Tag: Maoists
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Maoists torch 12 vehicles in Jharkhand
Maoists have torched 12 vehicles involved in road construction work in Jharkhand's Palamau district, the state police said on Friday. According to the police, the Maoist guerrillas torched one JCB machine, 11 tractors and one motorbike at Saraiya village under the Pipira police station jurisdiction on Thursday evening. Refusal by the construction company to pay …
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April 14, 2017 -
Maoists hamper construction, torch 12 vehicles in Jharkhand
Maoists have torched 12 vehicles involved in road construction work in Jharkhand's Palamau district, the state police said on Friday. According to the police, the Maoist guerrillas torched one JCB machine, 11 tractors and one motorbike at Saraiya village under the Pipira police station jurisdiction on Thursday evening. Refusal by the construction company to pay …
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April 14, 2017 -
Maoists kill two policemen in Jharkhand
Two policemen were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Sunday morning, the state police said. According to the police, Bano police station in-charge Vidyapati Singh and constable Tarun Burali were killed in the gunfight with the Maoists. The police were patrolling when the Maoists began firing on them, officials said. …
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April 9, 2017 -
2 Maoists arrested, 2 IEDs recovered in Jharkhand
At least two Maoist guerrillas were arrested and two IED bombs were recovered in Jharkhand on Friday, police said. According to police, the two Maoist guerrillas hailed from Tamar village of Khuti district. The arrested Maoists include Ram Mohan Munda. Police recovered one revolver and incriminating documents from the arrested Maoists. In Bokaro, state police …
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March 31, 2017 -
5 Naxals, 2 cops killed in gun-battle in Dantewada
At least five Naxals, including a senior woman cadre, and two police jawans were killed in a gun-battle between security personnel and the ultras in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district today. Three security personnel, including two sub-inspectors (SIs), were also injured in the encounter. An injured Naxal was arrested from the spot. "The skirmish took place …
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March 18, 2017 -
Is the judiciary in peril?
Delhi University teacher G.N. Saibaba has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his links with Maoists. With due respect to the court, I beg to differ with the punishment. Maoists are ultra-left and most people in India do not like their philosophy. Some who follow them can be criticised, but cannot be imprisoned for their …
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March 8, 2017 -
10 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh
Ten Maoists are believed to have been killed in a heavy exchange of fire when they attacked a police camp in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh. "There were around 40-50 Maoists. They lobbed bombs and fired mortar shells. The policemen responded by firing, forcing the Maoists to flee," Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena said. He said …
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February 7, 2017 -
Toll in Odisha landmine blast rises to 8
With the recovery of another body on Thursday the death toll in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district has risen to eight, a police officer said. The incident took place on National Highway 26 at Mungabhumi village on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, when the personnel were travelling in a van …
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February 2, 2017 -
Polling personnel traced after 12 hours in Malkangiri
Six persons, including five polling personnel, who had gone missing in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district have been traced after remaining incommunicado for around 12 hours and are safe, police said on Saturday. The polling personnel had left their offices and remained incommunicado on Friday after being told by locals that Maoists, who had asked people to …
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January 14, 2017 -
Demonetisation hit Maoists, terrorists: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said demonetisation has dealt a blow to terrorism and Left-Wing Extremism in the country. Inaugurating the Eastern Sector Headquarters of CISF and Residential Complex here, he said many people don't want the poor and tribal people to prosper but misguide and exploit them. Appealing to the Maoists to …
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January 8, 2017 -
Naveen urges Maoists to shun violence
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged Maoists to return to mainstream as violence has no place in democracy. Patnaik said this at a public rally held in the Maoist-hit Malkangiri district. "I call upon the Left-wing extremists with open mind to quit the path of violence and become part of the ongoing public …
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December 24, 2016 -
48 Maoists neutralised in Odisha till Nov 30: Patnaik
Amid a walkout by the OppositionCongress and BJP members, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday aid at least 48 Maoists including some of their leaders have seen neutralised during 2015 and in 2016 so far. “There is significant reduction in the strength of Maoistsin the state. 48 Maoists including state committee membershave been neutralised, 88 …
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December 8, 2016 -
Maoists with spiked currency arrested in Jharkhand
Five Maoists were arrested in Jharkhand on Tuesday with Rs 31.53 lakh in demonetised notes, police said. Mithilesh Mandal, alias Gagdish, zonal committee member of Communist Party of India-Maoist was arrested with Rs 31 lakh in Dumka district, the police said. Mandal was planning to get the cash deposited in a bank. Four other Maoists, …
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November 29, 2016 -
Two arrested from Maoist-affected Purulia
Two persons, including a 27-year-old woman, have been arrested for illegal possession of arms from West Bengal’s Maoist-affected Purulia district, police said on Saturday. The accused, Kabita Ghorui and Panchanan Mahato, were apprehended on Friday with two small arms and ammunition near Hanumata Bridge on Tata-Purulia Main Road in Balarampur in Purulia district. "On the …
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September 17, 2016 -
Maoists torch six vehicles in Bihar
Suspected Maoists torched half a dozen vehicles and machines of a private construction company on Monday in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said. "A group of armed Maoists attacked the camp of SP Malik Company Private Limited near Paimar river on Gaya-Wazirganj road… They torched six vehicles, including their machines — a JCB, crane and Poklane …
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September 5, 2016 -
Encounter between police, gangster in Telangana
Encounter between police, gangster in Telangana
August 8, 2016