Huge cache of explosives seized from Maoist hideouts
Two Maoists were arrested and explosives, including 803 gelatin sticks and 1000 detonators seized, during raids on two Naxal-hit areas in West Midnapore district, police said today.
Maoist killed by rival faction in Jharkhand
A Maoist was on Thursday killed during a turf war with another faction in Gumla district, police said. A fight broke out between the Maoists and a rival faction led by 'Jhangru-group' in which one reb
Abducted Bihar cop Lucas Tete's body found in forest
The body of Lucas Tete, one of the four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists five days ago, was found in a forest on Friday, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed sub inspector Abhay Kumar Yada
Mamata is Azad to
Kolkata, Aug. 29: Rallying behind the Trinamul Congress chief, Ms Mamata Banerjee, at the receiving end over her statement on the killing of Maoist leader “Azad”, the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukhe
Maoist attack police station in Giridih, torch trucks
Maoists fired indiscriminately at a police station in Giridih, blew up a building and set on fire trucks on the Grand Trunk road in the wee hours on Thursday to protest the arrest of their two associa
No Nepal PM even after fifth attempt
Kathmandu, Aug. 23: Nepal’s legislators on Monday rejected Maoist chief, Mr Prachanda, and his NC rival, Mr Ram Chandra Poudyal, for the fifth time in the prime ministerial elections, plunging the cou
Maoist killed in raid
A Maoist was killed when the joint forces raided a camp of an ultra leader in a jungle in West Midnapore district in the early hours on Tuesday. On a tip off by locals that a Maoist squad of ultra lea
Maoist attacks cost railways `1,000cr
New Delhi, Aug. 20: The railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, on Friday said sabotage and shutdowns are the biggest reasons for delays in train services.
“Maoist attacks have led to 217 disruptions
Let’s talk, Prez tells Maoists
New Delhi, Aug. 14: On the eve of the nation’s 64th Independence Day, the President, Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil, urged Maoist rebels to abandon the path of violence. She asked them to come to the neg
Maoists blow up panchayat building in Orissa
Maoists blew up a panchayat building used for accommodating security forces during anti-Naxal operations in Orissa's Malkangiri district early on Friday. About 100 armed rebels stormed into Malabaran