Nitish calls all-party meet, wants ops intensified
Facing biting criticism from all sides for the murder of an abducted policeman by the Maoists, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday proposed an all-party meeting to seek a political consensus on how best to deal with the hostage crisis.
The Asian Age
CM outflanked by Maoists, say Nitish rivals
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar came in for severe criticism from different quarters – except, of course, his own party, Janata Dal (U), and ally Bharatiya Janata Party – for his alleged clumsy handling of the police abduction crisis.
Hindustan Times
Nitishs talks with Maoists get nowhere
Even as the third deadline given by the Naxalites for the release of eight jailed commanders in lieu of the abducted cops expired on Friday, the Bihar police failed to make any headway.
Deccan Herald
‘We'll kill them one by one’
PatnaUnrepentant Maoist tells mediapersons from jail vanOn a day when the bullet-ridden body of police havildar Lucas Tete was recovered from Lakshisari, one of the eight Maoist leaders, Pramod, whose release has been sought by the hostage-takers, justified the killing and warned that the remaining three cops would also meet the same fate.
Daily Pioneer