The Maoists on Wednesday offered to release one of the two Italians held captive by them if two of their demands, including release of some rebels, were met, as the Orissa government asked its medi

The hostage crisis in Odisha deepened on Tuesday, six days after two Italian nationals were abducted by Maoists, with one of the three interlocutors saying he did not want to mediate on behalf of the

The two abducted Italians are safe and unharmed, the Odisha government claimed on Tuesday, a day after the Maoists named three negotiators to hold talks with the authorities on the six-day-long hostag

Almost a year after the Orissa government managed to resolve an intricate hostage crisis involving former Malkangiri collector R.

Authorities in Odisha Monday intensified efforts for the release of two Italian national, abducted by Maoist guerrillas five days ago, an official said.

State Home Secretary U.N. Behera said the gove

Maoists, who took hostage two Italians in Kandhamal district, were yet to respond on Monday to the Odisha government's offer of negotiations even as the deadline set by the ultras was presumed to h

The fate of two Italians taken hostage by Maoists in Odisha's Kandhamal district remained unknown on Monday with the ultras yet to respond to the state government's offer for negotiations even though

Maoists on Sunday claimed to have abducted two Italian tourists in Odisha. Police are verifying if the incident is true.

The Maoists, in an audio message in the wee hours of Sunday, said the tourists

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday appealed to the Maoists to release the two abducted Italian tourists in Ganjam district bordering Kandhamal and said that the government was open to ‘any

The opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha on Monday rejected the police charge sheet on the alleged gang rape of a woman in the state and demanded a CBI probe to unearth the t