Jharkhand CM runs into fresh controversy

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has run into a fresh controversy with one of his prominent detractors alleging that he has links with the supremo of an outlawed extremist outfit in the state.
Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi is demanding a CBI inquiry into the matter in the wake of reports of one hardcore member of [...]

Jharkhand Maoists ask truckers to stop bauxite loading

Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) A Maoist group has asked truck owners not to load and ferry bauxite from the Lohardagga district of Jharkhand, police sources said Sunday.”Any trucker found ferrying bauxite will be punished,” said a police official quoting the poster issued as a diktat by Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC).
The poster asks truck owners to [...]

Red aid to villagers worries cops

Dumka, Nov. 2: The district administration was taken aback by the assault of five district mining personnel in the hands of villagers opposing private power plants.
But it is yet to make a strategy to counter the raising Naxalite interference in the anti-power project movements.
The villagers had reportedly assaulted the five district mining employees, who [...]

ATTACK ON PASWAN & BUDDHA: Security misses 1200m trigger wire

Calcutta, Nov. 2: Security sources said today’s blast by suspected Maoists in West Midnapore reflected lax security and patrolling in the area before a VIP visit.
Sources in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) said no sniffer dogs were used in the security operation before the visit by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Union steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan [...]

Indian minister survives Maoist attack

W DELHI, India (CNN) — A federal minister escaped a landmine explosion set off by suspected Maoist rebels in West Bengal state in eastern India, police said Monday.
The explosion Sunday in the Midnapore district destroyed one vehicle that was part of Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s convoy, police said.
The minister was not hurt but the [...]