The Odisha government on Wednesday hoped Maoists would soon name their negotiators for talks for release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, a day after it invited them for parleys, even as intervention of Chi

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

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

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

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

Maoist rebels on Sunday released one of two Italian men who were kidnapped 11 days ago in the eastern state of Orissa.

"They have finally released me today. Let's hope they release Paolo (Bosusco) so

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday called up Home Minister P. Chidambaram and briefed him about the situation arising out of the kidnapping of an MLA and two Italians by Naxals.

During

Odisha government is having a tough job at hand in rescuing the abducted Italians and BJD MLA from Maoists.

On Saturday, two negotiators for the ultras, B.D. Sharma and Dandapani Mohanty suspended a

Train services on Koraput-Rayagada section of East Coast Railway (ECoR) in Odisha were hit on Saturday by a dharna demanding immediate release of BJD MLA Jhinna Hikaka who was abducted by Maoists in K

Talks to secure the safe release of two Italians taken hostage by Maoists since over a week in Odisha's Kandhamal district resumed here on Friday amid a demand by the interlocutors that a top jailed M