Terrorism

NEW DELHI - A day after Leftwing rebels massacred 35 people in Chhattisgarh, India's top security officials, including Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, will meet here Tuesday evening seeking a change in the anti-Maoist strategy, an official said.

KABUL - At least 20 deaths were reported Tuesday in a suicide bombing that was carried out in front of the US-founded Counterinsurgency Academy in Kabul, security officials said.

RANCHI - Several important trains were cancelled or diverted and road services hit Tuesday as Maoist guerrillas began a 48-hour shutdown to protest the government offensive against them.

NEW DELHI - The Maoist attack on bus passengers in Chhattisgarh that killed 35 people "highlights their bankrupt policies", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Tuesday.

RAIPUR - Security forces stayed fearful in their base camps and life was hit in several parts of Chhattisgarh as a 48-hour Maoist shutdown began Tuesday, a day after at least 35 people were killed when the guerrillas blasted a bus in the state's Dantewada district.