Fourteen suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested from a Bihar village, police said Wednesday.
The suspected rebels were arrested Tuesday night from Kachuar village in Rohtas district, about 150 km from state capital Patna.
‘Fourteen suspected Maoists were arrested by a police team from Kachuar village,’ Rohtas Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav said.
He said 11 detonators, [...]
Fourteen suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested from a Bihar village, police said Wednesday.
The suspected rebels were arrested from Kachuar village in Rohtas district, about 150 km from state capital Patna.
‘Fourteen suspected Maoists were arrested by a police team from Kachuar village,’ Rohtas Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav said.
He said 11 detonators, flash cameras, a wireless [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 16 (IANS) Witnessed by top UN officials and envoys from foreign governments, Nepal’s Maoist chief and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Wednesday finally gave his consent to a new accord with the coalition government to release nearly 3,000 child soldiers from his party’s guerrilla army.
‘This is a step towards national reconciliation [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 12 (IANS) With Nepal’s new coalition government failing to meet its November deadline to free almost 3,000 child soldiers languishing in Maoist barracks since the signing of a peace agreement three years ago, an alarmed UN Saturday said it was sending a special envoy to give a push to the stalled process.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, [...]
Raipur, Dec 11 (IANS) State-run National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) has resumed supplying iron ore to clients after dispatches were stopped over perceived threats of Maoist attacks.
Officials at NMDC, India’s largest iron ore producer, said rakes were not available at night between Dec 2-8 because the railways had cancelled goods train freight fearing attacks by [...]
Gaya (Bihar), Dec. 4 (ANI): Members of a banned Maoist outfit in Bihar celebrated the ninth anniversary of the creation of peoples liberation guerrilla army.
The cadres under the banner Bhakpa organised a function in Gaya on Thursday, and the local administration was unaware of the function’s proceedings, which [...]
Raipur, Dec 1 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up an under-construction barrack in Chhattisgarh and left leaflets at the site claiming they would not allow the police and paramilitary to construct quarters in the interiors, police said Tuesday.
The incident took place Monday night in a village in Bastar region’s Kanker district, about 320 km from here. [...]
Kathmandu, Nov 12 (IANS) The home ministers of India and Nepal would discuss greater security cooperation to combat cross-border terrorism in South Asia next week when Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal arrives in New Delhi on a three-day visit.
Rawal will be holding talks with his Indian peer P. Chidambaram and senior Indian security officials.
The visit [...]
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Wednesday released two policemen they had abducted Tuesday in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.
‘Yes, they have both returned,’ said a senior district police officer. The duo — Ram Swarup Hela and Rajendra Hela — were abducted by members of the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), [...]
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Two police personnel were abducted by the Maoists ultras in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday evening. One of the abducted men was released later after his indisposed wife was admitted in a hospital, a top Maoist leader said.
Two police cleaners – Ram Chandra Hela and Rajendra Hela – were abducted [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The home ministry Monday asked voters in Jharkhand not to get cowed down by threats of violence by Maoist rebels during the upcoming state assembly elections and assured them that all arrangements were on to ensure a peaceful poll.
The ministry asked voters to disregard statements of Communist Party of India-Maoist [...]
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Sep 19 (IANS) In the face of a sustained assault by security forces, Maoist leaders have begun fleeing their landmine-protected hideouts in the Chhattisgarh jungles and could use human shields to protect themselves, top officials disclosed Saturday. At least two dozen ultras were killed in the operation Friday.
Reports that the government is preparing [...]
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Sep 19 (IANS) Worried after the massive assault launched by security forces and warned of more in the coming days, top Maoist leaders have started fleeing their landmine-protected hideouts in the Chhattisgarh jungles and are planning to put up human shields to thwart the troopers, top officials said Saturday. At least two dozen [...]
