Maoists didn’t strike YSR’s chopper: NSA

October 2nd, 2009 RAIPUR - Thousands of policemen and paramilitary troopers were relocated in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Friday to strengthen security in vulnerable forested areas ahead of the Maoists' nationwide strike called Saturday. Amid a spree of Maoist violence in recent months in Chhattisgarh, state police and paramilitary troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were moved to key areas and government buildings Friday in Bastar region.

September 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police Saturday sent a chopper to the southern Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisagrh to look for five policemen who went missing after battling guerrillas in Dantewada district Friday. "Some five policemen are still missing.

September 9th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists blew up several buildings, including a police post, in Orissa's Sundergarh district early Thursday, police said. The rebels triggered the blast at Kalta village, located about 100 km from the steel city of Rourkela to protest against the arrest of some villagers last month by police.

September 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday, had a narrow escape last year when the helicopter carrying him made an emergency landing on a road.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter took off for Hyderabad from Kurnool Thursday with the body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a chopper crash a day earlier.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday night constituted a four-member team to probe the chopper crash that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others appeared to have exploded after hitting a hillock, said a senior official Thursday.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Thursday began a probe into the chopper crash that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others Wednesday.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - With panic and anxiety writ large on their faces, hundreds of Congress party workers gathered at the state secretariat here waiting to hear some news about the whereabouts and safety of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who remained untraced since his chopper went missing Wednesday morning.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - A controversial twist was introduced into the case of missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy on Wednesday, when a private television channel revealed that the seven-seater Bell chopper that was carrying him to Chitoor, was not airworthy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) Wednesday evening pressed into service a frontline Sukhoi SU-30MKI combat jet that has night vision capabilities to locate the missing helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Uncertainty persisted Wednesday over the whereabouts of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, whose helicopter went missing at 10.30 a.m.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - With the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, which went missing Wednesday morning, not emitting emergency signals, the authorities here are hoping that he is safe.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday convened an emergency meeting with Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee after the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.

August 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels set two trucks ablaze and attacked a Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) mine, while enforcing a 48-hour strike in Jharkhand, police said Saturday. Maoist rebels attacked a CCL mine near Tori Railway station in the state's Latehar district.