Bhubaneswar: In a possible revolt against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, more than 25 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs and four ministers the Chief Minister's rival Pyari Mohan Mahapatra at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is currently in London and scheduled to return on June 1. According to BJD vice president Damodar Rout, some MLAs met Pyari Mohan Mahapatra and are planning to...
10:52 PM, May 29, 2012
Cuttack: In a shocking incident in Odisha, a retired judge, his wife and son were arrested on Wednesday on charges of trying to kill their 23-year-old pregnant domestic help. When the police rescued Mini Pradhan at the Mahanad river barrage in Cuttack, she had a shocking tale to tell before she was whisked off to the ICU with multiple injuries. Mini alleged that she was thrown off the barrage by...
07:39 AM, May 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Weeks after the abduction and unharmed release of an MLA and two Italian national, the Naxals in Odisha abducted and shot dead a police officer. Assistant Sub Inspector Kruparam Majhi was shot dead soon after his abduction in the Nuapada district of the state. The question being raised after the incident is " are the police becoming too much of an easy target? At around 12 noon, Assistant Sub...
09:01 PM, May 08, 2012
Bhubaneswar: After more than a month in Naxal captivity, Odisha's BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was finally set free at Balipeta in Koraput on Thursday. The BJD's Laxmipur MLA has apparently been released on the condition that he would resign from his seat after this. It was an emotional reunion for the MLA with his wife after a nerve-wrecking 33 days. Kaushaliya Majhi received her husband Jhina Hikaka after the Naxals...
09:08 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Bhubaneshwar: The abduction of BJD MLA from Laxmipur, Jhina Hikaka, by the Naxals was not just to secure the release of jailed rebels, but had a political angle behind it. Sources say the 37-year-old Hikaka was abducted because Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh leader Nachika Linga pushed the Naxals to abduct the MLA and ask for his resignation. Sources add that Linga has political ambition and wants to become the Lakshmipur...
11:28 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Two days after an Indian student, K Sheshadri Rao, was allegedly shot dead by an unidentified assailant at the Boston University, his family claims it was a hate crime. While investigations are still underway into the murder, his mother, who spoke to Sheshadri on the phone barely 24 hours before his murder, is inconsolable. "We send our children to US to study and this is what is done to...
09:12 PM, Apr 21, 2012
It was half past midnight. I woke up to a loud bang on my door. "Sir, wake up fast. Some vehicles have just entered the ...
06:56 PM, Apr 19, 2012
According to the Maoists, the people's court will decide BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate. Hikaka was taken hostage on March 24. ...
05:34 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Thirty seven-year-old Naxal, Chhenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi had a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head when he was arrested by the Odisha police last year. Now his release could prove the key to secure the freedom of abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. Ghasi is a dangerous man, charged in 44 cases. He was involved in the killing of 38 securitymen in an ambush in Malkangiri in June...
08:15 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Kandhamal: It seems likely that Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda, who has kept the Italian national Paolo Bosusco hostage to force the government to agree to his demands, may just have committed a big blunder and in fact, put his own safety at risk. CNN-IBN has learnt that the local Dalit community, which was his main support base in Kandhamal up until now, is not supporting him on the hostage issue....
08:35 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no end to the hostage crisis in Odisha as Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda on Friday released a new audio tape, giving a fresh deadline to the state government for the release of Naxals. In the new audio tape, Panda has set a four-day deadline for the government to release seven Maoists. He has threatened to kill the Italian hostage, Paolo Bosusco, if the demand is...
09:57 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Kandhamal: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the names of the 27 Maoist leaders and supporters including Sabyasachi Panda's wife - to be released from prison in exchange for the two hostages. But there's no word on when and how, and indeed whether Naxals have agreed. Though one faction has extended the deadline to April 7. "We will initiate legal procedure to facilitate the release of these people...
06:17 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday agreed to fulfill the demands of the Maoists and decided to release 27 prisoners in exchange for the safe release of the BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka and the Italian tourist Bosusco Paolo. Odisha Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik said, "15 Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) members and eight Maoists from Koraput would be released from jail and four Maoists as demanded by Sabyasachi Panda will...
06:23 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The ongoing hostage crisis in Odisha has revealed that the Naxal group in the state is a divided house. Rivalry within the ranks is making the task of the Odisha government all the more difficult for negotiating the release of the second Italian hostage and the abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. One Italain hostage Claudio Colangelo was released on Sunday by the Maoists. The drama which unfolded in Odisha...
06:20 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Bhubaneshwar:After almost 12 days of captivity, Maoists finally released Claudio Colangelo, one of the two Italian hostages abducted by the Maoists led by Sabyasachi Panda on March 14. The Maoist leader has made two demands including the release of his wife from jail before the Odisha government to set the second Italian hostage free. According to Claudio they were both treated well and were made to sleep in tents while...
09:26 PM, Mar 25, 2012
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