After 33 days of separation, Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka's wife, Kaushalya, on Thursday credited god foremost for his release from Maoist captivity.
'Ramdhun' was played in the Odisha Assembly and the chief minister's office at the state secretariat today soon after the release of BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka by Maoists.
Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, on Thursday locked up the all the 50-odd staff and secretary after their meeting failed to yield any result.
In the wake of the abduction of the Sukma district collector, security along the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh border has been tightened and government officials posted in Palamau division have been asked not to move without security in Maoist-hit areas.
Odisha BJP MLA Jhina Hikaka was released by the Maoists today after they kept him in captivity for over a month. He was released in the presence of his wife and lawyer.
Have the Maoists scored a victory?The ruling establishment of West Bengal has stepped up its policing of the education sector.
With the Norway custody row over two NRI children settled, an Indian mother in Sweden has sought government intervention for the custody of her 11-year-old son allegedly being held by Swedish authorities.
Maoists holding Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka captive for more than one month have announced they will release him on Thursday. Priya Ranjan Sahu reports.
Hikaka release likely soon
Mamata Banerjee did a complete U-turn on Maoists on Tuesday, when she called them "killers and cowards" and urged Lalgarh villagers to keep them out.
In a bid to build bridges between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress in this season of presidential election, the Centre has for the first time allowed the construction of bridges as part of its rural roads scheme in West Bengal.
Happy and relieved at the return of his two grandchildren from Norway after a prolonged legal battle, Monotosh Chakraborty, the kids' maternal grandfather, on Tuesday said he was happy that Norwegian laws will no longer be applicable to the children.
Ending the prolonged custody row in Norway, the two Indian toddlers arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi today with their uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya and headed to their ancestral house at Kulti in Burdwan district.
Two former chief secretaries of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who were today named as nominees for talk with naxals, have said that ensuring "safe" release of the abducted collector Alex Paul Menon will be their top priority.