Maoist Interlocutors

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  "Caught A Commando," Claim Maoists, Want Government To Negotiate Release

  The outlawed CPI (Maoist) has claimed that CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who went missing after the April 3 ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, is in captivity of ultras, and asked the state government to appoint interlocutors for his re

• Sukma collector safe, say mediators after meeting Maoists

  The abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is safe. After meeting the Maoists on Saturday, the two interlocutors - Hyderabad-based professor G. Hargopal and former IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer BD Sharma - said that the Maoists had also replied to the Chhattisgarh government's message on their demands for his release.

• Sukma collector safe, say mediators after meeting Maoists

  The abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is safe. After meeting the Maoists on Saturday, the two interlocutors - Hyderabad-based professor G. Hargopal and former IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer BD Sharma - said that the Maoists had also replied to the Chhattisgarh government's message on their demands for his release.

• Chhattisgarh hostage crisis: Mediators go to meet Maoists

  One week after the kidnapping of Sukma collector Alex Menon, a third round of talks are set to begin, between the mediators and the Maoists in state capital Raipur. This after, the last two rounds of talks seem to have ended inconclusively. Early Saturday morning, the Maoist mediators BD Sharma and Professor Hargopal left to go to Chintalnar to me...

• Odisha hostage crisis: Talks with Maoists suspended indefinitely after MLA's abduction

  The discussion between the Maoist interlocutors and the Odisha government over the release of the two abducted Italian nationals has been suspended indefinitely after an MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Jhina Hikaka, was abducted from Koraput district today.

• Italian tourists abducted: Maoists' deadline ends today

  After the Maoists - who abducted two Italians in Odisha - named three interlocutors for negotiations with the state government, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked them to suggest alternative names for at least two of the proposed mediators. The deadline given by the Maoists for the government to respond to their 13-point demand ends today.

• Italian tourists abducted: Maoists make new demands

  Maoists have made new demands for the release of the two Italians abducted in Odisha's Kandhamal district. They want three of their leaders, Gana-nath Patra, Subha-shree Panda and Ashutosh Soren released. They also want search and combing operations against them suspended.

• Setback to Mamata-Maoist talks: 5 of the 6 interlocutors quit

  In what comes as a big setback for peace talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Maoists, five of the six interlocutors appointed by Ms Banerjee have expressed their inability to carry on the talks.

• Mamata asks interlocutors to continue talks with Maoists

  The six interlocutors, who were appointed by the West Bengal government to hold talks with the Maoists in Junglemahal, were today directed to continue their parleys by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

• Talks with Maoists: Interlocutors to meet Mamata Banerjee

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will today meet the interlocutors engaged in a dialogue with the Maoists in the state.

• Tackling Maoists: Mamata Banerjee meets interlocutors

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting the Maoist interlocutors today. Ms Banerjee had given a deadline to rebels to lay down their arms by October 22; the Maoists have not responded so far.

• In letter to Mamata, Naxals list preconditions for ceasefire

  Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal.

• West Bengal Maoists offer conditional ceasefire deal

  Maoists and interlocutors appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have issued a joint press release saying "if the government agrees to stop joint force operations in Junglemahal, in letter and spirit, then, Maoists will cease the use of arms for one month".

• Mamata gives go ahead for talks with Maoists

  Despite her tough talk against the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today gave the go-ahead to a group of interlocutors appointed by her for talks with the ultras.