Maoists free Hikaka on promise to quit as MLA

Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka was on Thursday released unharmed by Maoists at a village in Koraput, 33 days after he was abducted from the same district by the rebels.Clad in a green kurta and......

Odisha: BJD MLA to be freed on Thursday

Maoists, who had kidnapped Biju Janata Dal Member of Legislative Assembly Jhina Hikaka nearly a month ago, have decided to release the tribal leader on Thursday, said a lawyer who fights cases for......

Maoists produce abducted BJD MLA in people's court

Maoists on Thursday produced abducted ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka before a people's court to decide his fate, a day after the Odisha government said it would withdraw cases against 13......

Odisha government agrees to Maoists demands

Bowing to demand by Maoists that it withdraw cases against 13 prisoners for the freedom of Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka, the Odisha government on Wednesday announced that it was agreeable to do......