Maoists

Two jawans injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

Two security personnel were today injured in a Naxal attack in Maoist-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

Man claims himself a 'Maoist', detained near Mamata Banerjee's house

Press Trust of India | Monday May 13, 2013

A man who claimed to be a Maoist was detained near West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house this morning, the police said.

Three policemen killed, one injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013

Three police personnel were killed and another injured when Naxals attacked a Doordarshan TV tower in Maoist-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh early this morning.

Two Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Two Maoists were killed today in an encounter with security forces in Maoist-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

Two policemen killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 27, 2013

Two policemen, including a station house officer, were killed in a nearly-hour-long gunfight with Maoists after a police patrol was attacked by the rebels in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Saturday, an official said.

Nepal Maoist leader Prachanda to visit India today

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 27, 2013

Nepal's former prime minister and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', will arrive in the Indian capital on Saturday. He is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which bilateral issues ...

Maoists kill two people in Odisha

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 25, 2013

Unleashing fresh violence, Maoists killed two persons suspecting them to be police informers and torched a mobile phone tower in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Thursday.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's close shave with Maoists while shooting film

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 11, 2013

It was a close shave for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was shooting for Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa in the Maoist-affected area of Shimultala in Bihar.

Alleged Maoist wanted in Silda massacre case arrested in Tamil Nadu

Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Sunday April 7, 2013

An alleged Maoist, wanted in several murder cases including the Silda massacre, was arrested in Coimbatore in the early hours today, police said.

Huge amount of explosives seized in Bihar

Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2013

In a major breakthrough, security forces on Friday foiled a Maoists' bid to trigger a landmine blast, recovering 100 IEDs and six pressure cooker bombs from Chanderia-Pichhulia road under Dumaria police station area in Bihar's naxal-infested Gaya dis...

Five policemen killed by Maoists in Jharkhand

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 4, 2013

Five police personnel were on Thursday killed when Maoist guerrillas attacked them near Chenpur bus stand in Gumla district during a 'protest week' being observed by the red rebels.

Seven Maoists killed in police encounter in Gadchiroli

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 4, 2013

At least seven Maoists were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Nargunda-Bhatpar tribal area of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra this morning, a police official said.

10 Maoists killed by rival faction in Jharkhand

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Thursday March 28, 2013

Ten Maoists were killed in a gunbattle with a rival faction in Jharkhand's Chatra district yesterday evening, police said.

Top Maoist leader Sudershan arrested in Andhra Pradesh

Indo- Asian News Service | Sunday March 24, 2013

Top Maoist leader Sudershan was Saturday arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district bordering Chhattisgarh, police said.

The Indian-origin noodle seller who became a billionaire

Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 17, 2013

Run by Maoist revolutionaries and plagued by poverty, Nepal is not the most obvious place to make big bucks.