
January 11th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Maharashtra's Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district will be the only one where the forthcoming civic elections would be held in two phases, on Feb 7 and 12, election ... Read more...
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Protest in Chhattisgarh over rising cement prices
January 11th, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Nearly 500 people Wednesday blocked the entry points of Century Cement's production unit in Chhattisgarh to protest rising prices of cement, police said.Members of ... Read more...
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BJD leader held for blast in Odisha
January 9th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (IANS) A leader of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha was arrested Monday for his involvement in a blast triggered by the Maoists early this ... Read more...
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18-year-old runner dies during half marathon
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 (IANS) An 18-year-old runner died and two others fell ill while running a half marathon in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district Tuesday, police said.Eighteen-year-old Pravakar Behera collapsed while running, ... Read more...
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Dantewada police chief shifted after Maoist attack
December 29th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 29 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Thursday shifted the Dantewada district superintendent of police to police headquarters here after Maoists blew up a new police building in the district ... Read more...
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