Tag: Maoist
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Odisha rules out Maoist hand in Andhra derailment
Odisha Police on Sunday ruled out the involvement of Maoists in the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express which killed 36 people. "There is no evidence regarding the involvement of Maoists. We will inquire into the matter and Railway Safety Commissioner will also probe the matter," Director General of Police K B Singh said. The train …
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January 22, 2017 -
100 bombs planted by Maoists found in Jharkhand
More than 100 improvised explosive devices or crude bombs planted by the Maoist guerrillas were detected and defused in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Sunday, the state police said. According to a police officer, the improvised explosive devices planted in series were recovered from a jungle in Latehar, around 140 km from Ranchi. The bombs were …
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December 11, 2016 -
Andhra Police on alert over shutdown call by Maoists
Security forces were put on alert in many areas on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border in view of a 24-hour shutdown called on Thursday in five states to protest against the killing of 30 Maoists last week. Communist Party of India-Maoist has called for the shutdown in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra against what …
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November 2, 2016 -
72 Maoists surrender in Bastar
Giving a fillip to the ongoing drive for rehabilitation of Maoists, 72 of the Left extremists, including two women, surrendered before the district authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar area on Thursday, a senior police officer said. SP-Narayanpur, Abhishek Meena, said that 70 male and two female Maoists left their outfits and have decided to get absorbed …
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September 8, 2016