Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Claiming responsibility for the killing of four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers in West Midnapore district, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo member Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji Sunday ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday, hours after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee wrapped ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Several policemen were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels at Gidhni in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday, police said. The actual toll in the incident is ...

Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Condemning the Maoists for their violent activities, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday said the Left Front government would work hand in hand with the central government ...

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist Saturday said Maoists "cannot be equated with the Laskhar-e-Taiba or the Jaish-e-Mohammed" militant groups. "We have always held that the Maoists have ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government had not asked the Maoists to lay down their arms as it was "too realistic" to know that ...

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Suspected Maoist rebels looted around Rs.4 lakh (Rs.400,000) from an irrigation department office in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday afternoon, police said. "Five motorcycle-borne Maoist rebels looted a ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government had appealed to Maoist guerrillas to "halt the violence" and urged them to come forward for a dialogue. "The ...

Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) West Bengal's Western Region Development Minister Sushanta Ghosh Tuesday indicated that police officer Atindranath Dutta, abducted and released by the Maoists last week, could have some connection with ...

Jhargram, Oct 27 (IANS) The New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express resumed its journey after a nerve-wracking saga when Maoist rebels held it hostage for over four hours at a station in ...

New Delhi, Oct.20 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will meet the senior most commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force here on Tuesday. He is likely to inform them ...

Ananth Mahadevan, the director of RED ALERT- The War within says, "The film couldn't have been more timely. It reflects today's headlines. Viewers might also find shades of Kobad Ghandy in ...

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Left Front government in West Bengal is not willing to hold talks with the Maoists unless they abjure violence, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo ...

Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Thursday described West Bengal as an "university of Maoist activities" where the ultras get training and launch armed strikes in ...

Gadchiroli, (Maharashtra) Oct 8 (ANI): At least 18 policemen were killed by the Maoists in an ambush in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on Thursday afternoon. According to the police the left wing ...

London, Sep 25(ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims that all his managerial abilities have been derived from growing up in his parents' pub La Croix d'Or in a French village, Duttlenheim. ...

London, Sept 16 (ANI): Gianfranco Fini, Italy's speaker of parliament, is suing a newspaper owned by Silvio Berlusconi's brother for threatening "red light" revelations about him. Il Giornale had suggested that Fini, the ...

New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Admitting that the government had "not achieved much success" in containing left wing extremism, which he described as the "gravest internal security threat", Prime Minister Manmohan ...

New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that our police forces must operate on the frontiers of modern technology. Addressing the Directors General and Inspectors General ...

New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday described left wing extremism as perhaps the "gravest internal threat" facing India and said there had not been much success in ...

Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Over 215 passengers and crew of a Riyadh-bound Air India flight had a narrow escape here Friday morning when they were evacuated quickly after one of the aircraft's ...

New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram cautioned states against losing focus about internal security, saying the nation continues to face challenges from terrorism, insurgency and naxalism. Chidambaram ...

The Republican Senator from Florida, Mel Martinez, announced his resignation from the post this Friday.The man who is to name a replacement for this now-vacant post, Gov. Charlie Crist had said earlier ...

Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) A top left-wing extremist leader Kura Devender alias Amar was Thursday released from a jail here after the Andhra Pradesh High Court granted him bail. The 44-year-old leader of ...

New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has admitted that the state machinery has underestimated the Maoists and failed to curb their activities in the country. Speaking in the ...

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) What stops India from becoming a 21st century superpower? There are ten reasons, according to author-historian, social analyst and teacher Ramachandra Guha. ...

By Murali Krishnan New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The killing of 29 policemen in Chhattisgarh, the epicentre of Maoist violence, has been the deadliest attack mounted by the rebels this year, demonstrating ...

London, July 4 (ANI): Spanish football giant Real Madrid are expected to bid for Chelsea star Ashley Cole, after he rejected a new deal with the Blues. According to reports, Cole ...

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said "massive efforts" have been launched to guard the country's maritime borders after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and the government ...

London, Jun.5 (ANI): Ace striker Wayne Rooney has said he wants to get his name engraved in the record books as the man to score 50 goals for England. Rooney said he ...