Maoist accused of killing 50 cops held in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR: A top Maoist leader accused of killing over 50 cops and one of his close aides have been arrested in Sambalpur, more than 300 km from Bhubaneswar.
James alias Pawan Lohar and his aide Uddab Putta were held on Saturday and about 2,500 rounds of live ammunition, three large landmines, one global positional system [...]

Chhattisgarh jailbreak: 110 Maoists escape

RAIPUR: Maoists no longer need to storm jails to set their comrades free; their fellow travellers inside prisons, brushing aside a demoralised police force and a listless administration, have taken up the challenge with gusto and are executing it with finesse.
Late on Sunday afternoon, around 4.35pm, Maoist Sujeet overpowered a jail guard in Dantewada [...]

Maoist Press releases make rounds in state

PARALAKHEMUNDI, Dec. 16: After a few months of dormancy the CPI (Maoist) have started circulating   Press releases to a few select reporters, indicating their presence in Gajapati. Since the past one-and-half years there have been no major Naxalite activities as far as Gajapati District is concerned, though there have been reports of some incidents [...]