- Maoists free Italian hostage Bosusco Paolo, MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate hangs in balance
Maoists finally released Italian tour guide Bosusco Paolo (55) ending the nearly month-long hostage drama.
13 Apr, 2012, 02.53 AM IST
- Odisha hostage crisis: Suspense over release of Italian Bosusco Paolo
Amid suspense over the release of Italian hostage Bosusco Paolo there are reports that Maoists have set a new condition for his released.
12 Apr, 2012, 10.01 AM IST
- New conditions by Maoists make release of hostages uncertain
While the release of Paolo Bosusco became uncertain with the Maoists asking the state govt to 'clarify' how many ultras would be freed.
09 Apr, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Maoists' message leads to uncertainty over Italian's release
The release of Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco, abducted over three weeks ago, today ran into rough weather with the Maoists asking Odisha go...
08 Apr, 2012, 04.35 PM IST
Maoists, Odisha govt reach agreement over Italian hostageItalian hostage Paolo Basusco may be freed soon from his three-week capitivity by Maoists who reached an agreement with the Odisha governme...
07 Apr, 2012, 09.13 PM IST
- Now, group holding MLA Jhina Hikaka ask Odisha government to free 5 more Maoists
Another Naxal group holding MLA Jhina Hikaka extended the deadline to April 10 and demanded that five more persons be freed.
07 Apr, 2012, 07.17 PM IST
- Hostage crisis: Odisha govt to release five Maoists
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...
07 Apr, 2012, 05.24 PM IST
- Odisha crisis: No word on hostages from captors, fresh talks held
The two Maoist groups holding BJD MLA and an Italian hostage were today yet to respond to the Odisha government's decision to free 27 priso...
06 Apr, 2012, 04.37 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
- Government hoping Maoists will name mediators in Jhina Hikaka case
The Odisha government today hoped Maoists would soon name their negotiators for talks for release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka.
28 Mar, 2012, 01.21 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
- 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 MLA abducted by Maoists
A tribal MLA of the ruling BJD in Odisha was abducted by Maoists in Koraput district in the early hours on Saturday, police said.
24 Mar, 2012, 09.53 AM IST
- Talks to solve hostage crisis will start soon: Maoist mediator
Talks between Maoist mediators and those of the Odisha government are expected to start soon to resolve the Italian hostage crisis, accordi...
23 Mar, 2012, 10.45 AM 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