Bihar Naxal Attack

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  Bihar Home Guard Jawan Fires Indiscriminately, Gets Killed By Cops

  A 52-year-old Home Guard personnel was shot dead in a police encounter after he indiscriminately fired many rounds in a fit of "mental distress", leading to an initial impression that it was a naxal attack, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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  Attack On CRPF Commandos: Rajnath Singh Assures Help To Bihar Government

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured the Bihar government of all possible help to tackle the Maoists in the wake of the killing of 10 CRPF commandos by the rebels in the state.

• Senior CRPF Officer Dies in Encounter With Naxals in Bihar's Jamui

  A senior officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in a gunbattle with Naxals in Bihar's Jamui this morning. Hira Kumar Jha, the second-in-command of CRPF base in Jamui, died in the anti-Naxal operation that took place in the Lakharia forest region.

• In Naxal-affected Lok Sabha seats, several attempts to disrupt polls

  Just as polling started in 10 Naxal-affected Lok Sabha seats across Bihar and Jharkhand, Naxals triggered an explosive in Bihar's Jamui district.

• 2 CRPF jawans killed in suspected Naxal attack on polling day in Bihar

  Two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and four others injured in a landmine blast in Bihar early this morning. The blast took place between Jamui, where voting is being held in the third phase of Lok Sabha election, and Munger.

• After Patna, Indian Mujahideen had big terror strikes planned, claim investigators

  The Indian Mujahideen planned to follow up their terror attack in Patna last month with explosions at Nalanda University, 100 kms away and strikes in Chhattisgarh, which votes this month for its next government, say investigators.

• Seven killed as Maoists blow up a vehicle in Bihar's Aurangabad district

  In a daring attack, Maoists on Thursday blew up a vehicle killing all seven occupants in Bihar's naxal-infested Aurangabad district, a top police officer said.

• Seven people killed in landmine blast by suspected Naxals in Bihar: Police

  Seven people were killed today in a landmine blast by suspected Naxals in Obara area Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said. The incident took place about 50 km from district headquarters, at a small bridge.

• Maoists kill Special Task Force trooper in Bihar

  Maoist guerrillas attacked a patrol vehicle in Bihar's Jamui district late last night, killing a Special Task Force (STF) trooper and seriously injuring two others, police said.

• Suspected Naxals attack police jeep in Bihar, two jawans killed

  Two jawans of the Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) force were killed and as many injured when armed Maoists attacked a patrol party late this evening in Amarut village of this Naxal-hit Bihar district.

• 5 security personnel killed in encounter with Maoists in Bihar

  Five security personnel, including three policemen, were killed today when armed Naxals attacked them during the construction of a tunnel in Bihar's Aurangabad district of Bihar, 200 km from capital Patna.

• Alert sounded in Giridih, Dhanbad after Naxal attack on train in Bihar

  The Jharkhand Police have sounded an alert in Giridih and Dhanbad in the wake of the brazen attack by Maoists on a train in neighbouring Bihar's Jamui district.

• In dealing with Naxalism, Centre urges states to copy Andhra Pradesh

  More than 100 Naxals attacked a train in Bihar on Thursday and killed three people including a soldier of the Railway Protection Force (RPF).

• Blog: 'I was on Bihar train attacked by Naxals'

  Pranav K Choudhary, a journalist from Bihar, was on the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express which was attacked by over 100 Maoists today. He had boarded the train from from Jasidih in Deoghar junction less than two hours before the attack. He tells us his experience:

• Over 100 Naxals attack train in Bihar; three killed, seven injured

  A group of over 100 Naxals, including some women, attacked a passenger train in Bihar this afternoon killing three people and injuring seven others.