Greyhounds Force

A 30-year-old constable of Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist force of the Telangana Police, died due to an electric shock during combing operations in a forest area of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, officials said on Monday.

Six members of CPI (Maoist) were killed in an alleged exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police in Visakhapatnam district today, while a gunbattle took place between security forces and Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district.

A Portland-based comedian says U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents forced him to get off a Greyhound bus in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday and show proof of citizenship.

At least 10 Maoists, including six women, were gunned down in an encounter near Telangana-Chhattisgarh border, early this morning. A commando from the anti-Maoist Greyhound team was also killed in the gunfight, police said.

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.

The man who tried to kidnap a top industrialist in Hyderabad on Wednesday, armed with an AK 47, is allegedly a policeman who was part of the "Greyhounds", an elite anti-Naxal commando force.

The Centre today toughened its position on Naxalism, ruling out talks with those engaged in waging a war against the state, and reserved its right to retaliate if attacked by them.

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed Andhra government for deploying elite anti-Naxalite police force in Osmania University campus to cope with students' unrest.

A well-armed specialised force, the Greyhounds, was raised almost 20 years ago. Trained to neutralise the Naxals' guerilla army - the key to Andhra's so-called success in war against Naxals - the Greyhounds had a focused purpose.

Ten days after the Greyhound forces were attacked by Naxals in Orissa's Malkangiri district, the authorities have finally retrieved the boat which sunk after the attack. This is again indication of how ill equipped the government is in dealing with the Naxal's in remote areas.

A 30-year-old constable of Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist force of the Telangana Police, died due to an electric shock during combing operations in a forest area of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, officials said on Monday.

Six members of CPI (Maoist) were killed in an alleged exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police in Visakhapatnam district today, while a gunbattle took place between security forces and Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district.

A Portland-based comedian says U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents forced him to get off a Greyhound bus in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday and show proof of citizenship.

At least 10 Maoists, including six women, were gunned down in an encounter near Telangana-Chhattisgarh border, early this morning. A commando from the anti-Maoist Greyhound team was also killed in the gunfight, police said.

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.

The man who tried to kidnap a top industrialist in Hyderabad on Wednesday, armed with an AK 47, is allegedly a policeman who was part of the "Greyhounds", an elite anti-Naxal commando force.

The Centre today toughened its position on Naxalism, ruling out talks with those engaged in waging a war against the state, and reserved its right to retaliate if attacked by them.

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed Andhra government for deploying elite anti-Naxalite police force in Osmania University campus to cope with students' unrest.

A well-armed specialised force, the Greyhounds, was raised almost 20 years ago. Trained to neutralise the Naxals' guerilla army - the key to Andhra's so-called success in war against Naxals - the Greyhounds had a focused purpose.

Ten days after the Greyhound forces were attacked by Naxals in Orissa's Malkangiri district, the authorities have finally retrieved the boat which sunk after the attack. This is again indication of how ill equipped the government is in dealing with the Naxal's in remote areas.