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

Gunning down of a police official by Maoists in Malkangiri district has cast a shadow over talks to end the nine-day-old Italian hostage crisis with a senior official saying the killing has put a q

Talks between Maoist mediators and those of the Odisha government are expected to start soon to resolve the Italian hostage crisis, according to Dandapani Mohanty, one of the two negotiators chosen

Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar has offered to negotiate between Maoists and the government in the issue of abduction of two Italians by naxals in Odisha.

He said that he is always ready for peace

Uncertainty persisted on Wednesday on the fate of the two Italians abducted by Maoists in Odisha last week with talks likely to be delayed as it was still not clear who would represent the guerrillas,

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

Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday rejected Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik claims that the Centre had not offered any help to the state in dealing with the abduction of two Italians by

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

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