Narayanpatna, Orissa:
It is a tense situation in Orissa as the police are battling the Maoists in an ongoing encounter in Narayanpatna.
Four policemen were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists near Narayanpatna. The police retaliated with heavy fire, killing three Maoists including a senior Maoist woman with an Insas rifle.
Maoists also blew up a mobile phone tower in Malkangiri in Orissa.