Naxals Deadline

Abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon is "safe" but being an asthma patient, he needs medicines, Maoists said on Tuesday night and proposed the name of human rights activist and academic Professor Hargopal as another mediator for talks with the government. The issue can be discussed if the state government comes forward and takes an ini...

Odisha Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has refused to release Paolo Bosusco, the Italian national taken hostage over three weeks ago and has instead issued a fresh ultimatum to the state government that his group could take 'extreme' steps if its demands are not met. In an audio message, Sabyasachi said that negotiations on with the government were...

Odisha Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has refused to release an Italian national taken hostage over three weeks ago and has instead issued a fresh ultimatum to the state government that his group could take extreme steps if its demands are not met. In an audio message, Sabyasachi said that negotiations on with the government were a farce; he set a...

Responding to the appeal of Orissa government and others, suspected Maoist abductors of Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna have extended the deadline fixed by them for fulfillment of their demands.A senior member of Andhra-Orissa Border Zonal Committee (AOBZC) of Maoists informed a section of media in Bhubaneswar on Friday about their decision o...

There are indications that the Maoists may release the 4 kidnapped Chhatisgarh policemen soon.Earlier on Tuesday night, the Naxals had extended by 24 hours the deadline set for the release of four policemen held captive by them even as the Chhattisgarh government said there were positive talks with the Maoists on the safe return of the hostages."Th...

It is a tense wait for the families of the policemen who are believed to have been abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh more than a week ago. A 48-hour deadline set by the Naxals has ended and there is no word on whether they're safe.Subhash Patre had left home in August after celebrating the first birthday of his younger daughter Gracy. His wife Ma...

The families of four policemen, who were reportedly abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on September 19, travelled from Chhattisgarh to Hyderabad on Monday, to appeal to Maoist sympathisers to mediate on their behalf. Manjubala has fainted. The traumatic wait for a week now of not knowing whether her husband will return alive has taken its toll."I ...

At 5 pm, Naxals in Bihar called local TV channels to declare that one of the four policemen they had kidnapped near Patna had been killed. Soon, sources in the Intelligence Bureau in Delhi confirmed the news. The Naxals didn't reveal how they'd murdered Sub Inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav. He was in his 30s.The Naxals warned there could be more to com...

The Naxals have extended the deadline for the four policemen taken hostage, in Lakhisarai in Bihar, till Thursday morning.They have been demanding the release of their colleagues and the removal of security forces from the area.The four policemen - Mohammad Ehsaan, Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Abhay Prasad Yadav, Lokus Tete-  were taken hostage on Sund...

The Home Minister has said that the inquiry into the brutal attack will be completed quickly and will focus on the lapses that took place.

Maoists in Jharkand have given the government 24 hours to meet their demands. In exchange, they would set the abducted Block Development Officer free.

Abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon is "safe" but being an asthma patient, he needs medicines, Maoists said on Tuesday night and proposed the name of human rights activist and academic Professor Hargopal as another mediator for talks with the government. The issue can be discussed if the state government comes forward and takes an ini...

Odisha Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has refused to release Paolo Bosusco, the Italian national taken hostage over three weeks ago and has instead issued a fresh ultimatum to the state government that his group could take 'extreme' steps if its demands are not met. In an audio message, Sabyasachi said that negotiations on with the government were...

Odisha Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has refused to release an Italian national taken hostage over three weeks ago and has instead issued a fresh ultimatum to the state government that his group could take extreme steps if its demands are not met. In an audio message, Sabyasachi said that negotiations on with the government were a farce; he set a...

Responding to the appeal of Orissa government and others, suspected Maoist abductors of Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna have extended the deadline fixed by them for fulfillment of their demands.A senior member of Andhra-Orissa Border Zonal Committee (AOBZC) of Maoists informed a section of media in Bhubaneswar on Friday about their decision o...

There are indications that the Maoists may release the 4 kidnapped Chhatisgarh policemen soon.Earlier on Tuesday night, the Naxals had extended by 24 hours the deadline set for the release of four policemen held captive by them even as the Chhattisgarh government said there were positive talks with the Maoists on the safe return of the hostages."Th...

It is a tense wait for the families of the policemen who are believed to have been abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh more than a week ago. A 48-hour deadline set by the Naxals has ended and there is no word on whether they're safe.Subhash Patre had left home in August after celebrating the first birthday of his younger daughter Gracy. His wife Ma...

The families of four policemen, who were reportedly abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on September 19, travelled from Chhattisgarh to Hyderabad on Monday, to appeal to Maoist sympathisers to mediate on their behalf. Manjubala has fainted. The traumatic wait for a week now of not knowing whether her husband will return alive has taken its toll."I ...

At 5 pm, Naxals in Bihar called local TV channels to declare that one of the four policemen they had kidnapped near Patna had been killed. Soon, sources in the Intelligence Bureau in Delhi confirmed the news. The Naxals didn't reveal how they'd murdered Sub Inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav. He was in his 30s.The Naxals warned there could be more to com...

The Naxals have extended the deadline for the four policemen taken hostage, in Lakhisarai in Bihar, till Thursday morning.They have been demanding the release of their colleagues and the removal of security forces from the area.The four policemen - Mohammad Ehsaan, Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Abhay Prasad Yadav, Lokus Tete-  were taken hostage on Sund...

The Home Minister has said that the inquiry into the brutal attack will be completed quickly and will focus on the lapses that took place.

Maoists in Jharkand have given the government 24 hours to meet their demands. In exchange, they would set the abducted Block Development Officer free.