Maoist Bandh

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  BJP Worker Found Hanging In Bengal's Purulia Committed Suicide: Autopsy

  A 30-year-old BJP worker who was found hanging from an electric pylon yesterday in West Bengal's Purulia committed suicide, doctors at a government hospital have said in the post-mortem report. The death, second in four days -- a BJP worker was found hanging from a tree in the same district on Wednesday -- has sparked a heated political blame game ...

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  Trains Stop After Maoists Blow Up Tracks in Jharkhand

  Maoists began their day-long strike in Jharkhand today by blowing up railway tracks on the Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord section, disrupting movement of several trains including the Rajdhani Express.

• Congress workers call bandh, protest Naxal attack on party leaders

  Congress workers on Sunday disrupted rail and road servcies during the day-long bandh called by the party in Chhattisgarh to press for the dismissal of the BJP government in the wake of the deadly Maoist attack.

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  Nawazuddin Siddiqui's close shave with Maoists while shooting film

  It was a close shave for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was shooting for Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa in the Maoist-affected area of Shimultala in Bihar.

• Maoist bandh fails to evoke response in Andhra-Orissa Border area

  The first day of the two-day bandh called by Maoists of the Andhra-Orissa Border (AOB) to protest against 'Operation Greenhunt' failed to evoke any response.

• Maoist bandh in Andhra-Orissa Border area fails to evoke response

  The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.

• Naxal bandh: Traffic blocked in Khammam

  As a part of their nation-wide bandh, Maoists cut-off trees and placed them on a road leading to the temple town of Bhadrachalam in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. A nation-wide bandh call was given by the banned outfit CPI (Maoists) against Operation Green Hunt and the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).

• Maoists blow up block office in Bihar's Jamui district

  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.

• Maoists blow up rail tracks in Jharkhand

  The Maoists today began their two-day Bharat bandh by blowing up railway tracks in two districts of Jharkhand, even as the death toll in the Naxal attack on the convoy of independent MP and former assembly speaker Inder Singh Namdhari rose to 11.

• Mamata's seven-day deadline for Maoists ends today; tight security across state

  West Bengal is under heightened security as the seven-day deadline laid down by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Maoists to lay down arms ends today. As a retaliatory response, the Maoists have called for a day-long bandh in the Junglemahal area - considered to be one of their strongholds in the state.

• Deadline to Maoists ends on Saturday, security strengthened

  Security has been heightened across Junglemahal with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline to Maoists for laying down arms coming to an end on Saturday and the ultras calling a 24-hour bandh in defiance.

• Maoists reject Mamata's deadline, call bandh on October 22

  As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline for Maoists to lay down arms nears its end, the Left ultras today rejected her ultimatum, instead, calling for a bandh on Saturday, October 22 - the day the deadline expires.

• Bihar: Two securitymen killed during Maoist bandh

  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...

• Maoists bandh starts on violent note, eight killed

  A two-day bandh called by the Maoists in six states today began on a bloody note with Naxals killing two policemen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and five CPI(M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.The ultras also blew up a stretch of railway track near Karmavad railway station in Giridih district in the wee hours.  ...

• Dantewada: Maoists enter Cong leader's house, kill 15-yr-old boy

  A group of Maoists stormed into the house of Congress leader Avadesh Gautam in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh early on Thursday morning and brutally killed his 15-year-old brother-in-law and an associate.This is being seen as a retaliatory strike by the Maoists after one of their top leaders, C Rajakumar alias Azad, was killed in an alleged 'fa...