Maoists blow up telecom tower, torch truck in BiharOctober 14th, 2009 PATNA - Maoists blew up a tower of a private telecom firm and torched a truck in Bihar's Sheohar District last night. According to officials, around 45 to 50 Maoists blew up the Airtel tower at Brindaban Bazar and asked villagers to stay at home.
Maoists violence in Bihar, Jharkhand on second day of shutdownOctober 13th, 2009 PATNA/RANCHI - Maoists ransacked Banshipur Railway Station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on the second day of their two-day shutdown. They torched communication system installed in the railway cabin of the station.
Bihar police to get Army training to counter "Red Army"October 12th, 2009 Army will train police in Bihar to enable them successfully counter the Maoists, police officials said today. Officials said the Bihar police required special training to suitably counter the "grown-up" Maoists.
Maoists blow up railway track, begin 2-day shutdown in Jharkhand, BiharOctober 12th, 2009 RANCHI/PATNA - Maoists blew up a stretch of a railway track and set ablaze three trucks in Jharkhand as they began a two-day shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand in protest against the Centre's alleged effort to put down the CPI (Maoists) movement by force. According to sources, the incident took place at around 2:30 a.m.
Maoists attack private plant in Bihar, kidnap security guardsSeptember 2nd, 2009 PATNA - About 400 armed Maoists attacked a plant owned by a private road construction firm and kidnapped six security guards on Wednesday in the Jamui district of Bihar. The Jamui district comes under the Maoist affected areas of the state.
Maoists blow up school building in BiharJune 16th, 2009 GAYA - In a fresh case of Maoist violence in Bihar, rebels triggered dynamite blasts in a government school building at Chakarbandha village in Gaya district on Monday. Two more buildings in the vicinity of the school, housing the village community hall and the village administration office were also damaged in the blast.
Naxals strike Jharkhand, Bihar ahead of second phase of pollingApril 22nd, 2009 RANCHI/ PATNA - With just a day left for the second phase of general elections, the Naxals have attacked at several places in Bihar and Jharkhand to impose a shut-down in the two states. The latest incident has happened in Jharkhand this morning, where the Naxals took 700-800 people hostage as they were travelling in a train from Barkana in Jharkhand to Mugalsarai in Uttar Pradesh.
Train hijacked by Maoists releasedApril 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists released a passenger train they had hijacked in Jharkhand's Latehar district Wednesday after a three-hour standoff, district and railway officials said. 'The train has been released by Maoists and has moved from the station,' Latehar District Magistrate Sarvendu Tathagat told IANS.
War of words continues over Maoists attack in BiharApril 22nd, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were engaged in a war of words on Wednesday hours after Maoists struck in four places in Bihar and Jharkhand. "The entire Nitish Kumar Government is a failure in Bihar.
Another polling booth attacked by Maoists in BiharApril 16th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoist rebels Thursday afternoon attacked a second polling station in Bihar during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, police said. The attack took place in Rohtas district, while the earlier attack was in Gaya district where two security personnel were killed.
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.
Three people killed by Maoists in BiharMarch 17th, 2009 PATNA - Three people have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in a Bihar village, police said Tuesday. The incident took place when armed Maoist guerrillas attacked Khaira village of Lakhisarai district late Monday night.
Bihar policemen's union demands 'concrete plan' to fight MaoistsFebruary 10th, 2009 PATNA - Two days after 10 policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected Maoists in a remote Bihar village, a Bihar policemen's union Wednesday has called for a 'concrete action plan' to fight the rebels. 'The police headquarters has failed to chalk out a concrete action plan till date despite the fact that dozens of policemen are being killed every year,' Bihar Policemen's Association general secretary Jitendra Narayan Singh said here.
Ten prisoners escape as Maoists attack Bihar courtJanuary 15th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists Friday attacked a court in Bihar's Jamui district, leading to the escape of 10 under-trials including two Maoist activists, the police said. A group of armed Maoists attacked a police escort Friday evening in the Jamui court premises when over three dozen under-trial prisoners were being taken back to jail after hearing in the court, the police said.
Policemen at the receiving end against Maoists in BiharDecember 25th, 2008 PATNA - More policemen were killed than Maoist rebels in over 100 gun battles in Bihar in the last five years, police officers said here Friday. A police officer in the state home department said that in the last five years, there had been 130 shoot-outs in Bihar between the police and the activists of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in which 76 policemen and 63 rebels were killed.
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