Maoists holding ruling Biju Janata Dal lawmaker Jhina Hikaka for the past 10 days in Odisha on Tuesday gave an April 5 deadline to the state government to fulfill their demands.

This was conveyed thr

Maoists are yet to respond to the appeal made by their mediators two days ago to release an Italian held hostage by them in Odisha since March 14, an official said on Monday.

"There has been no respo

The police need to adopt a new perspective on security given the number of kidnaps,
robberies, and even murder of citizens, many of them as a result of travelling in private transport such as cabs la

In less then 48 hours, the city has witnessed a second kidnapping. While the jeweller kidnapped in the first incident was not so lucky, the BMRCL engineer who was the second victim was rescued near Ma

The abductors of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka on Thursday turned down the Odisha government's request to name negotiators for talks, while parleys for the release of Italian Paolo Bosusco from Maoist capti

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

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

A woman was on Monday arrested on charges of kidnapping her father in Mussoorie area of the district, police said.

She was produced before a court, which sent her to 14 days in judicial custody along

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