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Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel killed by Maoists

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Naxal attack: PM, Sonia to visit Chhattisgarh today

Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Rahul Gandhi calls it an attack on democracy

Naxal attack: VC Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon hospital

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Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel killed by Maoists

Dortmund rues missing golden opportunity to win Champions League

Naxal attack: PM, Sonia to visit Chhattisgarh today

Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Rahul Gandhi calls it an attack on democracy

Naxal attack: VC Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon hospital

French Open: Roger Federer opens against Spanish winning machine

Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel killed by Maoists

Dortmund rues missing golden opportunity to win Champions League

Naxal attack: PM, Sonia to visit Chhattisgarh today

Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Rahul Gandhi calls it an attack on democracy

Naxal attack: VC Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon hospital

French Open: Roger Federer opens against Spanish winning machine

Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel killed by Maoists

Dortmund rues missing golden opportunity to win Champions League

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Chhattisgarh: Maoist ambush on Cong convoy kills 27; state party chief, son found dead

View outside the hospital in Raipur after the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Naxals opened fire on the Congress party's Parivartan Yatra, comprising senior party leaders, in Sukma district,Chhattisgarh. PTI Photo

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The toll in the deadly attack by suspected Maoists on a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh rose to 27 after the bullet-riddled bodies of state party chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh and eight others were found today. The bodies were lying in the forested Jiram valley of Bastar region, about a km from the spot where the rebels had ambushed the convoy around 5pm on Saturday, the police said. Ejaz Kaiser reports. Bodies of Patel, his son Dinesh recovered | How the attack happened | Major Maoist attacks in Chhattisgarh

Naxal attack: PM, Sonia to visit Chhattisgarh today

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh today in the wake of the Maoist attack that left 27 persons, including state party leaders dead, even as Rahul Gandhi reached Raipur to take stock of the situation.

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