Giridih: Maoists torched machinery and vehicles of a road construction company in Giridih district, police said on Sunday. About a dozen armed rebels poured petrol on nine earth cutting machinery and tractors of the company near Dawatand village of the district last night, Superintendent of Police AV Homkar told reporters. The SP suspected that refusal to allow extortion could be the reason behind the destruction of property by the Maoists....
11:38 AM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government has launched a massive search operation for the Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, who was abducted by the Maoists on Saturday. The Centre has also assured all possible help to the state. The Maoist insurgents abducted the 32-year-old IAS officer from Majhipara village in Keralapal area of the Naxal-infested district on Saturday afternoon after killing his two security officers. Asha Menon, wife of the...
07:42 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Maoists on Saturday kidnapped the district collector of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 21, 2012
The BJP, which rules Chhattisgarh, has already slammed central inaction for the increasing number of Naxal attacks in the country. ...
08:33 PM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Maoists on Saturday kidnapped the district collector of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. Maoists reportedly fired on the convoy of Alex Paul Menon, a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer. Menon's two bodyguards have been shot dead in the attack. Menon was on his way back to Sukma when 15-20 Maoists stopped his vehicle and took him hostage. Menon, a 2006-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), was abducted...
06:06 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Raipur: In a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maoist rebels on Friday triggered a powerful landmine blast in the troubled Bastar region killing three people, police said. The Maoists blew up one of the eight vehicles of the convoy in a forested area Pegrapalli in Bijapur district, some 500 km south from Raipur. Two senior district unit leaders of the...
12:47 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Bhubaneswar: There has been no resolution yet to the hostage crisis in Odisha. Naxals have released a fresh tape extending the deadline for the release of abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka to April 25. Hikaka will be presented again in people's court on April 25. The Maoists have asked the government to free jailed cadres to secure Hikaka's release. The Odisha government had said it would withdraw cases against 13...
12:20 PM, Apr 20, 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
Jhina Hikaka's abductors had said they would hand him over to his wife once the government met their demands. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Odisha government and asked for details of what is being done to resolve the hostage crisis involving BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. The court was hearing a petition filed by a retired Army officer to restrain the release of jailed Naxals, arguing that this would affect the morale of the forces. Major General (Retd) Gangurdep Bakshi had pleaded with the apex...
11:28 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: As the deadline for the release of 29 jailed cadres in exchange of abducted Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jhina Hikaka ended on Wednesday, the Maoists rejected the proposal of the Odisha government for consideration of withdrawal of cases against prisoners. The Maoists, instead, demanded immediate withdrawal of cases. They further said that the fate of the abducted MLA would be decided on Thursday at a peoples court. The...
05:38 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: The deadline set by the Maoists to release 29 jailed cadres in exchange for Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka ends on Wednesday. The Maoists had demanded the release of 29 prisoners by 5:00 pm on April 18. The Maoists had reportedly promised to release the MLA in the presence of his wife and the prisoners' lawyer, Nihar Patnaik if all their demands were met. Hikaka was abducted...
07:01 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Bhubaneshwar: The Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Comittee, the Maoist group that has abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, issued a fresh audio tape on Tuesday reminding the Odisha government of the deadline of Wednesday 5 pm over the fulfilment of their demands. Hikaka also spoke to Odisha Chief Secretary BK Patnaik over phone and told him that he was unhurt and fine. The Maoists said in the audio tape that the...
11:55 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the issue of internal security remains a big challenge in which the states and the Centre must work together and in harmony. On the controversial issue of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Prime Minister said that the issue will be discussed on May 5 separately as requested by some Chief Ministers. Here's the full text of the PM's speech:...
11:24 AM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the issue of internal security remains a big challenge in which the states and the Centre must work together and in harmony. On the controversial issue of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Prime Minister said that the issue will be discussed on May 5 separately as requested by some Chief Ministers. "Internal security situation by and large satisfactory since...
10:58 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Raipur: Army Chief General VK Singh travelled to Leftist insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Saturday where the Army has a training camp in a jungle stretch, official sources said. General Singh spent a few hours at Kondagaon area, some 220 km of from capital Raipur, and held discussions with jawans regarding the training facilities available to them in the region that has witnessed a string of deadly attacks by Maoists mainly...
09:46 AM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Maoist abductors of Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka on Sunday set a new deadline for his release, setting April 18 as the date for the government to meet their demands. The Naxals have demanded the release of 29 prisoners by 5.00 pm on April 18. However, dreaded Naxal Chhenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi is not a part of the list. The information was given to the lawyer...
08:59 AM, Apr 15, 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
Bhubaneswar: Italian national Paolo Bosusco was on Thursday finally released by the Maoists in Odisha after spending a month in captivity. The government agreed to release 27 prisoners including 15 Maoists. After getting released, Italian tourist Paolo Bosusco said, "I am a free man again. I always try to get my freedom, so let's see the future. It was a unique experience of course, staying with them for such a...
09:20 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Freed after spending nearly a month as a hostage of Maoists, Italian national Paolo Bosusco on Thursday said that it was time to bid farewell to India, while thanking the people of Odisha for his association with them for 22 years. "I am very sorry that time has come to leave India. My work is finished. I must thank the people of Odisha for all the love and friendship...
07:48 PM, Apr 12, 2012
