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Maoist duo held in Odisha: police
Two Maoists, allegedly involved in several incidents of violence including murder, were arrested from Silakota forests in Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday.
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Maoist Central Committee justifies abductions, says those were 'arrests by the people'
The Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist has come out openly in defence of the three abductions by Maoist groups in Odisha and Chhattisgarh saying these were not abductions but arrests carried out by the 'people' to put forth their long standing collective demands and as a reaction to the ongoing state repression unleashed against them.
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Italian tourists abducted: Maoists talk tough; Odisha govt open to negotiations
There is no word yet on the kidnapped Italians who are being held hostage by the Maoists in Odisha's Kandhamal district. One of the two abducted men, Boscusco Paolo, has been visiting Odisha since 1999 and runs a travel agency in Puri that takes foreign tourists on tribal tours. The other, Clandio Colangilo, is a tourist. The two were kidnapped fro...
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Maoists snatch railway signal torchlights
Suspected Maoists have snatched cash, a mobile phone and two railway signal torchlights at gunpoint from an assistant station manager (ASM) at Jareikela station in Orissa. The police said ten armed Maoists had threatened the ASM Sidharth Prasad who was on duty last night and robbed him at gunpoint. Maoists put up posters in Jareikela and nearby are...
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Chidambaram had asked Naveen Patnaik not to give in to Maoists
The Centre was not in favour of Orissa government striking a deal with Maoists for the release of its two officials in exchange for the freedom some top Maoists from its jails.Home Minister P Chidambaram is understood to have spoken to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and urged him not to set precedent by striking a deal with the Maoists that w...
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Malkangiri kidnapping: Maoists meet Maoist leader in jail
Negotiations are still underway of the release of Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi kidnapped in Orissa on February 16.One of those who the Maoists are demanding walk free in return for the two kidnapped men is their colleague Shriramulu Shrinivas who got bail in a in case related to dacoity, but will not be re...
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Maoists, Orissa Govt close to striking a deal?
Top Maoist leader Shriramulu Shrinivas was produced in a fast track court at Malkangiri for his bail plea. The release of this man, jailed for dacoity, is an important condition set by Maoists as they negotiate with the Orissa government for the release of Malkangiri Collector RV Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi. The police who were e...
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Orissa: 9 Maoists killed in Rayagada
Security forces in Orissa are clearly on the offensive against Naxals over the last two months. Nine Naxals including four women were gunned down in Naxal-hit Rayagada district in the early hours of Sunday. The hilltop encounter near Sikarpai village came after a tipoff that a 25-member squad was camping here. The Special Operation Group and t...
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Maoists slit teacher's throat in Orissa
Armed Maoists killed a teacher whom they suspected to be a police informer in Gotiguda village of the district, police said on Monday.Over 30 Maoists came to the village, about 90 km from Koraput, last night and asked 35-year-old Ghasi Kendruka , a 'Sikshyasahayak' attached with a school, to come out of his house.They took him to a nearby ma...
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Hardcore Maoist arrested in Orissa
A hardcore Maoist guerrilla was arrested from Orissa's Rayagada district on Saturday."Arilo Miniaka, a hardcore Maoists, was involved in the killing of two persons at Dangasorada village a year ago," Additional Superintendent of Police P K Bhoi said.He is an accused in several cases including the explosion of a government building and a mobile towe...
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Orissa: Maoists kill teen boy
Another incident of a Maoist attack in Orissa. A 17-year-old boy was hacked to death as Maoists repeatedly target ordinary people.The boy was apparently son of a suspected police informer. On Wednesday night in Mauyrbhanj district, Maoists set on fire a Home Guard's house. In another incident, around 30 Maoists attacke...
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Orissa: Naval divers join search operation
Naval divers on Monday joined the search for 35 personnel of an elite anti-naxal force, who were feared drowned in a reservoir on the Orissa - Andhra Pradesh border after Maoists rained bullets on a launch carrying them and sank it.
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Orissa govt ready for talks with Maoists
Nine days after Maoists' attacked armouries and police stations in Nayagarh district, Orissa government on Sunday expressed its readiness to hold talks with the ultras if they gave up arms and shunned violence.
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Maoists extort development funds
The Orissa state government and the Centre are facing a situation where Naxals are benefiting of their welfare schemes in Maoist-affected areas.
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Orissa on high alert post Maoist attack
Security across Orissa was tightened on Saturday following the killing of police personnel by Maoists, who also looted weapons from the district armoury in Nayagarh, police said.
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Maoist duo held in Odisha: police
Two Maoists, allegedly involved in several incidents of violence including murder, were arrested from Silakota forests in Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday.
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Maoist Central Committee justifies abductions, says those were 'arrests by the people'
The Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist has come out openly in defence of the three abductions by Maoist groups in Odisha and Chhattisgarh saying these were not abductions but arrests carried out by the 'people' to put forth their long standing collective demands and as a reaction to the ongoing state repression unleashed against them.
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Italian tourists abducted: Maoists talk tough; Odisha govt open to negotiations
There is no word yet on the kidnapped Italians who are being held hostage by the Maoists in Odisha's Kandhamal district. One of the two abducted men, Boscusco Paolo, has been visiting Odisha since 1999 and runs a travel agency in Puri that takes foreign tourists on tribal tours. The other, Clandio Colangilo, is a tourist. The two were kidnapped fro...
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Maoists snatch railway signal torchlights
Suspected Maoists have snatched cash, a mobile phone and two railway signal torchlights at gunpoint from an assistant station manager (ASM) at Jareikela station in Orissa. The police said ten armed Maoists had threatened the ASM Sidharth Prasad who was on duty last night and robbed him at gunpoint. Maoists put up posters in Jareikela and nearby are...
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Chidambaram had asked Naveen Patnaik not to give in to Maoists
The Centre was not in favour of Orissa government striking a deal with Maoists for the release of its two officials in exchange for the freedom some top Maoists from its jails.Home Minister P Chidambaram is understood to have spoken to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and urged him not to set precedent by striking a deal with the Maoists that w...
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Malkangiri kidnapping: Maoists meet Maoist leader in jail
Negotiations are still underway of the release of Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi kidnapped in Orissa on February 16.One of those who the Maoists are demanding walk free in return for the two kidnapped men is their colleague Shriramulu Shrinivas who got bail in a in case related to dacoity, but will not be re...
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Maoists, Orissa Govt close to striking a deal?
Top Maoist leader Shriramulu Shrinivas was produced in a fast track court at Malkangiri for his bail plea. The release of this man, jailed for dacoity, is an important condition set by Maoists as they negotiate with the Orissa government for the release of Malkangiri Collector RV Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi. The police who were e...
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Orissa: 9 Maoists killed in Rayagada
Security forces in Orissa are clearly on the offensive against Naxals over the last two months. Nine Naxals including four women were gunned down in Naxal-hit Rayagada district in the early hours of Sunday. The hilltop encounter near Sikarpai village came after a tipoff that a 25-member squad was camping here. The Special Operation Group and t...
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Maoists slit teacher's throat in Orissa
Armed Maoists killed a teacher whom they suspected to be a police informer in Gotiguda village of the district, police said on Monday.Over 30 Maoists came to the village, about 90 km from Koraput, last night and asked 35-year-old Ghasi Kendruka , a 'Sikshyasahayak' attached with a school, to come out of his house.They took him to a nearby ma...
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Hardcore Maoist arrested in Orissa
A hardcore Maoist guerrilla was arrested from Orissa's Rayagada district on Saturday."Arilo Miniaka, a hardcore Maoists, was involved in the killing of two persons at Dangasorada village a year ago," Additional Superintendent of Police P K Bhoi said.He is an accused in several cases including the explosion of a government building and a mobile towe...
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Orissa: Maoists kill teen boy
Another incident of a Maoist attack in Orissa. A 17-year-old boy was hacked to death as Maoists repeatedly target ordinary people.The boy was apparently son of a suspected police informer. On Wednesday night in Mauyrbhanj district, Maoists set on fire a Home Guard's house. In another incident, around 30 Maoists attacke...
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Orissa: Naval divers join search operation
Naval divers on Monday joined the search for 35 personnel of an elite anti-naxal force, who were feared drowned in a reservoir on the Orissa - Andhra Pradesh border after Maoists rained bullets on a launch carrying them and sank it.
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Orissa govt ready for talks with Maoists
Nine days after Maoists' attacked armouries and police stations in Nayagarh district, Orissa government on Sunday expressed its readiness to hold talks with the ultras if they gave up arms and shunned violence.
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Maoists extort development funds
The Orissa state government and the Centre are facing a situation where Naxals are benefiting of their welfare schemes in Maoist-affected areas.
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Orissa on high alert post Maoist attack
Security across Orissa was tightened on Saturday following the killing of police personnel by Maoists, who also looted weapons from the district armoury in Nayagarh, police said.
