Dalit protests turn violent during Bharat bandh, 9 dead

At least 6 persons died in MP, 2 in UP, one in Rajasthan during protests against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Other states hit with violence included Punjab,......

Coal mine mishap in Odisha kills 4

At least four persons were killed and five others injured when a coal dump caved in near an open cast mine area of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in Sundargarh district of Odisha on Saturday. "So far......

Maoists on offensive, derail trains, kill cop

It has been a bloody Tuesday. From Orissa to West Bengal to Jharkhand to Bihar, the Maoists are on a rampage. In Bihar's Gaya, the Naxals blasted rail tracks, leaving the New-Delhi Bhubaneswar-New......

Orissa: Maoists kill abducted police inspector

Maoists shot dead a police officer they had abducted, even as a Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed in a landmine explosion during the combing operation launched to rescue him, at......