Maoists blow up mobile towers in GayaAugust 26th, 2009 GAYA - Maoists blew up two mobile towers in Bihar's Gaya district as the 48-hour shutdown in five states called by them ended on Tuesday night. According to sources, around 400 Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up the towers at Guraru and at Gurua in Gaya.
No one injured as Delhi Metro train derailsAugust 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro train jumped tracks in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon, but no was injured in this freak accident. No one was injured in the mishap, which took place at Dwarka station in south-west Delhi at around 3:20 pm.
Maoists torch road construction machines in GayaJuly 20th, 2009 GAYA - A group of Maoists set ablaze two road construction machines including a JCB excavator in Gaya on Sunday. The incident happened in Atri and Wajirganj regions of Gaya, said an official.
Orphans crave motherly affection on Mother's Day in Bodh GayaMay 10th, 2009 GAYA - As several children in cosmopolitan cities celebrated the Mother's Day by greeting their mothers or giving some gift to them on Sunday, children at an orphanage in Bodh Gaya city in Bihar missed their mothers. About 250 children, who are being brought up at an orphanage in Bodh Gaya, remembered their mothers' affection on Sunday, the Mother's Day.
Maoists blast health centre in GayaApril 26th, 2009 GAYA - Even after blowing up a building of an abandoned police picket in Bihar's Gaya District on Saturday, the Maoists remain undeterred as they bombed a health sub-centre at Chonha village in the district last night. According to reports, heavily armed Maoist rebels arrived in Chonha village just before midnight, about 70 km from here, and blasted the health sub-centre, which was shut at that time.
One killed in Maoist violence in BiharApril 22nd, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists killed a truck driver and set ablaze nine trucks in Bihar's Gaya district and bombed a block office in Aurangabad district early Wednesday, a day ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, police said. Over 100 armed Maoists attacked trucks on the busy Grand Trunk Road near Barachatti in Gaya, about 100 km from here, at around 12.30 am.
Two securitymen killed as Maoists attack Bihar polling stationApril 16th, 2009 PATNA - Two security personnel - a policeman and a home guard - were killed as Maoists attacked a polling station in Bihar's Gaya district Thursday as voting was underway in the first phase of general elections, police said. Voting has been suspended at the station.
High security arrangements in Gaya for first phase of electionsApril 15th, 2009 GAYA - Local administration in Gaya of Bihar state has beefed up security ahead of the first phase of general elections to be held on April 16. In the several sensitive areas of the Gaya district, the paramilitary forces have been deployed.
Maoists blast tracks in BiharMarch 21st, 2009 GAYA - The Communist Party of India-Maoist rebels bombed railway tracks in Bihar's Gaya District disrupting train services on the Gaya-Mughalsarai section of East Central Railway (ECR) on Saturday. The Maoists blasted the down track between Paraiya and Guraru stations just past midnight.
Maoists blow up rail track in BiharMarch 21st, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoist rebels blasted a railway track in Bihar's Gaya district, disrupting train services on the Gaya-Mughalsarai section, officials said Saturday. Railway sources said a group of armed Maoists blew up the track between Guraru and Pairayya stations in Gaya this morning.
Buddhist monk commits suicide in Bodh Gaya templeMarch 5th, 2009 PATNA - A young Buddhist monk committed suicide in the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town Wednesday, the police said. Vaninta, a monk in his 20s, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the temple complex, the police said.
Students injured as classroom wall collapses in Bihar schoolFebruary 18th, 2009 PATNA - At least 31 students were injured when the wall of their classroom at a government school in Konch in Bihar’s Gaya district collapsed Thursday, police said. Over three dozen students were studying in the classroom when the wall suddenly collapsed.
Goods train derails, traffic on Howrah-Chennai route disruptedFebruary 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Several trains on the busy Howrah-Chennai route were cancelled or diverted Wednesday after at least 25 wagons of a goods train that started from Paradip port in Orissa derailed near the border with West Bengal. The goods train, carrying coal from Paradip to Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, derailed near the Narayangarh station in West Bengal, 40 km from the border.
15 killed, 100 injured as train derails in OrissaFebruary 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 passengers were killed and about 100 injured after the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near the Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station in Orissa, an official said. East Coast Railway chief public relation officer J.P.
Lalu Prasad extends services of 14 trainsFebruary 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Lalu Prasad proposed the extension of services of the following trains in the interim budget he presented Friday:
1. 5761/5762 Ranchi-Alipurduar Express to Guwahati
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