Indian Maoist roadside bomb kills nine troops 

RAIPUR, Jan 6: Indian Maoist guerrillas killed nine members of the security forces on Monday by detonating a roadside bomb that tossed their vehicle into the air, police said.
Photographs published by Indian media showed a deep crater ripped into the road by the blast.

More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised indigenous people in India's resource-rich central regions.
Government forces have stepped up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict, with some 287 rebels killed in 2024, according to 
official figures.    —AFP