Two police officers among 12 killed in Chechnya
August 29th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Grozny, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two police officers and 10 militants were killed Sunday in a shootout in the ancestral village of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.
The shootout took place in Chechnya's Kurchaloyevsky ... Read more...
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Medvedev says Russia’s fire situation ’still tense’
August 12th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 12 (DPA) The number and extent of forest fires in Russia's central European provinces showed signs of abating for the first time in weeks, but the situation was "still tense", ... Read more...
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Sloth bear claws to death four in Maharashtra village
August 5th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 5 (IANS) A sloth bear strayed from the forest and clawed four people to death, including a forest department employee and a teacher, in a village in Maharashtra's Amravati district, ... Read more...
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Three Maoists held with bombs in Chhattisgarh
June 7th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 7 (IANS) Three Maoist rebels were arrested Monday from Chhattisgarh's Kanker district and two bombs recovered from their possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police team along ... Read more...
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Animals dying as water sources dry up in Rajasthan
June 1st, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, June 1 (IANS) Rajasthan's scorching summer is taking its toll, and not just on people wilting in the heat. With water drying up in ponds and reservoirs across Rajasthan, ... Read more...
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50 Elephants go on rampage and kill one in West Bengal
May 26th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
West Midnapore (West Bengal), May 26 (ANI): A herd of 50 elephants went on a rampage, destroying standing crops and killing a farmer at Nayagram village in West Bengal's West Midnapore District ... Read more...
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CRPF personnel gun down Maoist in Chhattisgarh
May 4th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), May 4 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel gunned down a suspected Maoist during a combing operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Tuesday.The rebel was killed in an ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh police arrest 13 suspected Maoists
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), May 3 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police arrested 13 suspected Maoist rebels from a couple of villages and nearby forest areas in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday.Eight of the 13 suspects ... Read more...
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Maoists kill three villagers in two separate incidents in Jharkhand
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Apr 23 (ANI): Suspected Maoists have killed three villagers in separate incidents in Jharkhand.According to police, on late on Thursday night, the Maoists shot dead two persons at Lanjo ... Read more...
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Woman kills brother with lover’s help
April 23rd, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 23 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman killed her brother with the help of her lover in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, police said Friday.
The deceased, Hari Shankar, was missing for the past ... Read more...
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Villagers in Assam take care of an injured elephant
March 12th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANI
Shattergaon (Assam), Mar 12(ANI): Villagers of Shattergaon are taking care of a female elephant, which got hurt by a train near Deepor Beel (a freshwater lake) in Guwahati.A goods train had ... Read more...
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Army captain, a militant killed in J-K encounter in Pulwama
March 4th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by ANI
Pulwama (Jammu-Kashmir), March 4 (ANI): An Indian Army captain died and a militant killed in an encounter between security forces and militants at Dadsara village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on ... Read more...
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Two CPI-M activists shot dead in West Bengal
February 22nd, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists were shot dead by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Purulia district early Monday, police said.
The incident took place at Dulukti village ... Read more...
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Shilda: Bengal admits lack of alertness, forms probe panel (Lead)
February 18th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government Thursday set up an expert committee to look into the Maoist attack in West Midnapore's Shilda that killed 25 people, as Chief Minister Buddhadeb ... Read more...
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Expert committee to probe Maoist attack on Bengal camp
February 18th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government Thursday constituted an expert committee to probe Monday's Maoist attack that killed 25 people, including 24 security personnel, and left several injured in West ... Read more...
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Survivors of Maoist attack on security camp in West Bengal recall the gory incident
February 16th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
Shilda Village/ Pirakata (West Bengal), Feb.16 (ANI): About 20-22 Maoists riding motorcycles stormed a camp of the para-military Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) and West Bengal Armed Police on Monday in Shilda village ... Read more...
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Two SPOs injured in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh
February 9th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Two special police officers (SPOs) were injured Tuesday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district when Maoist insurgents ambushed a contingent of some 300 policemen, officials said.
The incident took place in ... Read more...
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Maoists kill BJP worker in Orissa (Lead)
February 8th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Sundergarh district of Orissa accusing him of being a police informer, an official said Sunday.
Sukru Oram, a ... Read more...
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Another CPM activist shot dead by Maoist in West Bengal
December 26th, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Bankura (West Bengal) Dec 26 (ANI) : A Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader was shot dead by suspected Maoists at Barikul in Bankura District of West Bengal on Saturday.The CPM local ... Read more...
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Wild elephants damage tea garden in Siliguri
December 13th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri, (West Bengal), Dec 13 (ANI): A herd of 20 wild elephants damaged a tea garden in the Dooars region here on Saturday.The jumbos were first sighted by tealeaf pluckers on ... Read more...
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Maoists torch truck in Bengal
December 6th, 2009 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 5 (IANS) Suspected Maoists torched a truck on a national highway in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday, disrupting traffic for many hours, police said.
The incident took place near Lodhashuli ... Read more...
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Maoists kill CPI-M leader in West Bengal
November 28th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas gunned down a local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal's trouble-torn West Midnapore district, police said Saturday.
According to sources, the incident took ... Read more...
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Leopard found dead in Chhattisgarh
November 24th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 24 (IANS) A leopard, which injured many children in a Chhattisgarh village last week, was found dead in a pond in Mahasamund district, a forest department official said Tuesday.
The leopard ... Read more...
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TMC-CPM workers clash, Maoists kill three ahead of CM’s visit in Midnapore
November 7th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by ANI
Midnapore, Nov.7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress party and Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters clashed with each other here on Saturday, as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee arrived in Midnapore district on ... Read more...
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Maoists kill three local CPI (M) leaders in Midnapore
November 7th, 2009 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Nov. 7 (ANI): Ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's visit to Midnapore, suspected Maoists gunned down three persons at Kushboni forest on Saturday.Superintendent of Police, West Midnapore, M ... Read more...
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Four killed in bear attack in Madhya Pradesh
October 29th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 29 (IANS) A fishing trip turned to disaster for four people, including three brothers, who were killed when a bear mauled them in a Madhya Pradesh forest, officials said Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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Maoists kill two people in Jharkhand
October 24th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 24 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed two villagers on suspicion of being police informers in Palamau district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday.
According to police, Maoist rebels abducted three villagers from Chando ... Read more...
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Two CPI-M activists killed in West Bengal district
September 24th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Two villagers, believed to be supporters of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), were abducted and killed by suspected Maoist guerrillas late Wednesday night near Maoist-hit Lalgarh ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh villagers lose sleep over jumbo terror
September 16th, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 16 (IANS) About a hundred families in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district have not slept since Sunday after a group of wild elephants sneaked into villages from a nearby forest, officials said ... Read more...
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38 killed, several missing in Indonesia floods (Lead)
September 15th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Sep 15 (DPA) At least 38 people were killed and several went missing when flash floods swept away homes in an isolated district in Indonesia's North Sumatra province Tuesday, the health ... Read more...
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Assam couple dubbed sorcerers and killed
September 7th, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 7 (IANS) An elderly couple was burnt alive by residents of a village in Assam after a kangaroo court charged them with practising witchcraft in Assam, police said Monday.
A police ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad student shot 30 times in cold blood by police: CBI probe panel (Lead)
August 7th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sahil Makkar
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe has found that 24-year-old MBA student Ranbir Singh was shot at point-blank range 30 times by Dehradun ... Read more...
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Shootout that wasn’t: CBI finds MBA student was shot 30 times
August 7th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sahil Makkar
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe has found that the July 3 'shootout' in which the Dehradun police killed 24-year-old MBA student Ranbir Singh ... Read more...
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Ranbir Singh encounter in Dehradun was a fake: CBI
August 5th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, Aug 5 (ANI): In its initial findings, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed that the encounter in which a 24-year-old MBA student Ranbir Singh was killed by Dehradun police ... Read more...
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Murder case filed against 14 policemen involved in alleged fake encounter
July 7th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, July 7 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday registered a murder case against all policemen allegedly involved in the recent encounter death of Ranbir Singh, a 24-year-old management student in the ... Read more...
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