| At least 26 policemen have been killed in a landmine attack in eastern India, officials say. The police were on patrol in a remote part of Jharkhand state, about 150 km (95 miles) from its capital Ranchi. Police said the blast happened late on Wednesday when officers were searching for left-wing rebels in a dense forest area in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa district. In February, the People’s War Group and another rebel group, the Maoist Communist Centre, said they planned to step up attacks against the police. More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels’ 20-year armed struggle for a communist state in tribal areas of India. |