BHUBANESWAR - Malkangiri district collector R. Vineel Krishna continued to be in Maoist custody for the eighth day Thursday even as Orissa intensified efforts for his release by evening. Negotiations hit a roadblock after the rebels set new conditions, including setting free some more Maoist leaders from jail.

TORONTO - Canada has refused to re-admit the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacking who was deported to India last year.