Rescue operation on in Dantewada, injured being treated at hospitals

Rescue operations are underway in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh where Maoists blew up a private bus Monday evening, killing 35. The injured are being treated at various hospitals but the blast casualties are likely to go up. The attack in the mineral-rich state was the worst since a strike by Maoists in the same region in April killed at least 76 policemen. Meanwhile,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a top-level meeting to review the government's Naxal strategy and fight out one of the biggest insurgency faced by the country.

 
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