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Agni-V: India in elite club

The Agni-V missile successfully lifts off from Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast, on Thursday morning. 	— PTI

India on Thursday blasted its way into an elite club of nations by successfully launching its over 5,000 km-range nuclear-capable Long-Range Ballistic Missile Agni-V off the Orissa coast, thereby sig

India test-fires 5,000 km Agni-V missile, China cautious

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Launching itself into an elite club of nations with the capability of hitting targets 5,000 km away, India Thursday successfully tested a long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile that can reach Be

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

Odisha hostage crisis: Maoist death threat to MLA?

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In a major breakthrough in the Odisha hostage crisis, the Maoists on Sunday released Claudio Colangelo, one of the two Italian tourists they were holding hostage, to a group of journalists at an undis

Maoists free Italian,2 more still captive

In a major breakthrough in the Orissa hostage crisis, the Maoists on Sunday released Claudio Colangelo, one of the two Italian tourists they were holding hostage, to a group of journalists at an undis

Maoists hold MLA hostage

As negotiations continued between the Orissa government and the Maoists for the release of two abducted Italian tourists, the rebels struck again early Saturday, kidnapping a tribal BJD MLA from Laxmipur, Jhina Ekaka, from Tayaput in Koraput district. The abduction was by Maoists who belong to the Srikakulam-Koraput divisional committee.

Naxals have 13 demands: CM

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday made a fresh appeal to the Maoists for releasing the two Italian tourists who were taken hostages by the rebels on March 14.

Hostage crisis: Maoists name 3 persons for talks with govt

Maoists on Monday named three negotiators to talk to the Odisha government on the Italian hostage crisis even as they set a fresh 24-hour deadline for acceptance of 13 demands including withdrawal of

Hostage crisis: Naxals extend deadline

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday appealed the Maoists to extend the deadline set by them for fulfilment of their demands for release of the Malkangiri district collector R. Vineel Krishna and Kudumuluguma block junior engineer Pabitra Mohan Majhi.

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