14 killed in blast near Pakistan-Afghan border (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) At least 14 people, including three women and two children, were killed while seven others injured after a landmine blast occurred in the border town of ... Read more...
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Maoists kill CRPF man, injure six in Bihar
June 10th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 10 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force personnel was killed and six others seriously injured Sunday in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in a forested area in ... Read more...
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Maoists attack Chhattisgarh MLA’s convoy, three killed (Lead)
April 20th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) In a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maoist rebels Friday triggered a powerful landmine blast ... Read more...
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Maoists kill 2 BJP workers, driver in Chhattisgarh
April 20th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday carried out a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) triggering a powerful landmine ... Read more...
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No intelligence alert on Maoist attack: R.R. Patil
March 28th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil has denied there was any intelligence alert on Tuesday's brutal Maoist attack that left 12 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers ... Read more...
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13 Jharkhand policemen killed in Maoist ambush
January 21st, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) Thirteen policemen were killed in a landmine blast and subsequent indiscriminate firing by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand's Garwah district Saturday, police said."Thirteen policemen were killed and ... Read more...
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Maoists torch machinery in Odisha
January 4th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4 (IANS) Maoists Wednesday triggered a landmine blast and torched equipment of four mobile phone towers in two districts of Odisha, police said. No injury or loss of ... Read more...
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Police vehicle attacked in Pakistan
December 17th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 17 (IANS) At least four policemen were injured Saturday when their vehicle was attacked by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, a ... Read more...
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Girl injured in Kashmir landmine blast
December 2nd, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 2 (IANS) A girl was injured Friday when an explosive device went off while she was collecting firewood in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said."A girl named Masrat ... Read more...
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Three troopers killed in Chhattisgarh blast
October 7th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) Three troopers of paramilitary force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were killed while another was injured in a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada ... Read more...
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Bodies of slain Chhattisgarh cops ferried in garbage truck
June 28th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), June 28 (IANS) The coffins of three Chhattisgarh policemen killed in a Maoist landmine blast in Dantewada Sunday night were transported in a municipality garbage collection vehicle for ... Read more...
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Five policemen killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attacks
June 27th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 26 (IANS) Five security personnel, including two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, were killed Sunday in two separate attacks by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.The ... Read more...
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10 Chhattisgarh cops killed in Maoist attack (Second Lead)
June 10th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 10 (IANS) In yet another attack, 10 policemen were killed and three sustained injuries in a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, ... Read more...
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10 securitymen die in Maoist landmine blast (Lead)
June 10th, 2011 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 10 (IANS) Ten securitymen were killed in a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists around midnight Thursday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.The blast took place in ... Read more...
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Poll panel warns against influencing vote counting in Bihar
May 21st, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 21 (IANS) The Bihar state election commission has warned ministers, legislators and MPs not to influence the ongoing counting of votes in the panchayat (local bodies) polls, officials ... Read more...
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Tenth round of Bihar panchayat polls concludes (Lead)
May 18th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 18 (IANS) The tenth round of Bihar panchayat polls Wednesday saw voter turnout of around 60 percent, officials said. Voting was largely peaceful, barring sporadic incidents of ... Read more...
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Tenth round of Bihar panchayat polls under way
May 18th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 18 (IANS) Voting for the tenth and final round of Bihar panchayat polls began amid tight security Wednesday morning and was proceeding peacefully, officials said.According to Election Commission ... Read more...
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Maoist landmine blast kills five CRPF men in Chhattisgarh (Lead)
May 18th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 17 (IANS) At least five troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed Tuesday in a landmine blast in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada ... Read more...
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Five troopers killed in Chhattisgarh landmine blast
May 18th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 17 (IANS) At least five troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed Tuesday in a landmine blast in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada ... Read more...
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Maoists release Bihar poll officials (Lead)
May 17th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 17 (IANS) All seven election officials kidnapped by Maoists were released safe and sound Tuesday, two days after they were abducted during the ninth round of panchayat polls, ... Read more...
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Police clueless, say families of abducted poll officials
May 17th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 17 (IANS) There has been no breakthrough on securing the release of seven election officials in Bihar, two days after they were abducted by Maoists during the ninth ... Read more...
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No trace of missing Bihar poll officials
May 16th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 16 (IANS) The police Monday remained clueless about the whereabouts of seven election officials suspected to have been abducted by the Maoists during the ninth round of Bihar ... Read more...
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Bihar panchayat polls’ ninth phase marred by Maoist violence (Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 15 (IANS) An estimated 60 percent voting was recorded Sunday in the ninth round of Bihar's ten-phased panchayat polls, officials said. The polling was marred by Maoist violence ... Read more...
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Maoists kill two officials during Bihar panchayat polls
May 15th, 2011 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Voting for the ninth phase of Bihar panchayat polls began on a violent note Sunday as two polling officials were killed and two critically injured in ... Read more...
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Jharkhand mulls witness protection law
April 26th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 26 (IANS) Jolted by the acquittal of several hardcore Maoists, Jharkhand is planning to formulate a witness protection law in the state so that key witnesses do not ... Read more...
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2 children die in Colombia landmine blast
April 20th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 20 (IANS/EFE) Two children died and their father was seriously wounded after stepping on a landmine on a country road in the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia, the ... Read more...
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Three injured in Maoist blast in Orissa
January 11th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) Three officials of the state agriculture department sustained injuries, one of them critically, after Maoists triggered a landmine blast in Orissa's Koraput district Tuesday, police said.The rebels triggered ... Read more...
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CPI-M leader killed by Maoists in West Midnapore
January 7th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal's West Midnapore district was abducted and killed by Maoists, police said Friday."Dilip Mahato, secretary of CPI-M's Jambedia branch ... Read more...
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Trooper killed in Bengal landmine blast by Maoists
December 25th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) An elite anti-Maoist battalion central trooper was killed and four others were injured in a landmine blast during an exchange of fire between the security forces and the ... Read more...
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67 percent polling, CRPF trooper killed in Jharkhand (Lead)
December 24th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 24 (IANS) Around 67 percent electorate cast their votes while one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed amid Maoist violence in the fifth and final phase of the ... Read more...
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Maoists kill CRPF trooper in Jharkhand
December 24th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 24 (IANS) Maoists killed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Friday during the fifth and final phase of panchayat polls in the state, police ... Read more...
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10 escape unhurt in Maoist landmine blast
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) At least 10 people travelling in a vehicle in West Bengal's West Midnapore district had a narrow escape when a landmine suspected to have been triggered by Maoists ... Read more...
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Five Maoists arrested in West Bengal
December 5th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Dec 5 (ANI): In a major boost to anti-Maoist operation, a Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal arrested five Maoists including a senior rebel.Three top leaders and a Maoist supporter ... Read more...
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Sorry, we blew up ambulance: Maoists
December 4th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 4 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas issued a public apology Saturday for having blown up an ambulance and killing five "innocent" people in Orissa's Kandhamal district last month.The rebels issued a statement ... Read more...
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Kandhamal people fear Maoist attack
November 29th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 29 (IANS) People in parts of Orissa's communally sensitive Kandhamal district remained indoors Monday fearing a Maoist attack, two days after the rebels blew up an ambulance killing all its ... Read more...
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