Kaimur: Some young Naxal cadres, who till very recently, were part of the armed movement, are now training with the state police force in Bihar. This has happened because of an initiative called Naxal Super 30, launched by the Kaimur district police. A total of 30 tribal youths are now a part of the training exercise. "We would have become Naxals had we not been shown a road ahead. If...
08:41 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Jamui: Maoists on Wednesday night triggered a blast at a railway track and set afire two mobile phone towers and a tractor in Bihar's Jamui district, police said. A group of heavily armed Maoists triggered blast at the railway track near Narganju rail station, they said. Train services were disrupted due to the incident, police said. In Sanowar area, the rebels set afire two mobile phone towers and a tractor,...
02:19 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Dehri-on-sone: The Bihar Police has lodged an FIR against 60 unknown policemen for allegedly ransacking shops and assaulting traders in a market in Dehri-on-sone. After a scuffle with a constable in the market area, a posse of policemen from local police line rushed to the market and ransacked some shops on Tuesday evening. According to Rohtas Superintendent of Police, the policemen also assaulted some businessmen on Tuesday evening. He further...
06:19 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: In the densely forested Kaimur hills in Rohtas, villagers are now the Bihar Police's first line of defence against Maoists. The tribals in Rohtas district in Bihar who till yesterday didn't know much beyond sowing fields or grazing cattle are now being taught to pick up guns and shoot. The police are providing soft loans to the tribals to help them procure weapons and also training them to...
10:08 AM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Bihar Police detained a suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) operative Riyaul Sarkar in connection with the Mumbai serial blasts in Kishanganj district of Bihar on Sunday. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) team reached Kishanganj to interrogate him. The arrest forms part of a nation-wide crackdown on suspected HuJI and Indian Mujahideen operatives. A team of Maharashtra police is also camping in Ahmedabad to question some Indian Mujahideen operatives arrested in connection...
02:08 PM, Jul 17, 2011
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Bihar, in a new, resurgent India, is often presented as a case study of what a positive politics of development and inclusive growth can yield. ...
06:48 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Aurangabad: Five-year-old Suryakant has more jobs at his hands than just playing with his friends. For last seven days, he has been marking his daily attendance at the local police station. Cops of Aurangabad district in Bihar have declared the 5-year-old kid as a Gunda, a guy who is threatening peace in this area and disrupting the processes of Panchayat polls. Section 107 of IPC has been imposed on him ...
09:21 PM, Apr 30, 2011
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has claimed that the state government did not enter into any deal with the Maoists for the safe release of the three abducted policemen. "There was no deal with the Maoists for the release of the policemen. The three abducted policemen have been released. It's a relief that the three have been safely released but it is sad that one abducted policemen has been...
12:25 PM, Sep 06, 2010
Patna: The eight-day Bihar hostage crisis ends with the Naxals freeing the three abducted policemen Sub-Inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav, Havaldar Mohammad Ehsaan and Trainee Sub-Inspector Rupesh Kumar Sinha. The three hostages were found in the jungles of Lakhisarai. Four policemen were kidnapped on August 29 during an encounter with Maoists in Lakhisarai. One of them, Bihar Military Police officer Lukas Tete, was killed by the Maoists. His body was found...
08:16 AM, Sep 06, 2010
Patna: Bihar government on Saturday decided to reach out to the Maoists who have abducted Bihar policemen. Following an all-party meeting held in Patna Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to the Maoists to release the three policemen still being held hostage by them. "The government is ready for talks with the Maoists. We will give safe passage to the Maoists leaders who come for talks. Now Maoists should come forward...
06:26 PM, Sep 04, 2010
Patna: The all-party meeting called by Bihar Chief Minister on the hostage crisis began in Patna on Saturday afternoon. Nitish has called the meeting to discuss the abduction of four Bihar police officials by Maoists. One of the abducted security personnel, Bihar Military Police Sub-Inspector Lokus Tete , has already been killed by the Maoists. However, two senior Bihar leaders Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan are not attending the...
04:38 PM, Sep 04, 2010
Jamui: The combing operation to rescue the three abducted Bihar Police officials is on in full swing. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalion is combing the forest in Jamui district to locate Bihar Police sub-inspectors Rupesh Kumar Sinha and Abhay Prasad Yadav and Bihar Military Police Havaldar Ehtesham Khan. CPRF Commandant BC Patra claimed that his forces had trapped the Maoists in the dense forest and hoped to recover ...
02:54 PM, Sep 04, 2010
Patna: A self-proclaimed Maoist spokesman on Saturday claimed that the three policemen abducted by the rebels were safe and the proof about this would be provided shortly, but demanded the Bihar government immediately halt operations and call for talks. The spokesman, Avinash, rang up media offices and said they would provide by 4:00 pm an audio CD containing the voices of the three policemen kidnapped on Sunday from Lakhisarai district....
02:23 PM, Sep 04, 2010
Patna: With the Maoists continuing to elude the police dragnet, combing operations to trace the three policemen abducted by the Naxals were on Saturday expanded to fresh areas in Bihar's Banka, Kaimur, Jamui, Munger and Lakhisarai districts. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is personally monitoring the combing operation, has called an all-party meeting in Patna on Saturday to discuss the situation arising out of the crisis, officials said. "The area...
11:49 AM, Sep 04, 2010
Patna: The mastermind behind the Bihar hostage crisis has been arrested. Bihar Police on Saturday morning arrested the two senior Naxal leaders during a combing operation near the jungles of Lakhisarai and claimed that one of them is the mastermind behind the abduction of four Bihar policemen, one of whom was killed on Thursday. The alleged mastermind has been identified as Pintu, a senior Naxal leader. The other leader has...
08:43 AM, Sep 04, 2010
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