New Delhi | 36 minutes ago
'Maoists aiming to demolish morale of forces'
New Delhi, Sep 3 - Maoists are aiming to 'demolish the morale' of security personnel, a home ministry official said Friday after the guerrillas killed one of the four policemen they had abducted in Bihar five days ago.'It is a disturbing trend. It is a move to demolish the morale of the forces,' a senior home ministry official told IANS, reacting to reports that the body of Bihar police official L ... read more

Ranchi | 1 hour ago
Cop Lucas Tete belonged to poor Jharkhand tribal family
Ranchi, Sep 3 - Lucas Tete, the policeman whose body was found in Bihar Friday, five days after he was abducted along with three other cops by Maoists, hailed from a poor tribal family in Jharkhand's Simdega district.Tete is the second policeman from Jharkhand who has been killed in captivity. Francis Induwar, a special branch inspector, was abducted by Maoists in September last year from Kuthi di ... read more

Patna | 2 hours ago
Abducted Bihar cop Lucas Tete's body found in forest
Patna, Sep 3 - The body of Lucas Tete, one of the four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists five days ago, was found in a forest Friday, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, police said.The body found in a forest in Lakhisarai district is of Lucas Tete and not of Abhay Kumar Yadav as reported earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Munger Shah Rukh Majeed conf ... read more

Patna | 2 hours ago
Abducted cop Lucas Gete's body found in Bihar forest
Patna, Sep 3 - The body of Lucas Gete, one of the four policemen abducted by Maoist guerrillas five days ago, was found in a Bihar forest Friday, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed Sub-Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, police said.The body found in a forest in Lakhisarai district is of Lucas Gete and not of Abhay Kumar Yadav as reported earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Munger Shah Rukh M ... read more

Patna | 3 hours ago
Body in Bihar forest not Abhay, but Lucas: police
Patna, Sep 3 - The body found in a Bihar forest was of Lucas Gete, one of the four policemen abducted by Maoist guerrillas five days ago, and not of Abhay Kumar Yadav as reported earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Munger Shah Rukh Majeed confirmed Friday. ... read more

Patna | 3 hours ago
Nitish calls all-party meet over Maoist deadline
Patna, Sep 3 - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meeting Saturday to discuss the Maoist deadline set for releasing their eight jailed commanders and the rebels' claim that they had killed one of the four policeman they had abducted, sources in the chief minister's office said.The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal - had appealed to the chief minister to call an all-party meeti ... read more

Patna | 3 hours ago
Body in police uniform found near Bihar forest
Patna, Sep 3 - A body in police uniform was found near a forest in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early Friday, a day after the Maoists said they had killed abducted Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, media reports said. The police have not yet identified the body.According to local news channels, the body was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Villagers have report ... read more

Patna | 4 hours ago
Kidnapped Bihar policeman's body found
Patna, Sep 3 - The body of abducted Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav was found near a forest in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early Friday, a day after the Maoists said they had killed the policeman, media reports said.According to local news channels, Yadav's body in police uniform was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Villagers have reportedly identified Yadav' ... read more

Patna | 5 hours ago
Abducted Bihar cop's body found
Patna, Sep 3 - A day after Maoists claimed to have killed Sub-Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, the body of the abducted Bihar policeman was found near a forest in Lakhisarai district early Friday, media reports said.According to local news channels, Yadav's body was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Yadav was killed at around 4 p.m. Thursday, six hours after the e ... read more

New Delhi | 16 hours ago
Congress panel wants state chiefs' election by Sep 17
New Delhi, Sep 2 - With Sonia Gandhi set to be formally re-elected Congress president Friday, the focus has shifted to the state units, who have been advised to elect their chiefs and other office bearers and complete the process by Sep 17.Central Election Authority - chairman Oscar Fernandes said Thursday that states had been suggested to conduct elections for the Pradesh Congress Committee - chi ... read more