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.
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.
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 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.
Special Task Force arrests seven Maoists in BiharAugust 7th, 2009 PALIGANJ - The Special Task Force (STF) has arrested seven Maoists including the area commander of banned outfit Communist Party of India (Maoists) from Bihar's Paliganj region late on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the STF team, assisted by policemen, had raided a school in Badauli village and arrested the seven Maoists.
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.
Maoists' violence kills 9 policemen in JharkhandJune 12th, 2009 BOKARO - Carrying out a second major strike in last three days, Maoists killed at least nine policemen and injured 10 others in an attack on a Public Sector Unit bank and a subsequent landmine blast in Jharkhand's Bokaro city on Friday. The Maoists, who are observing a Bandh in six States including Jharkhand, attempted to loot the State Bank of India (SBI) branch at Phusro after money was brought there from the Bermo branch of the bank, said Bokaro's Superintendent of Police, L.
10 policemen go missing after Chhattisgarh Maoist attackMay 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least ten policemen have gone missing after a convoy escorted by 41-member police force was attacked by heavily armed Maoists in Chhattisgarh in the late hours of Sunday. The Maoists first attacked the convoy in Dhamtari, and then they ambushed the convoy near Risgaon village the hilly district.
Maoists trigger landmine blast in Bihar killing five policemenApril 24th, 2009 MUZAFFARPUR - Five policemen were killed when Maoists triggered a landmine blast on a vehicle carrying a police patrolling party in Bihar's Muzaffarpur District late on Thursday. Five policemen died on the spot while the vehicle driver was reported as seriously injured.
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.
Three arrested for killing of 10 policemen in BiharFebruary 12th, 2009 PATNA - Three suspected Maoist rebels, including the head of a village panchayat, have been arrested in connection with the killing of 10 policemen in an attack by guerrillas on Feb 9 in Bihar's Nawada district, police said Friday. Mahudhar panchayat head Ram Bhuj Ravidas and two others were arrested Thursday night, Nawada Superintendent of Police Nishant Tiwari told IANS over telephone.
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.
At least 11 policemen killed by Maoists in BiharFebruary 8th, 2009 PATNA - At least 11 policemen, including a police station chief, were killed Monday when suspected Maoist guerrillas attacked them in Bihar's Nawada district, police sources said. Armed Maoist guerillas attacked a police team visiting Mahulitand village in Nawada district, some 175 km from here, and shot dead 11 policemen, police sources said.
10 policemen killed in Maoist attack in BiharFebruary 8th, 2009 PATNA - Ten policemen, including a police station chief, were killed Monday when suspected Maoist guerrillas attacked them in Bihar's Nawada district, the police said. Armed Maoist guerillas attacked a police team visiting Mahulitand village in Nawada district, some 175 km from here, Additional Director General (police headquarters) Neelmani, said.
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