Eight Naxalites killed in Chattisgarh encounter
October 9th, 2010 - 9:09 pm ICT by ANI
Maha Samund (Chhattisgarh), Oct.9 (ANI): At least eight Naxalites were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the Chhattisgarh police.The clash occurred in the afternoon near Padki Palli under Sankra police ... Read more...
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BJP accuses Centre of failing to contain Maoists
October 7th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Oct 7 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, has accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre of failing in their fight against ... Read more...
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Police arrest five Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar District
September 12th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Jagdalpur (Bastar, Chhattisgarh), Sept.12 (ANI): Police have arrested five more Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bastar District.Police officials here said that they conducted a search operation in the Bhanpuri area of the district on ... Read more...
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Security personnel arrest seven Maoists in Chhattisgarh
September 8th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Sep.8 (ANI): A joint team of police and Border Security Force arrested seven Maoists, including six women, in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday and recovered six guns and ... Read more...
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Save schools during Bihar polls: rights body
September 8th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 8 (IANS) Maoists and Indian authorities should protect schools and children's access to education during the upcoming Bihar state elections, Human Rights Watch has said.
The use of schools ... Read more...
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BJP slams Rahul Gandhi for sharing dais with a Maoist leader
August 27th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday criticised Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for having shared the dais with a Maoist leader during a recent tribal ... Read more...
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‘Red Alert’, ‘Border’ are films you need to do: Suniel Shetty (With Image)
August 23rd, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 23 (IANS) Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty takes pride in doing issue-based movies like the recent "Red Alert: The War Within" and the 1997 hit "Border" as they ... Read more...
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Maoist kill schoolteacher in Orissa village
August 16th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
Koraput (Orissa), Aug 16 (ANI): A group of Maoists killed a teacher by slitting his neck at Gotiguda village under Narayanpatna area of Orissa's Koraput District on Sunday.According to police, the ... Read more...
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Modi lashes out at central government, PM in I-Day speech
August 15th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Rajkot, Aug 15 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday used his Independence Day address to lash out at the central government, virtually holding it responsible for all the ills plaguing ... Read more...
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Maoists set six trucks on fire in Chhattisgarh
August 14th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Dantewada, Aug 14 (ANI): Around 60 armed Maoists set at least six trucks loaded with iron ore on fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Saturday.According to sources, Naxalites intercepted the iron ore ... Read more...
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Four Maoists arrested in West Bengal
August 12th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by ANI
Purlia (West Bengal), Aug.12 (ANI): A joint team of police and paramilitary forces has arrested four Maoists in West Bengal.The arrests were made on Thursday from different places while carrying ... Read more...
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Foliage penetration radar to track Maoists: Antony
August 11th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): To be one step ahead in fight against the Maoists in jungle warfare, Defence Minister AK Antony today said that India's premier research ... Read more...
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India, US should be partners in counter-terrorism: Nicholas Burns
July 23rd, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): Former American diplomat Nicholas Burns has said India and the United States face identical security threats, and so, that countries should be partners in counter-terrorism."India faces ... Read more...
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West Bengal women protest against alleged CRPF manhandling
July 21st, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Jhargram (WB), July 21 (ANI): Around 10,000 of women staged protested in Jhargram, in West Bengal's West Medinipur on Tuesday against the alleged harassment by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists attack road project office in Jharkhand
July 19th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Ghatsila (Jharkhand), July 19 (ANI): Suspected Maoists attacked the site office of a contractor and set fire equipment and machinery used in executing the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana near Bhaduwa ... Read more...
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Football match to create awareness about police recruitment drive in West Bengal
July 18th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
West Midnapore, July 18 (ANI): The West Bengal police has announced a football match to be played on Monday in Lalgarh District as part of their welfare programme for the Maoist-affected ... Read more...
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DRDO formulating measures to combat Maoists and militants
July 15th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, July 15 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation chief V K Saraswat on Thursday said that DRDO was formulating new defence and offence measures for use by the armed forces as ... Read more...
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Police arrest four suspect Maoists in West Bengal
July 12th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Bankura (West Bengal), July 12 (ANI): West Bengal Police have nabbed four suspected Maoists in the state's Bankura District.The arrested suspects were identified as Somlal Mandi, Joysing Baskey, Sripati Saren and ... Read more...
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‘Red Alert’ - a believable Maoist story (IANS Movie Review - Rating: *** and 1/2)
July 9th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Film: "Red Alert: The War Within"; Director: Anant Mahadevan; Cast: Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas, Ayesha Dharker, Bhagyashree; Rating: *** and ... Read more...
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Movie Review - Red Alert (2010)
July 9th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Red Alert - The War Within: A good attemptRating: 3 out of 5*Starring: Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Bhagyashree, Vinod Khanna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Gulshan Grover and Naseeruddin Shah (in Sp App)Director: Anant ... Read more...
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“I Feel That As A Filmmaker, I Have Improved By Miles From Dil Vil Pyar Vyar To Red Alert”: Ananth Mahadevan
July 9th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): On the eve of release of his latest film Red Alert, Ananth Mahadevan tells Jyothi Venkatesh that he opted for Sunil Shetty because of his looks, ... Read more...
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Acting Is Like Death, Because Like Death, Acting Bhi Aap Ke Paas Bolke Nahin Aati Hai: Seema Biswas
July 6th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Seema Biswas tells Jyothi Venkatesh that most of her co-actors get the shock of their lives when they realize that she is very down to earth ... Read more...
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Tribals protest against Maoists in Ranchi’s Tamar block
June 26th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi, June 26 (ANI): Raising slogans against the Maoists and threatening to chase them away, hundreds of tribals held a demonstration in Tamar block of Jharkhand's Ranchi district on Thursday.Tamar block has ... Read more...
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Security forces recover 300kg ammonium nitrate from Maoists in Bihar
June 25th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
Jamui (Bihar), June 25 (ANI): Security forces recovered over 300 kilograms ammonium nitrate by arresting four Naxalites from Bihar's Chakai village in Jamui District on Friday.Ammonium nitrate is being used in ... Read more...
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Security forces arrest two Naxals in Jharkhand
June 10th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Khunti (Jharkhand), June 10 (ANI): Security forces have arrested two Naxalites including a hardcore activist in Jharkhand's Khunti District.The arrests took on Wednesday night.One of the arrested Naxals Chaitan Munda ... Read more...
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Maoists stop road work, torch machines in Madhya Pradesh
June 4th, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 3 (IANS) Maoists set on fire a vehicle and two machines engaged in road construction in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Thursday.
"Naxalites (Maoists), who were opposed to construction ... Read more...
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Maoists biggest internal threat to India: Pranab Mukherjee
May 30th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Gulbarga/ Bengaluru (Karnataka), May 30 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the Maoist menace is the biggest internal threat to the country."Of course, the Maoist menace and Naxalites ... Read more...
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Innocents arrested for Dantewada attack: Maoist leader
May 25th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 25 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police has arrested "six innocent advisasis" for the April 6 Dantewada attack in which 76 security personnel were killed, a Maoist leader said, claiming that none ... Read more...
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Armed assailants attack railway site in Jharkhand
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), May 23 (ANI): Armed assailants suspected to be the Naxalites stormed a railway track laying-site in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district and set ablaze expensive train machinery.The attack took place last ... Read more...
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China grabbing an inch of Indian territory daily: Mulayam
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Claiming that China was capturing Indian territory slowly, Samajwadi Party chief and former defence minister Mulayam Singh Friday regretted that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was not ... Read more...
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Chidambaram has diluted approach against Maoists: BJP
May 19th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday criticised Home Minister P. Chidambaram for "diluting" his proactive approach in tackling Maoists due to "lack of support within ... Read more...
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Dantewada bus blast: Five more bodies identified
May 19th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday released a list of five more civilians whose bodies have been identified from among those killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada ... Read more...
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Air power should be limited to Bastar, says Congress MP
May 19th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Neerja Chowdhury
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Jharkhand's Congress MP Mabel Rebello favours giving air support to security forces battling Maoists but says it should be "limited to Bastar region" and ... Read more...
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Cabinet Committee on Security to discuss Chattisgarh’s Naxal attack
May 19th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Security is meeting on Wednesday evening to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of Chattisgarh's Naxal attack.The meeting assumes significance ... Read more...
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Naxalites are terrorists, says Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
May 19th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said the Naxalites are terrorists, adding that it is quite possible that they might be linked to terrorist outfits.Speaking at ... Read more...
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