Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people in attack on convoy carrying members of India's ruling party

India is reeling after at least 28 people were killed and many more were injured after up to 200 Maoist rebels attacked a convoy containing local leaders of the ruling Congress party.

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Suspected Indian Maoist rebels kill 19 in Congress convoy ambush

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suspected Maoist rebels killed at least 19 people when they ambushed a convoy carrying regional leaders from India's ruling Congress party in dense forest on Saturday, officials said, one of the deadliest such attacks in recent years.

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Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people in attack on convoy of local leaders and supporters of...

India is reeling after at least 28 people were killed and many more were injured after up to 200 Maoist rebels attacked a convoy containing local leaders of the ruling Congress party.

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Congress leader VC Shukla critical, doctors say

The condition of Cong leader V C Shukla, who was injured after Maoists attacked of party leaders in Chhattisgarh, is critical, according to doctors treating him.    

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Maoist attack: Sonia appreciates courage of Congress leaders

Appreciating the courage of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said the "cowardly" Maoist strike was not an attack on the Congress or its leaders but on democratic values.    

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Maoist Attack Kills Dozens in India

At least 27 people, including three leaders of the nationally dominant Indian National Congress Party, were killed when Maoist guerrillas ambushed a convoy in Chhattisgarh.    

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Chhattisgarh attack: Will never bow down before Naxalism, says PM

Following the tragic and dastardly attack on Congress leaders and activists by Naxals in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the country will never bow down before Naxalism.

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Suspected Indian Maoist rebels kill 19 in Congress convoy ambush

By Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suspected Maoist rebels killed at least 19 people when they ambushed a convoy carrying regional leaders from India's ruling Congress party in dense forest on Saturday, officials said, one of the deadliest such attacks in recent years. The rebels felled trees to block the...

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Rahul Gandhi calls Chattisgarh attack, an attack on democracy

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today termed the deadly Maoist attack on his party leaders in Chhattisgarh as an attack on democracy itself.    

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BJP condemns brutal Maoist attack on Congress in Bastar

The BJP Sunday condemned the Maoist attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh in which senior Congress leaders and others, were killed, and appealed to political parties to come together and fight the extremist menace.    

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Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India

NEW DELHI (AP) - About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in an eastern state, killing 28 people and wounding 24 others in one of their most audacious attacks on politicians.    

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V C Shukla admitted to Gurgaon hospital, critical

The condition of senior Congress leader V C Shukla, who was injured after Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district is critical    

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PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi in Chhattisgarh

Prime Minister Manmoham Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived here today in the wake of the deadly Maoist attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.    

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Narendra Modi calls for zero tolerance policy toward Naxalism

"Attack on Congress leaders in Darbha Ghat as gruesome, Government should adopt zero tolerance policy towards terrorism and naxalism," Modi said.    

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Chhatisgarh Naxal attack: VC Shukla admitted to Gurgaon hospital, critical

Senior Congress leader VC Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh`s Bastar district, was on Sunday airlifted to a hospital near here from Raipur.

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Chhattisgarh observes bandh over killing of Congress leaders

Chhattisgarh observed a near total bandh across the state on Sunday protesting against the Maoist attack which left 27 people killed, including senior Congress leaders, and injured many others in tribal Bastar region.    

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Senior Congress leader V C Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon hospital

Senior Congress leader V C Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, was today airlifted to a hospital near here from Raipur.    

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Chhatisgarh Naxal attack: VC Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon hospital

Senior Congress leader VC Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh`s Bastar district, was on Sunday airlifted to a hospital near here from Raipur.

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Narendra Modi calls for zero tolerance policy toward Naxalism

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has termed the Naxal attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh as gruesome, and said that the government needed to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism and Naxalism.

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Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India

About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said.

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Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Rahul Gandhi meet the injured

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh tomorrow in the wake of the Maoist attack that left 27 persons, including state party leaders dead.    

indiatimes.com (3 hours ago)

Suspected Maoist rebels attack convoy carrying members of India's ruling party, killing 23

Convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India attacked killing at least 23 people, including senior state Congress leader Mahendra Karma.    

telegraph.co.uk (4 hours ago)

Chhatisgarh Naxal attack: VC Shukla airlifted to G

Senior Congress leader VC Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh`s Bastar district, was on Sunday airlifted to a hospital near here from Raipur.

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