Maoists kill six CISF troopers, driver in Chhattisgarh (Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 1:21 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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Bihar alerts legislators, officials in 33 Maoist-hit districts
April 22nd, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 22 (IANS) In the wake of audacious abductions by Maoists in Odisha and Chattisgarh, the Bihar government has asked legislators and top officials in the state's 33 insurgency-hit ... Read more...
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Maoists set Thursday deadline for abducted legislator (Second Lead)
April 4th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) Maoists holding BJD legislator Jhina Hikaka for 10 days in Odisha Tuesday set the government a Thursday deadline to meet their demands. Appealing for his immediate ... Read more...
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Maoists set Thursday deadline for abducted legislator (Lead)
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) Maoists holding BJD legislator Jhina Hikaka for 10 days in Odisha Tuesday set a Thursday deadline to the government to meet their demands. Meanwhile, Hikaka has ... Read more...
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Maoists set Thursday deadline for abducted Odisha legislator
April 3rd, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) Maoists holding ruling Biju Janata Dal lawmaker Jhina Hikaka for the past 10 days in Odisha Tuesday gave an April 5 deadline to the state government ... Read more...
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‘Can’t be blackmailed on Odisha crisis’
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 2 (IANS) Condemning the kidnapping of an Italian and a legislator by Maoists in Odisha, Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said Monday that the government is not going ... Read more...
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Odisha Maoists yet to respond to mediators’ appeal
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Maoists are yet to respond to the appeal made by their mediators two days ago to release an Italian held hostage by them in Odisha since ... Read more...
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Hope of Italian’s release brighten after mediators’ appeal
March 31st, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) The chances of an early release of the second kidnapped Italian, held by Maoists in Odisha since March 14, brightened with the rebel-appointed mediators Saturday expressing ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Odisha seeks more time to examine Maoist demands
March 30th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 30 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday said his government needed more time to examine the demands of the Maoists for the release of an Italian and ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoist-backed mediators serve ultimatum
March 29th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 29 (IANS) Maoist-backed mediators Thursday threatened to withdraw from negotiations for the release of an Italian if the Odisha government did not concede three demands of the Maoists ... Read more...
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Negotiations to secure Italian’s release may get delayed: Patnaik
March 28th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday said negotiations with the two Maoist-backed mediators to secure the release of an Italian still in captivity could get delayed ... Read more...
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Maoists reiterate demands to free second Italian
March 26th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 26 (IANS) The Italian still held captive by Maoists in Odisha is in good health, but the government should fulfil their demands - including banning tourist visits to ... Read more...
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Maoists release one abducted Italian (Second Lead)
March 25th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 25 (IANS) Maoists Sunday released one of the two Italian hostages they had abducted March 14. The rebels said they will release the other Italian only after the ... Read more...
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Maoists release one abducted Italian (Lead)
March 25th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 25 (IANS) Maoists Sunday released one of the two Italian hostages they had abducted March 14, an official said.State Home Secretary U.N. Behera said the rebels released Claudio ... Read more...
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Odisha talks halted as Maoists seize legislator (Intro Roundup)
March 24th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Talks to secure the release of two Italians abducted 10 days ago by Maoists in Odisha were suspended Saturday after the rebels daringly kidnapped ... Read more...
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Odisha capable of handling legislator’s kidnapping: Congress
March 24th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Congress Saturday said the Odisha government was capable of handling the situation arising out of the kidnapping of a ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Odisha holds talks as MLA abducted (Second Lead)
March 24th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Maoists in Odisha kidnapped a ruling party legislator early Saturday even as talks continued with the rebels for the release of two Italians abducted 10 ... Read more...
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Orissa abduction: Uproar in assembly
March 24th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Saturday created an uproar in Odisha assembly over the abduction of a tribal member by Maoists early Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct Odisha MLA (Lead)
March 24th, 2012 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Maoists abducted a legislator of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) early Saturday, police said.About 100-150 armed rebels abducted Jhina Hikaka, 37, from a hilly area ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct Odisha MLA
March 24th, 2012 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Maoists abducted a legislator of Odisha's ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) early Saturday, police said.About 100-150 armed rebels abducted Jhina Hikaka, 34, from a hilly ... Read more...
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Over 80 involved in illegal mining arrested in Rajasthan
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 22 (IANS) Over 80 people involved in illegal mining were arrested in Rajasthan by a team of police, forest and revenue department officers Thursday, police said.According to the ... Read more...
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Fear of Maoists blocks road projects in Chhattisgarh
December 11th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 11 (IANS) Funds to the tune of Rs.3,000 crore (nearly $600 million) allocated for road construction in Chhattisgarh's interior areas have been lying unutilised for many years ... Read more...
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Pakistan Air Force aircraft crashes, pilot killed
November 14th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) A Pakistani Air Force trainer crashed Monday morning in a hilly area some 80 km west of capital Islamabad, killing its pilot, a PAF spokesman said.
Rescue ... Read more...
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Andhra minister among 15 trapped in Nepal hills
June 19th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) An Andhra Pradesh cabinet minister, a state legislator and 13 others on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage were Sunday trapped in a hilly area on the Nepal-Tibet ... Read more...
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Maoist camp busted in Orissa, explosives recovered
April 10th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) A Maoist camp was busted by a joint team of paramilitary troopers and police in Orissa's Keonjhar district and a huge cache of arms was recovered, ... Read more...
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Four labourers killed in Guwahati landslide
March 24th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Mar.24 (ANI): Around four labourers have been killed in a landslide in Guwahati. The deceased were daily wage workers engaged in constructing a wall near a hilly area of the city.The ... Read more...
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Trinamool promises quick action on Dajeeling issue
March 21st, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Monday promised in its election manifesto that if voted to power in the April-May West Bengal assembly elections, it will take effective ... Read more...
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Two Maoists killed in Orissa encounter
January 12th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Keonjhar, Jan 12 (ANI): Security forces gunned down two Maoists in a fierce encounter in a forested and hilly area of Orissa's Keonjhar District on Wednesday.According to reports, the encounter took place ... Read more...
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Two killed as army plane crashes in Pakistan
December 22nd, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) An army trainer plane crashed in the hilly area of southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province Wednesday killing both pilots on board, Xinhua reported.The small aircraft came down during a ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh gunfight over, no casualties (Lead)
December 19th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 18 (IANS) The gunfight between the heavily-armed Maoists and police that broke out late Saturday evening in Bijapur district of the state's restive Bastar region ended about an hour later ... Read more...
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Police-Maoist gunfight erupts in Chhattisgarh
December 18th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 18 (IANS) A contingent of Chhattisgarh police was engaged in a gun battle with heavily armed Maoists Saturday in a thickly forested and hilly area in Bijapur district of the ... Read more...
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15 school kids die in Pakistan accident (Lead)
September 21st, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 15 children died and several were reported missing when a school van plunged into the Jhelum river in Garhi Dupatta near Muzaffarabad, capital of ... Read more...
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Two kidnapped Assam businessmen rescued after three days
September 1st, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) Two businessmen kidnapped at gunpoint over the weekend from Assam's main city Guwahati were rescued by security forces early Wednesday, officials said.
A police spokesperson said Bishnu Kedia and ... Read more...
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Maoists ambush security patrol in Chhattisgarh, kill five (Night Lead)
August 29th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 29 (IANS) Five security personnel were killed as over 100 Maoists ambushed a patrol in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Sunday, leading to a gunfight, police said.
"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling ... Read more...
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Cleaning of Naini Lake begins in Nainital
August 14th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Lake here, which is getting polluted due to garbage and sewage water.There ... Read more...
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