Maoists invite displaced people to join cadre
June 29th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 29 (IANS) Through posters put up in Jharkhand's Latehar district, Maoist rebels have invited displaced people to join their cadre, police said Wednesday.The posters invited people to join ... Read more...
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Landmines found in Bengal’s West Midnapore
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Two landmines were found in West Bengal's Maoist-hit West Midnapore district Thursday, police said, adding that the explosives were later defused."The landmines were found in the ... Read more...
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Maoists torch seven vehicles in Jharkhand
May 26th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) Maoist rebels set seven vehicles on fire in Jharkhand's Palamau district early Thursday, police said. There was no casualty in the incident.According to the police, 50 ... Read more...
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Maoists gun down police officer in Chhattisgarh market
May 19th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 18 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed a special police officer and unleashed terror at a crowded weekly market in Chhattisgarh's restive Dantewada district Wednesday, police said.
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25 kg landmine defused in Chhattisgarh
May 10th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 10 (IANS) A 25-kg landmine laid under a key road in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region was detected and defused Tuesday, police said."A squad of the district force and ... Read more...
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Air surveillance mounted in Bengal’s Maoist-hit districts
May 9th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Three helicopters are conducting aerial surveillance of the Maoist affected districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura as part of security measures for the final round ... Read more...
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Landmines recovered in Chhattisgarh
April 28th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) Two landmines were recovered Wednesday from forested locations in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police sources said here.A 15-kg landmine, buried in a road in Palnar area ... Read more...
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Maoists kill schoolteacher in West Bengal
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Jhargram (West Bengal), Apr 2(ANI): Maoist rebels killed a schoolteacher in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday.Parbat Mahato (42), a worker of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s youth wing, ... Read more...
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Maoists torch vehicles, blast mobile tower in Bihar
March 15th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 15 (IANS) Protesting the killing of their two supporters in alleged fake police shootouts, Maoists Tuesday enforced a 24-hour strike, setting ablaze 10 vehicles and blasting two mobile ... Read more...
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Six Maoists gunned down in Motihari
March 14th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
Motihari, Mar 14 (ANI): In a joint operation, police and paramilitary personnel gunned down half a dozen Maoists and also arrested ten others in Bihar's Motihari region on Monday.The police got ... Read more...
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Orissa officials advised to avoid Maoist areas
March 14th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) The Orissa government has issued an advisory to district authorities and police officials asking them not to visit Maoist-hit areas, especially during night, an official said ... Read more...
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Orissa collector released by Maoists (Third Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24 (IANS) Maoist rebels in Orissa Thursday released Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna after keeping him in captivity for eight days. Thousands of people gathered to greet ... Read more...
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Orissa collector released by Maoists (Second Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24 (IANS) Maoist rebels Thursday released Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna in Orissa after keeping him in captivity for eight days, officials said."He is released. We talked to him. ... Read more...
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Maoists set new conditions for release of Malkangiri Collector
February 24th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 24 (ANI): Maoist rebels have put forward new conditions for the release of Malkangiri District Collector R Vineel Krishna, who was abducted by the Maoists on February 16.After extensive negotiations ... Read more...
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Maoists demand more for Orissa collector’s release (Night Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) Within hours of releasing an abducted junior engineer after days of negotiations with the Orissa government, Maoist rebels Wednesday put forward new conditions for the release of Malkangiri ... Read more...
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Amazed by defamatory comments by Pranab Mukherjee: Sushma Swaraj
February 20th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 20(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday criticized Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for equating the opposition parties with the Maoist rebels after the winter session ... Read more...
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Students protest against abduction of two Orissa official by Maoists
February 20th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 20(ANI): Students from Orissa on Sunday protested against the abduction of Malkangiri District Collector R.V. Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi by Maoist rebels.The protest was held in the ... Read more...
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Maoists kill youth in Bengal
February 20th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed a man in West Bengal's West Midnapore district for allegedly being a police spy, police said Sunday."A bullet-ridden body was recovered Sunday near Sankrail in ... Read more...
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Hundreds hold rally seeking Orissa collector’s release
February 17th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) Residents of Orissa's Malkangiri town observed a shutdown and held a massive rally Thursday demanding the safe release of the district collector abducted by Maoists rebels a ... Read more...
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Nepal TV station broadcasting night bulletin using ‘lantern’ to protest against power cuts
February 4th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (ANI): A top television network of Nepal has reportedly been broadcasting its nightly news bulletin in semi-darkness using a lantern to highlight the effects of massive power cuts.Nepal is ... Read more...
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Maoist slit contractor’s throat
February 3rd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 3 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed a contractor by slitting his throat in Jharkhand's Chatra district Thursday, police said.Asraf Mian was abducted from his house in Giddhor area and his dead ... Read more...
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Two Maoists arrested, weapons recovered
January 30th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 30 (IANS) Two Maoist rebels were arrested Sunday from two places in Jharkhand and seven weapons were seized from them, police said.Suimanji, an area commander of the banned Communist Party ... Read more...
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Police destroy Maoist camp, one rebel held
January 29th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 (IANS) A rebel was nabbed as police destroyed a Maoist camp in Orissa's Sundergarh district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the site, an official ... Read more...
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CRPF trooper arrested for Maoist links
January 29th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was arrested Friday in Orissa's Sundergarh district for having links with Maoist rebels, police said.Satyaban Bhoi was arrested from the CRPF ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct five Chhattisgarh cops
January 25th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) On the eve of Republic Day, Maoist rebels stopped a public transport bus in a forested area in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Tuesday and abducted six passengers, including ... Read more...
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Four Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
January 20th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 20 (IANS) Four Maoist rebels, including a woman, were arrested from Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Thursday, police said.The Maoists were arrested in a joint operation of police and paramilitary Central ... Read more...
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Census in Maoist zones difficult, say Chhattisgarh officials
January 11th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) A headcount of people in Bijapur and Dantewada districts will be highly difficult due to the presence of Maoist rebels in the interiors of the region, Chhattisgarh officials ... Read more...
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Maoists blast railway control room in Orissa
January 9th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Rourkela (Orissa), Jan 9 (ANI): Maoist rebels blew up the control room of Bandamunda railway station near Orissa's Rourkela city on Sunday morning.A railway employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said that ... Read more...
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‘Peace deal may collapse if UN leaves Nepal’
January 6th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Jan 6(ANI): The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), the Maoist party in Nepal, has warned that the country's peace process could collapse if United Nations' peacekeepers leave next week.The Nepal ... Read more...
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India urged to repeal sedition law
January 6th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The Indian parliament should repeal the colonial-era sedition law which it said was employed to silence peaceful political dissent, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. And the Indian ... Read more...
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Former Maoist child soldiers learn to shoot - with camera
December 31st, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 31 (IANS) It was not a desire to change the world but his grinding poverty that made Nar Bahadur Sunuwar join the underground Maoist guerrillas when ... Read more...
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NMDC resumes full iron ore shipment after Maoist shutdown
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 22 (IANS) Iron ore shipment by state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd has reached its peak levels after three weeks of disruption at its key mining facilities in Chhattisgarh, ... Read more...
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Andhra police gun down four Maoists (Lead)
December 17th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Four Maoist rebels including three women were shot dead in a major gun battle Friday with the police in Andhra Pradesh, police said.The exchange of fire took place ... Read more...
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Two Maoists arrested in Bengal (Lead)
December 17th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Two Maoist rebels, including a woman involved in an attack on a paramilitary forces' camp in February in which 24 troopers were killed, were arrested Friday in West ... Read more...
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Two Maoists arrested in Bengal
December 17th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Two Maoist rebels, including one involved in an attack on a paramilitary forces' camp in February in which 24 troopers were killed, were arrested Friday in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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