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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Orissa Police arrest CRPF official for spying for Maoists
January 29th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Rourkela (Orissa), Jan 29 (ANI): Orissa Police have taken an official of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) into their custody for spying for the Maoists.Satyaban Bhoi, who worked with in ... Read more...
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Maoists torch CPI (M) party office in West Midnapore
January 17th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
West Midnapore, Jan 17 (ANI): Suspected Maoists torched a CPI (M) party office in West Bengal's West Midnapore district last night.According to police, a group of suspected Maoists attacked the CPI ... Read more...
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Orissa to double strength of anti-Maoist force
January 16th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (IANS) Orissa will double the strength of its elite anti-Maoist force - the Special Operations Group (SOG) - to reduce its dependence on central paramilitary forces, a senior official ... Read more...
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Two Maoists surrender in Visakhapatnam
January 14th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Visakhapatnam, Jan 14 (ANI): Two functionaries of the banned CPI Maoists, including a woman, surrendered before the District Rural Police Superintendent here on Thursday.District Police Superintendent Vineet Brijlal said the surrendered ultras ... Read more...
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Two Maoists killed in Orissa encounter
January 12th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Keonjhar, Jan 12 (ANI): Security forces gunned down two Maoists in a fierce encounter in a forested and hilly area of Orissa's Keonjhar District on Wednesday.According to reports, the encounter took place ... Read more...
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Paramilitary personnel bust a Maoist camp in Chhattisgarh
January 9th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
Rajnandgaon, Jan 9 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel bust a Maoist camp during a joint operation in Rajnandgaon District.The security forces seized arms, ammunitions and essential items ... 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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Orissa Police gun down nine Maoists in Rayagada encounter
January 9th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Rayagada, Jan 9 (ANI): Orissa Police gunned down nine Maoists during an encounter in Rayagada District on Sunday morning."The gun battle took place in Kashipur-Kalyansinghpur border area, after the police conducted a ... Read more...
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Three Maoists arrested in Midnapore
January 4th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Midnapore, Jan 4 (ANI): Three Maoists were arrested from West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, the security forces raided the village and arrested Mangal Mahato, Gopal Mahato ... Read more...
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Jharkhand Police launch a mass campaign to counter Maoist influence
December 27th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by ANI
Gumla (Jharkhand), Dec 27 (ANI): Jharkhand Police launched a mass awareness campaign here to enlighten the villagers about the misconceived objectives of the Maoists so that they do not get influenced by ... Read more...
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Maoists torch houses of three CPI-M supporters in West Bengal
December 27th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Armed Maoists torched houses of three supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in two villages of West Midnapore district in West Bengal late Sunday night, police ... Read more...
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West Bengal police arrest two Maoists in West Midnapore
December 25th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
West Midnapore, Dec 25 (ANI): West Bengal Police took into its custody two Maoist leaders in West Midnapore district on Friday, and recovered a huge cache of directional landmines as well as ... Read more...
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Maoists kill seven ‘Forward Bloc’ workers in West Bengal
December 17th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
Purulia (West Bengal), Dec 17 (ANI): Suspected Maoists shot dead seven 'Forward Bloc' workers in West Bengal's Purulia District on Friday suspecting them to be police informers.The police here said the ultras ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar’s Begusarai District
December 4th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Pawan KumarBegusarai (Bihar), Dec.4 (ANI): Maoists blew up a railway track, disrupting rail traffic in Bihar's Begusarai District.The ultras blew up the track between the Tilrath and Begusarai stations.The Saharsha-bound Kosi ... Read more...
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Three militants, policeman killed in Srinagar
November 29th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov 29 (ANI): At least three militants and a policeman were killed in a shoot-out after the ultras hurled a grenade at security personnel in Srinagar today." Three motorcycle-borne people ... Read more...
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Two Maoists surrender in Orissa
November 18th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 18 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas surrendered in Gajapati district of Orissa Thursday, police said.Nahu Majhi (alias Ranjit), 21, and Maja Majhi (alias Terena), 25, laid down arms in the ... Read more...
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Maoists hit a wine seller in West Midnapore
November 15th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Rik SundarWest Midnapore (West Bengal), Nov.15 (ANI): Suspected Maoists beat an alleged wine-seller at Lalgarh village in West Bengal's West Midnapore District on Monday.It has been reported hat the suspected ultras ... Read more...
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Maoist cadre’s wife arrested in Orissa
November 15th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Sarada LahangirKoraput (Orissa), Nov.15 (ANI): Orissa Police took into its custody the wife of a Maoist cadre in Semiliguda area of Koraput District on Sunday.Sirisha, who has been taken into custody, ... Read more...
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Unite in fight against Maoists: Buddhadeb
November 14th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Balarampur (West Bengal), Nov 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday urged the people to unite in the fight against the Maoists and uproot them from the state."Maoist activity ... Read more...
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Security Forces launch all out operation to nab Bodo militants in Assam
November 13th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Nov.13 (ANI): Security forces in Assam have launched a massive combing operation to capture the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants, hiding in jungle areas along the borders.The operation ... Read more...
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Chidambaram to visit Assam today
November 12th, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Home Minister P Chidambaram will undertake a day-long visit to Assam today to review the law and order situation in the wake of killings by National Democratic ... Read more...
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Five militants surrender in Assam
October 29th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Oct 29 (ANI): Five ultras from different militant outfits surrendered before police officials at the Assam Rifles headquarters here on Thursday.Three of the militants belonged to the Kangleipak Communist Party- Military ... Read more...
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MDMK chief Vaiko demands lifting of ban on LTTE
October 29th, 2010 - 10:59 am ICT by ANI
Chennai, Oct. 29 (ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) founder-president V Gopalswamy, popularly known as Vaiko, and his followers staged a demonstration here on Thursday to demand the lifting of a ban ... Read more...
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Maoists in Bihar ideologically weak: Sharad Yadav
October 27th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Patna (Bihar), Oct. 27 (ANI): Maoists in Bihar are ideologically weak, Janata Dal-United (JD -U) chief Sharad Yadav said on Wednesday."The ultras in Bihar are pseudo-Maoists, and carry out their nefarious ... Read more...
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Body of third Jaish-e-Mohammad militant recovered from Maluroo
October 22nd, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct.22 (ANI): Following the fierce gun battle between the security forces and Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, the security personnel on Friday recovered the body of the third militant killed in the encounter at ... Read more...
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Three Army personnel killed in landslide in Baramulla
October 22nd, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Baramulla (J-K), Oct 22 (ANI): Three army personnel, including a captain, who had laid an ambush near the LoC were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Uri sector of ... Read more...
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Maoists hideout busted in Gaya
October 22nd, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Gaya (Bihar), Oct 22 (ANI): A police search party in Bihar unearthed a Maoist hideout in Gaya district on Thursday.A huge cache of arms and ammunition such as rifles, two carbides, 38 ... Read more...
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Maluroo encounter ends with capture of third JeM militant
October 21st, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by ANI
Maluroo (Kashmir), Oct. 21 (ANI): The over eight-hour encounter between three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants and security forces in the Maluroo area on the outskirts of Srinagar has ended with the capture and ... Read more...
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Two militants reported killed in Malroo encounter
October 21st, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
Maluroo (Kashmir), Oct. 21 (ANI): Two of the three terrorists have reportedly been killed during an encounter with police and army personnel in the Maluroo area located on the outskirts of Srinagar.A ... Read more...
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