One injured in landmine blast in West Bengal

June 10th, 2009 CHAIBASA - Eleven policemen were killed and three others injured when Maoists triggered off a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District on Wednesday. According to police officials, the incident took place at around 8:30 a.m.

May 11th, 2009 DHAMTARI - Two policemen were killed and five others injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari District on Monday. According to police, the blast took place when the Naxals blew up a police vehicle carrying the personnel in Risgaon village under Sihawa police station area.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday was largely free of extremist violence, unlike the previous phases, the Election Commission said here. 'There were many polling booths under the the 10 Naxal-affected parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal (7) and Bihar (3),' Deputy Election Commissioner R.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two landmines planted by suspected Maoist guerrillas to target poll officials exploded in West Bengal's Leftist insurgency-hit areas on the voting day Thursday causing injuries to a security person. 'One central paramilitary force jawan was injured in a low-intensity landmine blast in Balrampur area (in the Maoist-affected Purulia district).

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Three people, including two poll officials, were killed and two paramilitary troopers injured Thursday when landmines, planted by suspected Maoist guerrillas to disrupt elections, went off in West Bengal's Maoist-hit districts. The two polling sector office personnel and their car driver were killed in a landmine explosion targeting poll officials, who were returning from a forest area in the violence-hit West Midnapore district in the evening, inspector General of police (Western Range) Kuldip singh told IANS.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two civilians were killed and a paramilitary trooper was injured Thursday when landmines, planted by suspected Maoist guerrillas to disrupt elections, went off in West Bengal's Maoist-affected districts. Two civilians were killed in a landmine explosion targeting poll officials, who were returning from a forest area in the violence-hit West Midnapore district in the evening, Inspector General (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

April 21st, 2009 JAMMU - At least five civilians, including a woman, were killed in a powerful landmine blast planted by suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, two days ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, police said. Five people were also injured when the Tata pickup, the victims were travelling in, hit a landmine in mountainous Marha area of Poonch district, about 230 km northwest of Jammu.

April 17th, 2009 RANCHI - A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper accompanying election officials was killed and three were injured when Maoist rebels triggered a landmine blast in Jharkhand Friday, police said. 'The landmine blast took place near Oriya village of Latehar district when security personnel were returning with EVMs (electronic voting machines) after polls,' Jharkhand poice spokesperson S.N.

March 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two people were killed and 12 injured in an explosion in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Wednesday, police said. 'There was an explosion at Chowpatty market in Alipurduar around 11.10 a.m.

March 18th, 2009 ALIPURDUAR - One person was reportedly killed and three others injured in a blast in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday. According to unconfirmed reports, the incident took place in Alipurduar when a bag containing bomb on the cycle blasted.

March 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - One person was killed and 12 others injured in an explosion in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Wednesday, police said. 'There was an explosion at Chowpatty market in Alipurduar around 11.10 a.m.

March 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - One person was killed and four others injured in a blast in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Wednesday, police said. 'The blast occurred in a crowded municipal market of Alipurduar,' Inspector General (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

March 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Two people were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Bokaro district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team was patrolling when suspected rebels of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered a landmine on a culvert near Kanjgiro village of Bokaro district, around 180 km from here, Sunday afternoon.

February 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 12 security personnel were hurt Monday when their vehicle was blown up by a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Orissa’s Gajapati district, police said. The landmine went off when the vehicle carrying the personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was passing next to a hill near Andheri village in Gajapati, some 470 km from here.

February 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Five police personnel were injured in a landmine blast by the Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Friday, a police officer said. When the five cops were returning to the Bundu police station, rebels belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated a landmine near a bridge situated under the Bundu block, around 70 km from here.