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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.
Odisha government examining demands of Hikaka's abductors
The Odisha government is examining the demands made by abductors of ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikakaka, which includes release of jailed ultras, amid indication that talks with Maoist mediators for release
Nobody takes up arms for fashion: Maoist
Sabyasachi Panda, Orissa’s top Maoist leader who engineered the abduction of the two Italian nationals — Basusco Paolo and Claudio Colangelo — refuses to have committed any mistake.
Italian: It was a scary experience
Claudio Colangelo might not have imagined in his wildest dream that his maiden trip to the tribal hinterlands in Orissa would end up in a nightmarish experience.
Maoists reiterate demands to free second Italian
The Italian still held captive by Maoists in Odisha is in good health, but the government should fulfill their demands - including banning tourist visits to tribal areas - to secure his release, the r
Oppn demands Naveen's resignation, bedlam in House
Odisha Assembly on Monday witnessed uproar with Opposition Congress members storming the well demanding resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the abduction of Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka and
Government-Maoist talks resume in Odisha hostage crisis
The Odisha government and the Maoist-nominated mediators on Monday resumed negotiation to free the abducted Italian as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made a fresh appeal to the Naxals to release him
Cops: MLA ignored standard protocol
Abducted BJD legislator Jhina Ekaka had overlooked the standard operating procedure (SOP) prescribed by the state home department after the February, 2011 abduction of R. Vineel Krishna, ex-collector of Malkangiri.
Fate of Odisha MLA, Italians remain unknown
The fate of a tribal BJD MLA and two Italians held captive by Maoists in Odisha remained unknown on Sunday, a day after talks to end the hostage crisis were suspended and the mediators appointed by th
Naveen convenes emergency meeting on hostage crisis
With the fate of a BJD MLA and two Italians, taken hostage by Maoists in Odisha remaining unknown, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday held an emergency meeting with top officials to review the si
