Naxals are likely to extend deadline for release of two Italians. Prof Hargopal has talked to naxals and appealed for extension of deadline. Uma Sudhir and Prof Hargopal may be mediators yet again. Two Italian tourists had been taken hostage by Maoists at an undisclosed location in Odisha's Kandhamal district.

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