Latehar

LATEHAR/RANCHI: Four senior government officials were kidnapped and later released by suspected Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Saturday.

The Times of India 2010

He said security was tight in the Latehar area, but "since Latehar is a hilly area surrounded by forests, it is sometimes difficult to control Naxal terror activity in this region as they easily hide."

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In another sign of their stand against the state, Maoists have provoked fierce clashes with police in Latehar.

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Leftists, lower-caste poor as well as followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have campaigned for Mr. Yadav while he's locked up, according to Brijesh Bahadur Singh, a local judge in Latehar who met with Mr. Yadav in jail.

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Latehar, India For nearly two decades as a Communist revolutionary, Keshwar "Ranjan" Yadav did his part to overthrow the Indian government.

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Sarvendu Tathagat, deputy commissioner for Latehar district in Jharkhand, said about 150 Naxalites stopped the train at Hehegara, a small railway station, at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

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"Rainfall in these four districts (Palamu, Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa) has been much below the average and planting has been negligible," P.K. Jajoria, Jharkhand's cabinet secretary, told Dow Jones Newswires.

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In Latehar district, they burnt two engines and damaged 12 goods train bogies.

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The rebels tried to low up, and damaged, one of the oldest forest bungalows at Maromar and ransacked two railway stations in Latehar.

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The railways lost Rs 30 crore due to cancellation of goods and passenger trains and damage to property — in Latehar district they burnt two engines and damaged 12 goods train bogies.

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