Naxals Attack Bus

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  Maoist Attack On Police Convoy At Odisha-Andhra Pradesh Border, 7 Die

  Seven policemen were killed in a Maoist attack in Koraput, near the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border. The policemen were part of a convoy which was going from Koraput to Cuttack for training. The Maoists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device when the mini bus, carrying 12 policemen and a civilian, reached near Mogarguma village on the Sunki-Salur hi...

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  Naxals Torch Passenger Bus in Chhattisgarh, None Hurt

  Naxals torched a private travel bus in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, after asking its passengers to alight, police said today. They also fired upon an anti-landmine vehicle in which security forces had rushed to the spot to rescue the passengers.

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  Naxals Torch Mining Vehicles, Private Bus in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District

  Naxals torched 26 vehicles at an iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, the action coming after they had targeted a private operator's bus in Bijapur district last night, police said. Nobody was injured in these incidents, police added.

• Naxals blast CRPF bus; 12 jawans killed, 28 injured

  In a major Naxal attack, 12 CRPF personnel were today killed and 28 others injured when naxals triggered a landmine blast in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. A total of 40 troops were travelling in a bus from Pushtola to Gatta, about 4 kms from here, for an operational duty when at around 1130 hours the blast took place, killing 12 of them.

• Naxals strike again: 4 CRPF men killed in Bengal

  Four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Maoists near Ramgarh in West Midnapore district of West Bengal.   The landmine blew up the vehicle in which they were travelling. Sources say the number of casualties may increase as several jawans have also been injured. They have...

• I was blinded by the impact, says blast survivor

  Sukhram and Vijay, both teachers, were traveling from Dantewada to Sukma. On the bus that the Naxals blew up on Monday in Chhattisgarh. They say the next time they see a policeman board a bus, they will get off it. The two teachers had boarded the bus at the first stop, Dantewada. The special police officers (SPOs) boarded a little while later midw...

• Time to change tactics against Naxals, Chidambaram tells NDTV

  On a day when over 30 people were killed in a Maoist attack in Dantewada, Home Minister P Chidambaram spoke exclusively to NDTV on a range of issues, including the government's Maoist strategy, Mamata Banerjee's demand for early polls in West Bengal and the need for a caste census. Here's the full transcript of the interview with Home Minister P Ch...

• Dantewada bus blast toll 31, PM to review Naxal strategy

  A day after Naxals blew up a bus with security personnel and civilians on board near Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, fresh details have emerged of how the Maoists were able to carry out the attack.Sources have told NDTV that the local police and CRPF swept the road where the explosion took place for landmines just four days ago. The sweeping was done wi...

• Need to revisit tactical operations against Naxals: Chidambaram to NDTV

  Home minister P Chidambaram has told NDTV that he is pained by the attack on a civilian bus in Chhattisgarh that left nearly 50 people dead. "Naxals don't discriminate, only kill," said Chidambaram.

• Naxals blow up bus near Dantewada

  Naxalites have blown up a civilian bus at Sukma Road in Dantewada. At least 50 people have been killed. There were CRPF jawans travelling in the bus, along with civilians.