Chhattisgarh villagers lose sleep over jumbo terrorSeptember 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - About a hundred families in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district have not slept since Sunday after a group of wild elephants sneaked into villages from a nearby forest, officials said Wednesday. Some 20 families have migrated temporarily to safer areas after five villagers were injured Tuesday while chasing away the jumbos from Sargawa and Chilma villages, some 420 km north of state capital Raipur.
Elephant kills youth in BiharSeptember 1st, 2009 PATNA - An elephant Wednesday trampled a young man to death in a village in Saran district of Bihar, police said. Madan Thakur, in his 20s, was killed by the elephant near Chamrahiya village in Saran.
Maoists blow up rail track, mobile tower in JharkhandAugust 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists blew up a railway track in Latehar and a mobile phone tower in Palamau district in Jharkhand as they began their 48-hour shutdown in five state on Monday. According to the police, about 20 left-wing ultras blew up the railway tracks between Kumundi and Hehegada railway station in Latehar district, around 140 km from Ranchi, late on Sunday night.
400 bombs, cell phones seized from Jharkhand jailAugust 17th, 2009 RANCHI - Police seized 400 country-made bombs, 30 mobile phones and cash from Jharkhand's Garwah district jail during a raid early Monday, officials said, adding that the prisoners might have been planning an escape. A police team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Satyendra Singh and Sub Divisional Officer Robin Toppo raided the Garwah jail at around 3.30 a.m Monday.
Punjab Police embrace mobilesJuly 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - All field officials of the Punjab Police are to get mobile telephones to improve their connectivity and response time. The telephones will be given to all police officers and non-gazetted officers posted in the field, a police department spokesman said Friday.
Eight Maoist rebels with weapons arrested in JharkhandJuly 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Eight Maoist rebels have been arrested at three places in Jharkhand Sunday, police said. Four rebels, belonging to the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), were arrested in Ramgarh district following a tip-off.
Largest commercial satellite for cellphones launchedJuly 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A new satellite designed to allow the convergence of cellphones and satellite phones throughout the US was successfully launched Thursday, mobile communications provider TerreStar announced. Weighing 6,910 kg, TerreStar-1 is the largest commercial satellite ever and was launched by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana Tuesday.
Charge your phone on the move in Delhi MetroJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next time you realise your mobile phone has run out of battery charge and you are commuting by the Delhi Metro, don't fret - just connect your phone to the charging points that will soon be available at stations for free. For the convenience of its commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will install 134 multiple mobile charging machines at stations by July this year in a phased manner.
Import of Chinese cell phones without identity code bannedJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Import of Chinese mobile phones without unique identity code numbers has been banned, India's commerce ministry announced. "Import of mobile handsets without International Mobile Equipment Identify (IMEI) number or with all-zero IMEI is prohibited with immediate effect, the Director General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.
Chhattisgarh planning 'Elephant Villages' to counter tusker terrorMay 30th, 2009 RAIPUR - Worried over the increasing incidences of man-elephant conflict, the Chhattisgarh government is planning to set up villages for wild elephants in areas hit hard by jumbo attacks, an official said Saturday. Such villages are proposed to be set up in the state's northern region where jumbo attacks have claimed the lives of dozens of people in the past two decades.
A jumbo issue looms in Jharkhand pollsMarch 28th, 2009 RANCHI - With elephants claiming almost as many lives as Maoists, rampaging herds are becoming a jumbo issue in the Jharkhand parliamentary elections. In a state that boasts of a forest cover of 30 percent, the human-animal conflict is of paramount concern with the local people saying the enviable green cover spelt doom for them.
Two elephants found dead in JharkhandMarch 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Two elephants were found dead in Jharkhand, forest department officials said Saturday. One wild elephant had its tusks removed, leading to the suspicion that it had been killed by poachers.
Mobiles phones help fight Maoists in JharkhandFebruary 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Police in Jharkhand are taking on gun-toting Maoists by equipping villagers with mobile phones - and the move is sure helping strengthen the information network against the rebels. Ever since they started distributing mobile phones free of cost in the West Singhbhum district last month, police say they have received valuable information from villagers about the whereabouts and movements of Maoists.
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.
Rampaging tusker poisoned to death in JharkhandJanuary 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Villagers poisoned a wild tusker to death in Khuti district of Jharkhand after it wreaked havoc on their standing crop and houses, said a forest official Sunday. 'Primary investigations reveal that the wild elephant was poisoned Friday.
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