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Advantage Maoists as UPA confused by Jairam's line

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh had a talk with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday about security related, developmental and the political situation on Ground Zero in Chhattisgarh's tribal area.

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 Chandiposh forest area, approximately 50 km from Rourkela in Orissa on Friday. The body of Sub-Inspector Ajit Bardhan, 30, who was abducted by armed Maoists late on Thursday night, was recovered during a combing operation. CRPF jawan, Abdul Rafiq, 29, was killed in a landmine explosion.

Maoist leader, wife killed in AP encounter

Maoists blow up JMM MP's house in Jharkhand

Maoists on Tuesday night blew up the ancestral house of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Kameshwar Baitha in Palamau district.

Maoists blast police station in AP

Three Maoists killed in two encounters in Andhra

Three Maoists were killed in two separate encounters in Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The encounters occurred a day after a group of suspected Maoists looted Rs 10 lakh from a bank in the same district. According to the police, two Maoists were killed in an encounter in Polavaram forest area of Khammam on Tuesday.In another incident, a Maoist was killed in an encounter with the police in Nandigamapadu village.

Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand, Bihar

Maoists blew up railway tracks in Latehar district of Jharkhand and Vaishali district of Bihar on Saturday, the first day of a two-day Jharkhand-Bihar bandh called by them.

Odisha: Farmer killed by Maoists for being an 'informer'

A tribal farmer was shot dead by Maoists, who suspected him of being a police informer, in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Monday night, said the police. Nearly 15 Maoists reached the house of farmer and small time contractor Bhima Sisha, 35, of Sishaput under Mudulipada police station in the Maoist-prone district on Monday night.

Maoists didn't kill Saraswati, claims VHP

Expressing doubts over the Maoists' claim of having killed leader Lakshmananda Saraswati, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday insisted that 'a sect of Christians' was behind the murder that has sparked widespread rioting in Orissa.VHP General Secretary Pravin Togadia said his organisation and the Maoists have no reasons for confrontation and the Maoists could have made the claims under 'Communist Influence' to divert attention.