India's Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday threatened to kill the country's prime minister and ruling party leader in what analysts said was the most aggressive threat yet from an increasingly lethal and widespread insurgency. The warning comes a month (...)
Maoist rebels, some armed with bows and arrows, briefly hijacked a train with around 500 passengers in eastern India on Wednesday in a show of strength on the eve of the second stage of India's general election.
About 300 Maoists boarded the train (...)
At least 20 people were killed in gun battles between police and Maoist insurgents in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Bihar on Wednesday, said officials, a day before the elections. Maoist rebels blocked roads in towns in the region to prevent (...)
Angry villagers in eastern India burned alive eight robbers and beat four others to death, police said on Thursday. About 20 robbers raided a remote village in Jharkhand state late on Wednesday, but they were surrounded by hundreds of villagers, who (...)
Police have beefed up security around India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he received extortion letters from a man claiming to be an associate of the country's most wanted gangster.
Police said on Wednesday they had sent more than 45 (...)
