Kandhamal Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda threatened on Monday that Italian hostage Basusco Paolo might be killed if the Orissa government did not act swiftly on their demands, and alleged it was plann

Barely an hour after abductors of Italian national Paolo Bosusco released an audio tape threatening to take stringent action against the hostage, Odisha government and Maoist-nominated mediators late

Even as ruling BJD leaders in Odisha smelt a 'conspiracy' behind the suspension of environmental clearance to Posco's propose mega steel plant, Union Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma h

Odisha government on Sunday said it was examining release of some rebels as demanded by Maoists and hoped the Italian hostage crisis would end soon, even as the fate of abducted BJD MLA remained unkno

The Centre on Saturday said Odisha government was rightly talking to the Maoists for the safe release of an abducted Italian and an MLA and any decision on using force to rescue them has to be taken b

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 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

The Odisha government is examining the demands made by abductors of ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikakaka, which includes release of jailed ultras, amid indication that talks with Maoist mediators for release

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

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