An alert has been sounded in the anti-Naxal operations theatre of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand following a "spike" in IED blasts and recoveries, including that of a device rigged with beer bottles ...

Last week, the paramilitary force recovered a 5kg pressure-cooker remote-controlled IED from Bijapur. The device, kept under a tree, was fitted with two empty beer bottles to inflict glass shard ...