Rahul blames states for Maoist menaceOctober 15th, 2009 RANCHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday blamed the Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh governments for the Maoist problem. Gandhi told reporters that while Maoists were a law and order problem, state governments were not taking programmes meant to uplift the poor to those for whom these were intended.
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.
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 torch four trucks, blast bridge in JharkhandOctober 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels have torched four trucks and have blown up a bridge in Jharkhand, police said Monday. According to police, one truck was torched late Sunday night on Grant Trunk (GT) road in Dhanbad district and three in neighbouring Giridih district.
Maoists behead kidnapped cop, body found on Jharkhand-Ranchi HighwayOctober 6th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Police on Tuesday said they had found the decapitated body of kidnapped police inspector Francis Enduwar. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Jharkhand Range), R.K.Malik, said that Enduwar's headless body was found at around 9.15 a.m.
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.
Maoists warn more attacks in Jharkhand, demand release of their leadersOctober 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels active in Jharkhand on Saturday threatened to carry out more attacks on Government establishments, politicians and security forces if their top leaders, presently under detention were not released. The Maoists have also given a call for a 24-hour shutdown condemning the arrest of their leader Chhatradhar Mahato of People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA).
Maoists blow up railway track in JharkhandOctober 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels on Tuesday blew up a railway track between the Dania and the Jogeshwar railway stations under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway in Jharkhand. The powerful explosion damaged about one-metre of the track, which led to disruption of rail traffic for over 11 hours.
Maoists violence in Jharkhand, Orissa on second day of shutdownAugust 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists burnt down four trucks and injured one security person here on Tuesday on the second day of the shutdown, declared by them in five states. According to an eyewitness, there were more than 30-armed Maoists who attacked and urnt several trucks on National Highway-33, about 40 km from Ranchi.
Maoists burn six trucks in JharkhandAugust 18th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels set six bauxite-laden trucks on fire in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said Tuesday. According to police, Maoist rebels have banned the movement of bauxite-carrying trucks in the district.
Maoists attack coalmine, burn two trucks in JharkhandAugust 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.
Jharkhand shutdown evokes a mixed responseJuly 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - The shutdown call given by Maoists against rising prices of the essential commodities in Jharkhand evoked a mixed response here today. Mohammed Sahid, a train passenger said, "Maoists were justified in giving a shutdown call."
Mohammed Chand, a bus agent, said that everyone was at loss and nobody would gain anything from this shutdown.
Maoist conduit nabbed in New DelhiJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI/RANCHI - Delhi Police Commissioner YS Dadwal has said that police nabbed a trader in New Delhi following a seizure of mobile phones and communication equipment in Jharkhand. Praveen Kumar Sharma, who was arrested on Tuesday, was produced before a local court on Wednesday.
Maoists call for 24-hour shutdown in RanchiMarch 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Movement came to a standstill in Jharkhand's Ranchi district due to the daylong shutdown called by the Maoists on Wednesday. The shutdown was called as mark of protest against alleged harsh police treatment meted out to Maoists in prisons.
Two Maoists killed in JharkhandMarch 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Two Maoist rebels were killed after a two-hour-long shootout with police in Palamau district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a hideout of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Barijharia village under Chainpur police station in Palamau district, 180 km from the state capital, and asked the rebels to surrender.
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