A man was abducted and beaten to death by five persons in Asind town in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district today, police said in Jaipur. ...
03:28 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A businessman has been allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by suspected militants from Kangla gate in the heart of the city here, official sources said on Thursday. Shankar Lal Sahi, proprietor of Mangalam Plywood factory at Kangpokpi in Senapati district of Manipur, was abducted while he was taking a stroll at Kangla gate area near the biggest Khwairamband market complex here Wednesday morning, they said. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 03, 2013
NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said on Tuesday that he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions. ...
08:09 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Saharanpur: The exploits of Saharanpur police on Tuesday embarrassed the force when a woman planned her own abduction after seeing an advertisement of a television serial aired on a private channel and sent the police on a wild goose chase. The advertisement showed a NRI woman as missing. It is alleged that a woman who was alleged to be missing, saw the advertisement and made the plan. The woman is...
02:04 PM, Nov 01, 2012
New York: A search is still on for 10-month-old Saanvi Venna in the US. The FBI has conducted multiple searches around the family's home and has questioning everyone who may have had contact with the family recently. The Indian baby was kidnapped four days ago from her family's Pennsylvania home. Saani Venna was abducted by unknown kidnappers in a Philadelphia township, during which her grandmother Satyavathi Venna, 61, was killed...
08:49 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl has lodged a complaint with the police that she was abducted, confined to a car and gangraped for 20 days by five men in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, police said on Friday. The girl, a resident of Sikar district, had come to stay with her aunt in Jaipur district's Rainwal town, from where she was allegedly abducted on June 4. The family members had registered a missing...
09:44 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A police official has been abducted by suspected Naxals in Odisha. ASI Krupa Ram Majhi of the Dharambandha Police Station has been abducted by suspected Naxals in Nuapada. Reports say 10 Naxals abducted the ASI and let off the constable accompanying him. This is the third hostage crisis in Odisha in the past two months. Earlier BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was released on April 26 after being in the...
02:20 PM, May 08, 2012
Abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka spoked to CNN-IBN and clarified that he would not be released before 10 am on Thursday. ...
09:51 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Italian national Paolo Boscusco is believed to have been released by the Naxals in Odisha, according to sources. A formal announcement is awaited. Paolo Boscusco had been held hostage by the Odisha unit of the Naxals for the last 29 days. His release came a day after Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda in his audio message had said that he would free the abducted if the government honoured its agreement...
08:36 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A breakthrough seems to be in sight in the Odisha hostage crisis. Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda in his latest audio message has said that he will free abducted Italian Paolo Boscusco if the government honoured its agreement signed with the negotiators. In a new audio tape released by the Naxal leader, he claims that the Italian tourist himself wants the government to release one tribal woman before he is...
10:17 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha has come under attack with experts saying it must stop giving in to the demands of the Naxals. The hostage crisis continues, with Naxals pressing for the release of some hardcore rebels. Ajai Sahni of the Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management said, "I think it is very obvious that they have been giving in to the escalating demands. At some stage, I think...
07:41 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is in a fix over how to diffuse the hostage crisis. The deadline set by Naxals for the state government to free 30 jailed cadres in exchange for BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka ends on Tuesday. The government had agreed to free over 27 jailed Naxals in return for the MLA and Italian tourist Paolo Boscusco who is being held captive by another Naxal faction in Kandhamal....
07:32 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A new twist in the hostage crisis has been playing out in Odisha. The two Naxal outfits have made more demands in exchange for the release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka and Italian national Paolo Boscusco. This came even after the government bowed down to their demands earlier. The Naxals holding MLA Jhina Hikaka captive have sent a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik agreeing to free him on...
08:50 AM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is keenly observing the hostage situation in Odisha and is believed to be against any swap of prisoners with an abducted MLA and an Italian tour guide. The Home Ministry is not involved in any way with the negotiations between the Maoists and the Odisha government as the latter has not sought any help, but it is in regular touch with the state government. Ministry officials...
03:35 PM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Odisha government on Monday resumed talks with negotiators to end the hostage crisis after Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda issued an ultimatum, threatening to kill Italian tourist Bosusco Paulo if the Naveen Patnaik government fails to fulfill their demands. Panda on Monday released a fresh audio tape. He said that the Odisha government had not made it clear as to what demands they had agreed to meet. Panda further...
08:04 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The second round of talks between the Naxal-appointed interlocutors and the government's representatives to end the Odisha hostage crisis began on Monday. While one of the abducted Italians Claudio Colangelo was released on Sunday, talks resumed to secure the release of the second Italian hostage Paulo Bosusco. Naxals released the other tourist Claudio Colangelo on Sunday after keeping him captive for almost two weeks. Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda in...
12:35 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Naxals released one of the two Italian hostages Claudio Colangelo on Sunday after almost two weeks in custody. He said he wasn't threatened. Claudio, who was not keeping well, was handed over to a group of three journalists near Kandhamal who took him to Surada Police Station. He was subjected to a medical examination at the Irrigation Department bungalow. Claudio expressed happiness after being released by the Maoists, but...
09:54 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: 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 their telephonic talk, the Home Minister asked the Chief Minister whether he needed any assistance from the Centre to deal with the situation. However, sources said, Patnaik did not seek any help. Odisha Chief Secretary...
03:09 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday spoke to the wife of abducted Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka and assured her of all possible steps by the government for securing the release of her husband. "I spoke to Kaushalya, wife of the abducted MLA, and assured her that we will do everything possible for the release of her young husband," Patnaik told reporters. She was also told that two ministers...
02:44 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday slammed the central government for not cooperating in the case of abduction of two Italian nationals in Odisha, and demanding a statement from it. BJD leader B Mahtab raised the issue in the lower house during zero hour Thursday, and was backed by the BJP and Shiv Sena. BJP leader LK Advani termed it as a...
02:03 AM, Mar 23, 2012
