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  Sukma collector Menon meets Jaya

  Politics | May 16, 2012 17:48 IST

  Hennai, May 16: Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, who was recently set free by Maoists after 12 days of captivity in Chhattisgarh, today met Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa and thanked her for urging the

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  Menon to be released in 48 hours, Maoists' mediators

  India | April 30, 2012 23:06 IST

  Raipur, Apr 30: An end to the 10-day hostage crisis involving Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was in sight with Maoists' mediators announcing tonight that the IAS officer will be released within 48 hours.The breakthrough

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  Maoists set May 2 deadline for release of 8 jailed rebels

  India | April 30, 2012 21:16 IST

  Raipur, Apr 30: The Maoists today set a fresh deadline of May 2 for the Chhatisgarh government to release eight of their jailed associates in exchange for the freedom of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon

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  Mediators reach out to Maoists in forests

  India | April 29, 2012 11:59 IST

  Raipur, April 29 : Two mediators, retired IAS officer B D Sharma and Prof Hargopal, have reached the Maoist hideout deep inside the Bastar forests to persuade them to release the abducted district collector Alex

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  Abducted Sukma district collector's health stable, Says Kunjam

  India | April 26, 2012 12:16 IST

  Raipur, Apr 26: Former CPI MLA Manish Kunjam, who today returned after delivering medicines to abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, said the IAS officer's health was “stable”.Kunjam, who rushed medicines to Menon on

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  Maoists' deadline passes, mediators prepare for talks

  India | April 25, 2012 21:48 IST

  Raipur/New Delhi, Apr 25: The first deadline set by Maoists for meeting their demands to set free abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon passed on Wednesday amid reports it has been extended till Friday to

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  Chhatisgarh govt names mediators, Collector critical, say Maoists

  India | April 24, 2012 19:59 IST

  Raipur/New Delhi, Apr 24: Chhatisgarh government today named two former chief secretaries as its nominees for talks with Naxals for release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon even as activists—Prashant Bhushan and Manish Kunjam—declined

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  Anti-Maoist operations in Bastar, Chhatisgarh suspended

  India | April 23, 2012 21:06 IST

  Raipur/New Delhi, Apr 23: The anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region has been suspended in the wake of abduction of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon.Official sources said the state government has asked the security

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  Collector Menon wrote a poem 'Lemme pass away tonight'

  India | April 22, 2012 14:17 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 22:  Abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon used to blog on the internet with the url  http://alexmenon.blogspot.in/Three years ago, on May 1, 2009, he posted an evocative poem titled 'Lemme pass