Maoists kill 18 policemen in MaharashtraOctober 8th, 2009 GADCHIROLI - At least 18 policemen were killed by the Maoists in an ambush in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on Thursday afternoon. According to the police the left wing ultras attacked the police out post near Lahir village of Bhamragadh tehsil of Gadchiroli District.
Funeral of slain Jharkhand cop performed with full state honoursOctober 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Scores of locals and admirers of late Francis Induwar, an Inspector of Jharkhand Police special branch, gathered in Ranchi city on Wednesday to pay their last respects to the intelligence officer killed by the Maoists. Induwar was buried with full state honours.
Maoists kill abducted police officerOctober 6th, 2009 RANCHI - Police officer Francis Enduwar, abducted by Maoists five days ago, has been killed in Jharkhand, a senior police official said Tuesday. The Maoists had demanded that three of their leaders, including Kobad Ghandy, be released in exchange for Enduwar.
Two policemen wounded in gun battle with MaoistsOctober 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Two policemen were wounded in a two-hour gun battle with Maoist rebels in Jharkhand, police said Sunday. The gun battle took place in jungles of Bundu block, 45 km from here, when a search team was ambushed by the rebels, according to police officials here.
Maoists kill five people in JharkhandSeptember 6th, 2009 RANCHI - At least five people have been killed by naxals at Pundigiri village, about 60 kms from Ranchi this morning. According to police, activists of banned group Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) entered Pundigiri village in the Tamar block, abducted five villagers and took them to a forest where they were shot dead.
Suspected Maoists kill two policemen in OrissaJuly 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Suspected Maoists Wednesday killed two policemen in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said. The bodies of assistant sub-inspector of police Muralidhar Bastia and home guard Hadibandhu Mahanta were found at about 7 p.m.
Maoist conduit nabbed in New DelhiJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI/RANCHI - Delhi Police Commissioner YS Dadwal has said that police nabbed a trader in New Delhi following a seizure of mobile phones and communication equipment in Jharkhand. Praveen Kumar Sharma, who was arrested on Tuesday, was produced before a local court on Wednesday.
Four cops killed in Jharkhand gun battle with MaoistsJune 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Four policemen were killed in a nearly two-hour-long gun battle with Maoist rebels in Jharkhand's Palamau district Tuesday afternoon, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a Maoist hideout near Baherakhad village in Palamau, 180 km from the state capital.
Three Jharkhand policemen wounded in landmine blastJune 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Keeping up their attacks on security forces in Jharkhand, in which 24 policemen have been killed since Wednesday, Maoists Saturday ambushed a patrol in the state's Khuti district, injuring three policemen in a landmine blast. "Three policemen have been injured in a landmine blast near Rania block of Khuti district," Ranchi range's Deputy Inspector General of Police Raj Kumar Mallik told IANS.
Maoists kill three policemen in West BengalJune 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Three policemen were shot dead Wednesday by suspected Maoist rebels in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said. The policemen, travelling in a patrol van, were fired at from close range at Pirolgari crossing in Sarenga by assailants who were riding in an auto rickshaw.
Three policemen killed in Jharkhand bus accidentApril 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Three policemen were killed and six others were injured when a minibus carrying them dashed against a tree in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand Sunday, the police said. According to the police, around 20 policemen were in the minibus, when the vehicle's driver lost control and hit a tree near Jora flyover in the district, around 170 km from Ranchi, Sunday afternoon.
Maoists call for 24-hour shutdown in RanchiMarch 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Movement came to a standstill in Jharkhand's Ranchi district due to the daylong shutdown called by the Maoists on Wednesday. The shutdown was called as mark of protest against alleged harsh police treatment meted out to Maoists in prisons.
Two Maoists killed in JharkhandMarch 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Two Maoist rebels were killed after a two-hour-long shootout with police in Palamau district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a hideout of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Barijharia village under Chainpur police station in Palamau district, 180 km from the state capital, and asked the rebels to surrender.
Maoists blow up mobile tower in JharkhandFebruary 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels blew up a tower for mobile telephony in Chatra district of Jharkhand, a police officer said Monday. More than 50 rebels belonging to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up the transmission tower of Airtel situated in Garo village of Chatra district, around 190 km from here, Sunday midnight.
Maoist group salutes tricolour, policemen killed in Mumbai 26/11January 27th, 2009 RANCHI - When different Maoist groups in Jharkhand boycotted the Republic Day celebrations and hoisted black flags, a smaller Maoist group saluted the tricolour and paid tribute to policemen killed in the Mumbai terror attack. Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a Maoist group active in five districts of Jharkhand has issued photographs and a statement saying that they paid tributes to the policemen killed in the Mumbai terror attack and hoisted the tricolour and also sang the national anthem.
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