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Police patrol escapes Maoist blast

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 16:26

A police patrol had a narrow escape today after its two vehicles passed barely seconds before Maoists triggered a blast on NH-75 in Latehar district.

No relaxation in anti-Naxalite ops in Palamau zone: Police

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 00:23

There will be no relaxation in the ongoing anti-Maoist operations in Palamau, Latehar and Garwah districts of Jharkhand, newly appointed Inspector General (Palamau Zone), R K Mallick said.

Maoists in Jharkhand force builders to stop construction of a culvert

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 17:16

When the building contractors failed to oblige the extortion demands, a group of Maoists in Jharkhand forced a halt to the construction of a culvert.

Five children abducted by Maoists return home

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 22:05

All the five boys, who were among the six teenagers abducted by the Maoists recently, have returned home, police said on Saturday.

Jharkhand Maoists training children to plant bombs

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 21:22

After planting bomb inside the dead body of a soldier they killed in an ambush, the Maoists in Jharkhand have been found to working on a even sinister plan - training children to plant bombs.

Special team to probe woman constable`s gang-rape

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 13:47

An SIT will probe the gang-rape of a woman constable in Jharkhand`s Latehar district while she was travelling with the body of a relative.

Jharkhand cop taking away dead relative`s body gang-raped

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 12:26

In a ghastly crime, a woman constable in the process of performing the last rites for a dead relative was gang-raped in Jharkhand`s Latehar district.

Jharkhand DGP leads operation against Maoists

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 18:07

Jharkhand police chief Rajeev Kumar is leading an operation against the Maoists in the deep forests of Kumandih in Latehar district.

Tribals in J`khand village ask for better facilities

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 17:35

A government official who visited a remote village of tribals living in Jharkhand`s Latehar district has been requested for health and education facilities.

Top Maoist leader brought to Latehar for interrogation

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 21:28

A Maoist mastermind, allegedly involved in implanting explosives in the stomach of two policemen, was brought to Latehar from Bihar`s Muzaffarpur.

Three Maoists killed in Latehar

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 13:30

At least three Maoists were today killed in an encounter with the security personnel in Latehar district`s Katia forests, a senior CRPF official said.

BDO asked to direct panchayat sevaks to pay extortion

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 23:07

A newly-formed extremist group has sent a letter to a government official, purportedly asking him to direct panchayat sevaks under his block in Latehar district to cough up Rs seven lakh.