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Security beefed up in poll bound Jharkhand

Chatra (Jharkhand), Dec 17 (ANI): Police authorities in poll bound Jharkhand have beefed-up security ahead of the fifth and final phase of election, which is being held tomorrow.

Security personnel are patrolling the Maoist infested Chatra district, diffusing the landmines planted in several areas.

“Their (Maoists) aim is to create disturbance and show their strength in [...]

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A temple which welcomes only women

Lucknow, Nov 22 (IANS) It’s a man’s world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship – and men may do so at their own risk.

The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of [...]

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Three killed in Jharkhand Maoist attack

Ranchi, Oct 20 (ANI): Three persons, including the head of a parallel outfit called ‘Sastra People’s Morcha’ (SPM), were killed in a Maoist attack in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Tuesday.

According to police, the incident took place in Rajpur village where Umesh Mali, the head of the SPM, Umesh Singh Bhokta, a local leader of [...]

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Rahul Gandhi visits Maoist-affected districts in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Oct 14 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi started his two-day Jharkhand visit Wednesday in the tribal-majority district of Sahebganj, amid talk that elections to the state assembly may be announced soon. Many of the areas he is visiting are under a strong Maoist influence.

Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit began with him attending an Adivasi [...]

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Maoists violence in Bihar, Jharkhand on second day of shutdown

Patna/Ranchi, Oct 13 (ANI): Maoists ransacked Banshipur Railway Station in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on the second day of their two-day shutdown.

They torched communication system installed in the railway cabin of the station.

Besides, they took hostage of three railway employees including station master. Later, they released them.

Rail traffic on Patna-Howrah section was affected and [...]

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