District Collector Kidnapped

Two policemen, including a Station House Officer, were suspended days after a man attempted self-immolation outside the district collectorate in Ghaziabad as the police failed to track his daughter who was allegedly kidnapped, officials said.

Chhattisgarh police today said they have arrested a senior Maoist leader who had abducted the IAS officer Alex Paul Menon from Sukma district in 2012.

While the family of the Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon celebrate his release, people seem to have forgotten two of his bodyguards who were killed by the Maoists while he was taken hostage on April 21. Amjad Khan and Kishan Kujur were shot dead while trying to stop the Maoists from kidnapping the 32-year-old IAS officer from a public meeti...

The second round of talks between the mediators and the Maoists over the release of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is being held currently. This is after the first round ended inconclusively on Thursday. However, both sides said the three-hour meeting was "positive".

Even as efforts are on to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created for the IAS officer by his family and friends on social networking site Facebook is seeing huge traffic. The page 'Free Alex Paul Menon', has over 2,700 likes and rising. One of the comments on the page says "life should be a torch that...

Abducted Collector Alex Paul Menon's condition has worsened, according to sources. Medical help that was sent through former MLA from Konta district Manish Kunjam reached the Collector today. Mr Menon's wife had yesterday made another appeal to the Maoists for the safe release of her husband, after a statement by the abductors said that the Collect...

The Chhattisgarh government has formed a five-member team to negotiate with the Maoists who have kidnapped Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon.

The Chhattisgarh Police today claimed to have got some vital clues in the abduction case of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon by Naxals. Additional Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Ram Nivas said that police has got some important clues but refused to elaborate due to security reasons.

As the hostage crisis involving an MLA in Odisha continues, Maoists today abducted a Collector in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Two security guards accompanying him were killed in the incident.

A senior official of Orissa's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district on Wednesday went missing and was suspected to have been abducted by Naxalites when he was going to attend a camp for local development in a remote area about 700km from Bhubaneshwar, officials said.Malkangiri District Collector R Veenil Krishna went missing when he was going from one dev...

Two policemen, including a Station House Officer, were suspended days after a man attempted self-immolation outside the district collectorate in Ghaziabad as the police failed to track his daughter who was allegedly kidnapped, officials said.

Chhattisgarh police today said they have arrested a senior Maoist leader who had abducted the IAS officer Alex Paul Menon from Sukma district in 2012.

While the family of the Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon celebrate his release, people seem to have forgotten two of his bodyguards who were killed by the Maoists while he was taken hostage on April 21. Amjad Khan and Kishan Kujur were shot dead while trying to stop the Maoists from kidnapping the 32-year-old IAS officer from a public meeti...

The second round of talks between the mediators and the Maoists over the release of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is being held currently. This is after the first round ended inconclusively on Thursday. However, both sides said the three-hour meeting was "positive".

Even as efforts are on to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created for the IAS officer by his family and friends on social networking site Facebook is seeing huge traffic. The page 'Free Alex Paul Menon', has over 2,700 likes and rising. One of the comments on the page says "life should be a torch that...

Abducted Collector Alex Paul Menon's condition has worsened, according to sources. Medical help that was sent through former MLA from Konta district Manish Kunjam reached the Collector today. Mr Menon's wife had yesterday made another appeal to the Maoists for the safe release of her husband, after a statement by the abductors said that the Collect...

The Chhattisgarh government has formed a five-member team to negotiate with the Maoists who have kidnapped Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon.

The Chhattisgarh Police today claimed to have got some vital clues in the abduction case of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon by Naxals. Additional Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Ram Nivas said that police has got some important clues but refused to elaborate due to security reasons.

As the hostage crisis involving an MLA in Odisha continues, Maoists today abducted a Collector in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Two security guards accompanying him were killed in the incident.

A senior official of Orissa's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district on Wednesday went missing and was suspected to have been abducted by Naxalites when he was going to attend a camp for local development in a remote area about 700km from Bhubaneshwar, officials said.Malkangiri District Collector R Veenil Krishna went missing when he was going from one dev...