Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush at Patadhara reserve forest under Nuapada's Boden block on Tuesday. Seven other CRPF personnel were also injured in the attack.
The Kalahandi Police and CRPF rushed to the spot upon receiving the information and started an investigation.
Maoists reportedly set ablaze more than five vehicles engaged in construction work of a canal at Pipalkhuta village in Chhattisgarh on the bordering areas of Malkangiri. They have also abducted the supervisor of the construction firm.
Chhattisgarh: A video journalist Achyutananda Sahu from Ghusuramunda village under Loisingha block in Bolangir district of Odisha working with Doordarshan was killed in an attack by Naxals in Dantewada’s Aranpur in Chhattisgarh today. During the attack, two security personnel also lost their lives. Sahu worked with the Indian Army and had taken voluntary retirement later. […]
Bhubaneswar: The body of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who was martyred in multiple IED blasts during an exchange of fire with Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district yesterday was given Guard of Honour in Bhubaneswar today. Senior police officials and leaders cutting across party lines paid their last tributes to the para-military […]
Malkangiri: Maoists have unleashed terror by torching a JCB machine at Patraput area in Bandaghati village near Andhra-Odisha Border in the district late Thursday night. According to reports, the ultras set fire to the JCB machine at Bandaghati village protesting the ongoing Goiguda to Bhojiguda construction work. While the incident has created panic in the […]
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a total of 619 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir had been killed in gun battles with security forces as he highlighted the all-round improvement in internal and external security under the Narendra Modi government. He also clarified that the operations against militants had not been stopped […]
Bhubaneswar: One of the nine CRPF jawans killed in the deadly Naxal attack in Sukma district of neighbouring Chhattisgarh on Tuesday has been identified as an Odia hailing from Brahmagiri in Puri district. The martyred jawan has been identified as Manoranjan Lenka of Rebana Nuagaon under Brahmagiri block of Puri district. He was a jawan […]
Nayagarh: The Nayagarh district and sessions judge court today acquitted eight suspected Maoists in connection with the 2008 Maoist attack and loot of weapons in the district. The court acquitted the suspected accused of being involved in the brazen attack due to lack of evidence against them. The acquitted include Kamalakant Sethy and Chandrabati Tukuruka […]
At least two jawans sustained multiple injuries during an exchange of fire with Maoists ultras on the Boudh-Kandhamal border on Saturday.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): Maoists carried out two simultaneous attacks here on Wednesday injuring four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, a civilian and one District Reserve Guard in one of the attacks, police said. The Left wing extremists, who had asked citizens to boycott the poll process going on in the state, carried out the Improvised Explosive Device […]
New Delhi: Mother! I love you. It is possible I will die in this attack,” Doordarshan cameraman M.M. Sharma said on his mobile telephone as Maoists ambushed a team of policemen and Doordarshan journalists. But he had a miraculous escape. The Assistant Cameraman was with two other colleagues and a police patrol when they were […]
Dhanbad: The Maoists blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand’s Giridih district affecting train services on the busy Grand Chord Dhanbad division for seven hours, an official said on Tuesday. On Monday at around 10.45 p.m., the insurgents detonated a bomb on the tracks of the Chauribandh station situated between Parasnath and Hazaribagh Road, Chief Public […]
Raipur: Six police personnel were killed and another was critically wounded in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Sunday when a landmine planted by Maoists ripped through the vehicle they were travelling in. P. Sundarraj, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dantewada Range), told IANS: “Six personnel were killed while one was seriously injured.” Among the dead, five […]
Ranchi: Maoists torched 30 vehicles of the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) engaged in mining work in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, police said today. More than 100 Maoists on Friday night raided the CCL project site at Bermo area of the district, some 130 km from Ranchi. After thrashing the security men and asking them to leave, […]
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