- Fresh talks for release of abducted MLA, Italian
While the three-member state government team was led by Home Secretary U N Behera, the two Maoist-nominated negotiators were B D Sharma and...
06 Apr, 2012, 02.57 PM IST
- Odisha government yet to give names of those to be released
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had yesterday said the government would facilitate release of 15 members of the Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adi...
05 Apr, 2012, 02.01 PM IST
- Italian hostage crisis: Odisha government considering release of rebels
Orissa government on Sunday said it was examining release of some rebels as demanded by Maoists and hoped the Italian hostage crisis would ...
01 Apr, 2012, 09.13 PM IST
- Hold talks with Naxal-hit states, MPs tell government
Members in the LS expressed concern over the abduction of an Italian & an Odisha MLA by Maoists & wanted the Centre to hold talks with Naxa...
30 Mar, 2012, 03.07 PM IST
- MLA Jhina Hikaka was kidnapped as BJD did not honour deal : Congress
BJD leadership during the Zilla Parishad elections forged a secret deal to secure vote of the CMAS's lone candidate to form the Zilla Paris...
27 Mar, 2012, 05.11 PM IST
- Odisha government examining demands of Jhina Hikaka's abductors
Odisha govt is examining the demands made by abductors of Hikakaka, amid indication that talks with Maoist mediators will soon yield positi...
27 Mar, 2012, 01.35 PM IST
- Government-Maoist talks resume in Odisha hostage crisis
Odisha govt and Maoist-nominated mediators today resumed negotiation to free the abducted Italian as CM N Patnaik made a fresh appeal to th...
26 Mar, 2012, 02.40 PM IST
- Italian tour operator, tribal MLA still in captivity
Italian tour operator P Bosusco, still being held captive by the ultras who said his release would depend on govt's seriousness towards the...
26 Mar, 2012, 01.11 PM IST
- Factionalism among Maoists behind crisis?
Factionalism among Maoists could be behind the abduction of the BJD MLA from Koraput district and the killing of policemen while talks were...
26 Mar, 2012, 01.53 AM IST
- Maoists free one Italian, still hold two hostages
Maoists continued to hold hostage the other Italian citizen Bosusco Paolo and Jhina Hikaka, the ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA from Laxmipur th...
26 Mar, 2012, 01.49 AM IST
- Odisha government ready to resume negotiation with Maoists: Naveen Patnaik
Abduction of a BJD MLA by another group of Maoists had led to suspension of the negotiation between the state government and the Maoist-nom...
25 Mar, 2012, 08.24 PM IST
- Factional war behind surge in Maoist strikes
The abduction of two Italians, the murder of a sub-inspector in Malkangiri and now, the abduction of a legislator, is being seen in securit...
25 Mar, 2012, 06.46 AM IST
Odisha CM sends ministers for release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka abducted by MaoistsJhina Hikaka was returning home from Koraput when more than 50 armed rebels stopped his vehicle near Toyaput, Koraput Superintendent of Pol...
24 Mar, 2012, 03.49 PM IST
- Maoist's menace: Talks begin for release of Italians
Maoists may release one hostage if Odisha accepts at least two of their 13 demands.
23 Mar, 2012, 10.37 AM IST
- Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik asks Maoists to release Italian hostages
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday appealed to Maoists to release Italian tourists who were abducted in Ganjam district borderi...
19 Mar, 2012, 04.48 AM IST
- Odisha CM appeals to Maoists to release Italian tourists
Naveen Patnaik today appealed to the Maoists to release the two abducted Italian tourists in Ganjam district bordering Kandhamal and said t...
18 Mar, 2012, 04.35 PM IST
- Pirates abduct 17 Indian sailors off African coast
Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the Afric...
08 Feb, 2011, 07.03 PM IST