Maoist surrenders in West Bengal
December 20th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A Maoist guerrilla Tuesday surrendered in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.Subodh Hasda was active in the Jhargram area, especially in Binpur. Hasda surrendered at ... Read more...
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Maoist couple surrenders at Bengal secretariat
November 17th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) A Maoist couple, facing cases for attacking a paramilitary camp in West Bengal's Silda, surrendered Thursday before police at the state secretariat - Writers' Building.Rajaram ... Read more...
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One injured in Maoist firing in Bengal
November 7th, 2011 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) An activist of an anti-Maoist forum promoted by the Trinamool Congress was injured in firing by suspected left wing extremists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district ... Read more...
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Accept mistake about Maoists, Biman tells Mamata
October 16th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose Sunday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to accept her "mistake" for ignoring the Maoists during her days as ... Read more...
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Arms or talks? Choose in seven days, Mamata tells Maoists
October 15th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jhargram (West Bengal), Oct 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday gave a seven-day ultimatum to Maoist rebels in the state to choose between dialogue and arms, ... Read more...
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Banerjee talks tough on Maoists, draws CPI-M’s ridicule
September 27th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Singur/Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) Hardening her stand on the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday asked them to choose between talks and the politics of killings, and ... Read more...
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Maoists want to kill me, other Trinamool leaders: Mamata
September 26th, 2011 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday claimed that the Maoists wanted to kill her and union minister Mukul Roy, besides other Trinamool Congress leaders."A ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill two in Bengal
September 26th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) Suspected Maoists killed two people, including a political activist, in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday night, police said.
The guerillas shot dead a popular political activist ... Read more...
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Teaching in the shadow of the gun in insurgency-hit Bastar
September 5th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Sep 5 (IANS) In the insurgency ridden Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, government school teachers risk losing their lives if they fail to indoctrinate young minds into joining the ... Read more...
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Jharkhand legislator - an ex-Maoist - supports Anna
August 25th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 25 (IANS) Polush Surin, a former Maoist leader and now a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator, Thursday staged a one-day sit-in to support Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal ... Read more...
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Maoist victims’ kin in Bengal to get Rs.5 lakh
August 25th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh for the families of civilians killed in Maoist violence in the state. The ... Read more...
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Four Maoists, one trooper killed in Chhattisgarh gun battle
August 17th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 17 (IANS) One trooper and four Maoist rebels were killed in a prolonged gunbattle Wednesday in a jungle stretch of Chhattisgarh, police said.The gun fight took place in ... Read more...
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Mamata announces revised sops for surrendering Maoists
August 12th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government has revised its surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for Left-wing extremists and enhanced the compensation to be paid for depositing arms, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Maoists kill five security personnel in Jharkhand
May 3rd, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi, May 3 (ANI): At least five security personnel were killed and over 31 others injured after Maoists struck in two different districts of Jharkhand on Tuesday.According to reports, the injured are ... Read more...
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Woman Maoist killed in Orissa gun fight (Lead)
April 24th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) A woman Maoist was killed during a brief exchange of fire Sunday between police and the ultras in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district, an ... Read more...
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Polling begins for second phase of panchayat polls in J-K
April 17th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 17 (ANI): Despite the killing of a woman candidate in Chrar-e-Sharief area of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam District and the mounting militant threats, polling is underway in five blocks of ... Read more...
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J-K panchayat poll: Woman candidate shot dead
April 16th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 16 (ANI): Militants have allegedly shot dead a woman candidate of panchayat elections in Chrar-e-Sharief area of Kashmir's Budgam district.Forty-year-old Hasina Begum, was shot dead by ultras at Karpora in ... Read more...
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Orissa Police initiates action against Maoists who killed Malkangiri tribals
April 12th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by ANI
Malkangiri (Orissa), Apr 12 (ANI): Orissa Police has swung into action over the recent killing of two tribals in Malkangiri district by suspected Maoist cadres.According to reports, the ultras believed to be ... Read more...
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Maoists blast school building in Bihar’s Gaya District
March 16th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Gaya, Mar 16 (ANI): Armed Maoists blew up a state-run school building and a control room of a mobile tower at two different places in Bihar's Gaya District last night.According to ... Read more...
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Maoists destroy mobile tower in Bihar’s Gaya District
March 15th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Gaya, Mar 15 (ANI): Armed Maoists destroyed two mobile towers and burnt a generator room near the Dumaria police station in Bihar's Gaya District late last night.According to sources, over 50 ultras ... Read more...
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Shutdown call by Maoists disrupts normal life in Jharkhand
March 13th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi, Mar 13 (ANI): The shutdown called by the Maoists in Jharkhand hit normal life including the transport and several allied essential services here on Sunday.Amit Rai, a local said the frequent ... Read more...
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Armed guerrillas abduct four workers in Tripura
March 8th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 8 (IANS) Separatist tribal guerrillas have abducted four workers from the construction site of a health sub-centre in a village in northern Tripura, police said here Tuesday."NLFT (National ... Read more...
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Abducted Bengal cop untraced
March 6th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) A police constable, suspected to have been abducted by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, remained untraced for the third day, police said Sunday."Search operations ... Read more...
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Malkangiri court rejects bail application of Maoist Srinivasalu
February 28th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by ANI
Malkangiri (Orissa), Feb 28 (ANI): A local court here on Monday rejected the bail application of Maoist Sriramulu Srinivasalu, one of the ultras whose release had been demanded by the abductors of ... Read more...
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Mediators seek more time for abducted collector’s release
February 20th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (ANI): The two mediators, human right activists and academicians G. Hargopal and R. Someswar Rao have said that more time was needed to secure the release of abducted Malkangiri ... Read more...
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Malkangiri Collector abduction: Prisoner who Maoists want freed files bail plea
February 19th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Malkangiri, Feb 19 (ANI): A prisoner named Srinivas Sriramulu, who is one among the seven people the Maoists want freed in return for Malkangiri District Collector R V Krishna, has filed a ... Read more...
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Malkangiri Collector kidnapping: Maoists extend deadline
February 19th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (ANI): Maoists have extended the two-day deadline indefinitely for the Orissa Government to meet their demands in return for the release of Malkangiri District Collector R V Krishna and ... Read more...
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2 Maoists held, arms and ammunition seized in Bengal (Lead)
February 18th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Two Maoist cadres were arrested and a huge cache of firearms, most of which were snatched away from police in the past, and ammunition were recovered form their ... Read more...
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Naveen Patnaik urges Maoists to release abducted collector
February 17th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Maoists to release abducted Malkangiri district collector R Vineel Krishna."I appeal for early release of the young and energetic officer who ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Police arrest two women Maoists
February 13th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Feb 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police have taken into custody two women Maoists during a search operation in Kanker district.The security personnel nabbed the ultras near a forest area on Saturday ... Read more...
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Three Kashmir terrorists killed in gunfight (Lead)
February 8th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 8 ( IANS) Three guerrillas were killed by security forces in a gunfight in the Ramban-Banihal area along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, police said, adding ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb writes to Chidambaram on Trinamool-Maoist nexus
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today wrote to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on the nexus between the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists.In his letter, ... Read more...
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Three Maoists nabbed in West Bengal
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Three Maoists were arrested from a forest in West Bengal's Bankura district Wednesday when they were holding a secret meeting, police said.Acting on a tip-off, police raided the ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb threatens action against Trinamool
February 1st, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Tuesday threatened to take administrative action against the state's main opposition Trinamool Congress leadership if the party continued its "nexus" with ... Read more...
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Lashkar militants gun down two sisters in Sopore
February 1st, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sopore, Feb 1 (ANI): Alleged militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit shot dead two sisters in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla District on Monday."The militants killed the two ... Read more...
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