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Security forces clash with Maoists in central India RAIPUR, India — Security forces fought a pitched jungle battle Wednesday with Maoist rebels in central India, officials said, with no casualties reported on the government side. The clash, involving 225 police and commandos and an...

Amid growing worries over the safety of security personnel, who were caught in the Maoist ambush in the dense forests of Gumiyapal, Chhattisgarh police has claimed that all the members of state’s Special Task Force (STF), Dantewada district police force and ‘Koya commando’ were...

A combined search party of Chhattisgarh Police's Special Task Force and Dantewada district police clashed with Naxals on Tuesday in the Gumiapal forests in Dantewada district. Contrary to initial reports of security forces suffering heavy losses, a senior Chhattisgarh police officer told...

Encounter with Naxals in Dantewada over, no casualties Raipur: A fierce encounter took place on Wednesday between a police party of 75 personnel and Maoists near Kirandul in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Due to heavy rains in the area, the authorities could not contact the police...

Security forces on Wednesday launched a major operation at a Naxal hideout in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district where heavily-armed Maoists fired at them but there were no immediate reports of casualties. There was fierce exchange of fire in the operation which started...

About 70 police personnel were Wednesday reported missing in Chhattisgarh forests amid a major gunfight between heavily armed Maoists and the security forces in Dantewada area, authorities said. The gunfight began when Maoists attacked a search party of the state police in a thickly forested...

Naxals on Wednesday attacked police personnel in Dantewada region of Chhattisgarh, leaving at least 12 jawans dead. The ambush took place near Gunyapal village camp under Kirandoor police station limits. A fierce gunbattle between the Naxals and security forces followed. The dead were...

Raipur: An exchange of fire has been on for over an hour between suspected Maoists and paramilitary and police forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police have said. Early reports say a group of security personnel was ambushed by suspected Naxals. One police jawan has died and...

A major gunfight between heavily armed Maoists and police personnel broke out Wednesday in a forest in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area, sources at the police headquarters here said. The gunfight began when Maoists attacked a search party of the state police in a thickly forested area in...

Raipur Maoists ambushed a team of security personnel, comprising of state police and Special Task Force (STF), on Wednesday near the forests of Gumiapal and Kutram, under Kirandul police station area in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. "The encounter between the security forces and the...

Raipur: In yet another daring attack, the Naxals on Wednesday tried to ambush paramilitary forces in the dense jungles of Dantewada. As per initial reports, 50-60 Naxals launched a surprise attack on a contingent of around 100 jawans who were out in Kirandul jungle on a combing operation...

RAIPUR: An exchange of fire is on between suspected Maoists and paramilitary forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said. The encounter is taking place in the forests of Goomiapal, near Kirandul, 40 kilometres from Dantewada, confirmed Rajesh Mishra, IG Police. "A police party...

A military cargo plane carrying four people on a training run has crashed at an air force base in Alaska, the US Air Force said today. Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire rising hundreds of feet high near downtown Anchorage. Access to the crash site at Elmendorf Air Force Base has been...

A military cargo plane carrying four people on a training run has crashed at an air force base in Alaska, the US Air Force said today. Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire rising hundreds of feet high near downtown Anchorage. Access to the crash site at Elmendorf Air Force Base has been...

Calcutta, July 27: The “pinpoint” information that helped the joint forces bust a Maoist camp yesterday has shed light on the existence of a string of listening posts set up by CPM cadres in rebel-dominated areas of West Midnapore. Police sources said yesterday’s risky night raid in which six...

NEW DELHI - The Indian Army has decided to buy the Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), Defence Ministry sources here said. The decision comes within a month of media reports that Pakistan had included the Javelin on its wish list of U.S. weapons it wants to purchase. Senior Indian...

Calcutta, July 27: The “pinpoint” information that helped the joint forces bust a Maoist camp yesterday has shed light on the existence of a string of listening posts set up by CPM cadres in rebel-dominated areas of West Midnapore. Police sources said yesterday’s risky night raid in which six...

NEW DELHI: India is in touch with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is trying to ascertain details about an Indian pilot who was kidnapped by Congolese rebels recently. India is in touch with the central African nation's government over the safety of the pilot, said...

Fatehabad (Haryana): An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on a training flight was forced to make an emergency landing near the fields of Chinder village in Haryana's Fatehabad district on Sunday after its tail caught fire due to a technical snag, an officer said. There were no casualties...

Holding that there was every possibility of recent U.S. military aid to Pakistan being used against India, the government on Monday said it would provide all assistance to the armed forces to protect every inch of the country. Defence Minister A.K. Antony told reporters here that he had...