PATNA - The six-hour-long gunfight in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, in which 10 policemen were killed and 10 others were injured, was in retaliation to the staged shootout that left Maoist leader Azad and a journalist dead, guerrillas said Tuesday.
PATNA - The wife and son of an abducted Bihar government official Tuesday asked Maoist guerrillas to release him from capitivity as he was innocent and pro-poor.
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama was to mark the formal end of the US combat role in Iraq with a visit Tuesday to a Texas military base and a major evening televised address.
NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - Three Russian aircrew members have been kidnapped in Sudan's restive Darfur province as an American woman held for months was released, the United Nations said Monday.
KOLKATA - A court in West Bengal Monday gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody of a pro-Maoist activist in Jhargram of West Midnapore district for his alleged involvement in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express tragedy, CBI sources said.
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