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.
Absence of teachers keeps literacy rate low in BiharSeptember 8th, 2009 PATNA - Even as the world's observing 'International Literacy Day' on Tuesday, Bihar continues to suffer from rampant illiteracy. Despite the government's repeated efforts to improve standards of teaching, schools are grappling with a lack of teaching staff and creaking infrastructure.
Maoists kill four men for spyingSeptember 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of four tribal men in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Friday. Police said Maoists had killed the men accusing them of being police spies.
Maoists blow up forest office in OrissaAugust 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists Thursday blew up a forest range office in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said. About 30 rebels, in two vehicles, came to the office at Tamra under the Banki police station around 2 p.m.
Chhattisgarh Maoist massacre report fake: policeAugust 14th, 2009 RAIPUR - The reported massacre of eight members of a family, including two minor girls, over a property dispute in a Chhattisgarh village was a fake complaint, intended to lure security personnel into a Maoist ambush, police said Friday. "None of the eight people of a family was killed, we confirmed earlier.
Three Maoists killed in gunfight with police in OrissaAugust 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least three Maoists were killed Wednesday in a gunfight with police in Orissa's Rayagada district, officials said. A joint team of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh police fatally shot the militants in a forested area under Chandili police station, about 45 km from the district headquarter of Rayagada, Ashish Kumar Singh, district superintendent of police, told IANS.
Lathis against Ak-47s: Chhattisgarh cops are sitting ducksAugust 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - It could well be dubbed the capital of India's Maoist country. But thousands of policemen in Chhattisgarh who take on the AK-47-carrying rebels are armed with the humble 'lathis' or bamboo staves.
Maoists abduct policeman in West BengalJuly 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - A police official was abducted by a group of suspected Maoists Friday evening in the troubled Lalgarh region of West Bengal, following which a gun battle ensued between the rebels and security personnel, police said. "We came to know that a policeman was abducted by a group of Maoists in Lalgarh-Ramgarh region.
Fear of Maoists keeps school shut for 3 monthsJuly 18th, 2009 PATNA - During the Lok Sabha elections in April Maoist rebels blew up a portion of a school building in Bihar's Gaya district to prevent security forces from using it as a camp. Three months later, authorities of the Patluka Bunyadi (Basic) School are yet to re-open it.
Maoists fire at security forces camp in LalgarhJuly 13th, 2009 LALGARH - A day after Maoists killed around 30 policemen in ambush attacks in Chhattisgarh, a group of rebels fired Monday night at a security forces camp in West Bengal's Lalgarh area, where the government has launched a massive operation to push out the leftwing rebels. The Maoists fired at a security force camp in Dharampur in West Midnapore district, on the 26th day of the operation launched by the government against the radicals.
Maoists hijack two buses in BiharJuly 4th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists Saturday hijacked two buses in Gaya district after letting the passengers get off, police said. The Maoists stopped the two private vehicles near Dumaria and asked the passengers to get down, police said.
Declaring Maoists as terrorists no solution: KaratJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday opposed a ban on the Maoists, saying that declaring the Leftwing rebels as terrorists was no solution, and political and administrative measures should be used instead to check their growth. Reacting to the union home ministry's declaration of the Communist Party of India-Maoist as a terrorist outfit, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said that the "Maoists must be combated politically and administratively".
Maoists using children as human shields: Chhattisgarh legislatorMay 24th, 2009 RAIPUR - Maoists are forcibly taking away children from villages and using them as human shields against security forces, alleges a Chhattisgarh legislator, whose constituency is badly hit by Left extremist insurgency. "Maoists are forcibly picking up boys and girls from their houses and schools in the interiors to use them as shields in the war against (security) forces," Mahesh Gagda, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Bijapur, told IANS.
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.
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.
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