Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Early release of 2 hostages seems unlikely
The hope for early release of Italian national Basusco Paolo appeared bleak on Sunday as Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda on Sunday sought the state government to clear its position on his 13 demands, i
JB shadow shrouds Congress prospects
The All-India Congress Committee’s alleged “heavy” reliance on a particular family in Orissa has proved “perilous” for the party.
Maoists Reject Patnaik Offer to release 4
The Orissa State Orga-nising Committee (OSOC) of the CPI-Mao-ist on Friday rejected chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s proposal of releasing four persons to ensure the liberty of Italian national Basusco
‘MLA abduction is state drama’
Sabyasachi Panda, secretary of the Orissa State Organising Committee (OSOC) of the CPI-Maoist, in an audiotape released on Friday evening, charged that the abduction of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was an “Or
Orissa names 27 to be swapped
The Orissa government on Thursday announced names of 27 prisoners to be set free for securing release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka and Italian national Basusco Paolo held hostages by the Maoists since last
Orissa agrees to free 31 persons
Bowing down to the pressure from the Srikakulam-Koraput Divisional Committee (SKDC) of the Maoists, the Orissa government on Wednesday decided to release 27 of their cadres lodged in various jails in
Naxals extend deadline by 48 hrs
Andhra Orissa Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), which along with Srikakulam-Koraput Divisional Committee, engineered the kidnapping of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, on Tuesday issued a fresh ultimatum
Interlocutors threaten to pull out of dialogue
The two Maoist interlocutors — B.D. Sharma and Dandapani Mohanty — on Thursday threatened to withdraw from the negotiation process if the state government did not respond to three of the 13 demands made by rebels for releasing the Italian hostage Basusco Paolo.
Talks resume with Maoists, MLA sends SOS
The Orissa government and Maoist interlocutors Monday resumed talks to free Basusco Paulo, the e second Italian being held hostage in the forests of Kandhamal, nearly 350 km from here.
Centre hopeful of hostages release
The talks between the three government secretaries led by home secretary Upendra Nath Behera and Maoist interlocutors B.D. Sharma and Dandapani Mohanty to free Basusco Paulo, the second Italian being held hostage in the forests of Kandhamal, and BJD MLA began in the morning and again continued in post-noon session.
