Bihar Naxal Violence

The Congress-RJD combine's poll pact with ultra-Left CPI(ML) in Bihar is deplorable and unfortunate as it can lead to a resurgence of naxalism in the state which has reeled under Maoist violence for long, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday.

A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.

Heavily armed Maoists blew up the Khaira Block office, destroyed official files by putting them on fire and torched 12 sand-laden truck late last night in the district, during their two-day East Bihar and Jharkand bandh agitation, police sources said.

Two bomb disposal squad personnel were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists at Bankebazar in Gaya district went off and a goods train derailed after a blast in Muzaffarpur district during the 24-hour 'Bharat bandh' called on Monday by the Maoists.The two personnel, Vijay Kumar and Jai Chand, of the Bihar Military Police wer...

A bandh call by Naxals has hit train services in Bihar. Trains coming into and going out of the state were stopped at various places on Sunday night following threats to blow up tracks.The Naxals have also blown up Satwahini railway station and abducted the station master. They have also burnt down two mobile phone towers in Aurangabad district. Ea...

Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voter turnout in the second of six-phase elections in Bihar today was robust recording around 53 per cent amid stray incidents of violence in which three poll officials were kidnapped by the rebels. (Watch: Naxal shadow over phase II polls)The three poll personnel held captive by the Maoists from Subaigarh bo...

Five people have been killed in two separate incidents of Maoist violence - one at a highway toll plaza in Gaya in Bihar and the second in Orissa.

A couple based in Andhra Pradesh were responsible for the spurt of Naxal violence in Bihar and Jharkhand, a senior police officer claimed on Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening about 50 Naxals torched the Ismailpur railway station on the Gaya-Delhi rail route in Bihar.

A day before the elections get underway, the Maoists have raised the red flag. On Wednesday there was violence in Bihar and Jharkhand.

The Congress-RJD combine's poll pact with ultra-Left CPI(ML) in Bihar is deplorable and unfortunate as it can lead to a resurgence of naxalism in the state which has reeled under Maoist violence for long, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday.

A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.

Heavily armed Maoists blew up the Khaira Block office, destroyed official files by putting them on fire and torched 12 sand-laden truck late last night in the district, during their two-day East Bihar and Jharkand bandh agitation, police sources said.

Two bomb disposal squad personnel were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists at Bankebazar in Gaya district went off and a goods train derailed after a blast in Muzaffarpur district during the 24-hour 'Bharat bandh' called on Monday by the Maoists.The two personnel, Vijay Kumar and Jai Chand, of the Bihar Military Police wer...

A bandh call by Naxals has hit train services in Bihar. Trains coming into and going out of the state were stopped at various places on Sunday night following threats to blow up tracks.The Naxals have also blown up Satwahini railway station and abducted the station master. They have also burnt down two mobile phone towers in Aurangabad district. Ea...

Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voter turnout in the second of six-phase elections in Bihar today was robust recording around 53 per cent amid stray incidents of violence in which three poll officials were kidnapped by the rebels. (Watch: Naxal shadow over phase II polls)The three poll personnel held captive by the Maoists from Subaigarh bo...

Five people have been killed in two separate incidents of Maoist violence - one at a highway toll plaza in Gaya in Bihar and the second in Orissa.

A couple based in Andhra Pradesh were responsible for the spurt of Naxal violence in Bihar and Jharkhand, a senior police officer claimed on Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening about 50 Naxals torched the Ismailpur railway station on the Gaya-Delhi rail route in Bihar.

A day before the elections get underway, the Maoists have raised the red flag. On Wednesday there was violence in Bihar and Jharkhand.