Accusing the state government of dilly dallying in replying to their demands for the safe release of the Sukma collector, Maoists on Friday said they have not taken any decision on extending the deadline.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
Second round of talks inconclusive; Sukma collector spends seventh day in Maoist captivity.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
Why Menon?Exactly a week after Maoists abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon at gun point, two interlocutors named by them today flew in to Bastar to brief the rebels about the government's response to their demands set for safe release of the young officer, an official in Raipur said.
Mediators resumed talks today for a consensus on the release of abducted Sukma district collector, as Chhatisgarh CM Raman Singh discussed the new "unreported" demands with top officials set by the Maoists.
'We don't want to keep Menon anymore,' says two-page letter signed by rebel interlocutors.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
BreakthroughA day after Maoists' mediators announced that abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon will be released within 48 hours, on or before May 2, the Chhattisgarh government said today it was hopeful that the ten-day hostage crisis will come to an end and the IAS officer would be freed by tomorrow.
After nearly two weeks of hectic parleys, abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is set to be released today. Maoists had said Menon would be handed over to the mediators "in front of the people" at Tadmetla in south Bastar.
HT reports.
Residents say life hasn't been the same since the collector's abduction by Naxalites.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
Where it all happened
The agreement on the release of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon may end up serving the long-term interests of Maoists, said people close to the developments.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
The mediators representing Maoists today said abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon would be released tomorrow after nearly two weeks of captivity.
After being held hostage by Maoists for 12 days, abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon is expected to be freed by this evening when he will be handed over to the two mediators handpicked by the Maoists.
After 12 days in Maoist captivity, Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon emerged from the forests around sunset on Thursday — accompanied by Maoist interlocutors BD Sharma and G Hargopal.
Ejaz Kaiser &
Aloke Tikku report.
Hostage crisis ends 
Bastar tribal leader and former CPI MLA, Manish Kunjam who was spotted barely fifteen km from Sukma district headquarter, south Chhattisgarh today informed that the abducted collector Alex Paul Menon (32) is safe and in good condition.
Ejaz Kaiser reports.
Irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh's Sarguja district has led to the loss of Rs. 1,052 crore to the state, a recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out.
It was 2am at a remote CRPF post in Bijapur, deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. A group of men were assembled at a make-shift briefing room before setting out on a patrol through the forests.