2 senior Congress leaders among 17 people killed in the Maoist attack

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Srini's men start lobbying, Shukla meets Dalmiya in Kolkata

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Home Ministry rushing additional forces to Chhattisgarh

MHA told Parliament panel Naxals are on the run in Chhattisgarh

Srini's men start lobbying, Shukla meets Dalmiya in Kolkata

Following tearful aidue, Beckham left out of PSG's season-ender

Home Ministry rushing additional forces to Chhattisgarh

MHA told Parliament panel Naxals are on the run in Chhattisgarh

Srini's men start lobbying, Shukla meets Dalmiya in Kolkata

Following tearful aidue, Beckham left out of PSG's season-ender

Home Ministry rushing additional forces to Chhattisgarh

MHA told Parliament panel Naxals are on the run in Chhattisgarh

Srini's men start lobbying, Shukla meets Dalmiya in Kolkata

Following tearful aidue, Beckham left out of PSG's season-ender

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Chhattisgarh violence

2 senior Congress leaders among 17 people killed in the Maoist attack

An injured person being hospitalised after Naxals attacked Congress rally in Chhattisgarh. PTI Photo

At least 17 people, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, were killed and former union minister V C Shukla and 19 others injured when heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders inside a dense forest in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district. The Maoists also kidnapped PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh after attacking the convoy of Congress leaders in Darba Gati Valley near Jagdalpur, headquarters town of Bastar district, police said. How the attack happened

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