Mamata Banerjee today decried the Maoists' cult of violence and killing but did not offer talks with them.

Another Naxal group holding MLA Jhina Hikaka extended the deadline to April 10 and demanded that five more persons be freed.

The Odisha government on Saturday said it has agreed to free five of the six Maoists the abductors of the Italian have demanded for his rel...

Orissa government on Sunday said it was examining release of some rebels as demanded by Maoists and hoped the Italian hostage crisis would ...

Odisha govt and Maoist-nominated mediators today resumed negotiation to free the abducted Italian as CM N Patnaik made a fresh appeal to th...

A tribal MLA of the ruling BJD in Odisha was abducted by Maoists in Koraput district in the early hours on Saturday, police said.

Maoists may release one hostage if Odisha accepts at least two of their 13 demands.

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday appealed to Maoists to release Italian tourists who were abducted in Ganjam district borderi...

Hours after a 48-hour ultimatum ran out on Friday evening, Maoists extended the deadline for the conditional release of Malkangiri collecto...

At least 10 Maoists were killed in a major anti-Naxal operation launched jointly by security forces of Jharkhand and Orissa in Saranda fore...

Three Bihar policemen held hostage by Maoists were not set free, though there were reports to this effect earlier in the day.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he had no knowledge about Maoists releasing the three policemen they abducted.

Even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offered "direct" talks with the Maoists, the rebels announced the unconditional release of the three co...

As search & rescue operations intensified, Bihar CM appealed abductors to come forward and promised them a safe passage.

We will give free passage to those Maoists who come for talks, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday.

Art of Living guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has once offered to mediate on behalf of the Government to hold talks with the Maoists to resolve t...

Home minister P Chidambaram on Friday expressed disbelief as to why the West Bengal government had not banned the Left extremist outfit, Co...