Tag: Maoist Attack

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Doordarshan video journalist from Odisha, Achutyananda Sahu, who was martyred in the Naxal attack at Dantewada of Chhatisgarh along with two other policemen yesterday, was consigned to flames at his native Ghusuramunda village of Bolangir district today. Achyutnanda was accorded a guard of honour before his elder brother conducted the […]

Patna: Armed Maoists destroyed a former Bihar Legislative Council member’s house in Gaya district. No one hurt was hurt, police on Thursday said. The Maoist attack on Anuj Kumar Singh’s Bodhibigha residence came late on Wednesday. The insurgents used dynamite for the explosion. According to a police official, the banned Left wing activists had beaten […]

Raipur: A BJP MLA and four others were killed in a major Maoist attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, two days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in the constituency, officials said. BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi, his driver and three personal security officers were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the deadly Maoist attack on the convoy of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, Odisha DGP in-charge Bijay Kumar Sharma today issued an alert in naxal-affected areas of Odisha. The alert has been issued in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada districts. Sharma said that all arrangements have been […]

Bhubaneswar: The Maoist attack in Chhatisgarh’s Dantewada that killed a BJP MLA on the campaign trail and four members of his security detail comes as proof that Red terror looms large over these elections. A few years ago almost the entire senior Congress leadership of the state had been wiped out in a Maoist ambush […]

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Just a day ahead of polling here, Maoists on Wednesday carried out an attack on a CRPF contingent being deployed for election duty, injuring two Sub-inspectors, official sources said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Maoists occurred at around 4 p.m. in Gatta village in Etapalli tehsil through which a […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas blew up three building of the forest department in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Friday, police said. The Maoists first blew up two quarters of forest guards, each constructed at a cost of Rs 30 lakh, before blasting a third building in the Kuira forest area. No one was injured in the […]

Phulbani: Ahead of the second phase polls, Maoists unleashed terror in Kandhamal district in Odisha by targeting a polling party vehicle. Police confirmed that the polling staffs in the vehicle are safe. As per reports, a polling party was on its way to Mugunipadar booth under Phiringia Police limits when a group of Maoists stopped […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: In the last one week Maoist rebels have gunned down two alleged police informers in Kalahandi district where they have begun making inroads recently. Both the victims were contractors and seen by the radicals to be collaborating with the men in khaki. The so-called police informers have been at risk for […]

Kalahandi: As the entire country was busy in Independence Day celebrations, an exchange of fire between the security forces and Maoists was reported from Kalahandi district in Odisha today. A huge cache of ammunition including detonators was seized following the encounter at Gundi forest under Sadar Police limits. Four bags containing medicines and other articles […]

Malkangiri: At a time when security forces continue to intensify their crackdown in the Maoists hit cut-off area of Chitrakonda, the Red Rebels seem to have started targeting people supporting the forces, especially the male members of families. The security forces are strengthening their base in the Naxal-prone Swabhiman Anchal and have so far set […]