VHP leader Praveen Togadia banned to enter KandhamalKandhamal has watched with great nervousness campaigns such as ‘Ghar Wapsi’ carried out by right wing groups like VHP.
Kandhamal riot panel asks witnesses to be fearlessOdisha govt had set up a judicial commission to probe into origin of large scale communal violence in Kandhamal which killed 38 persons in ...
BJP urges thorough probe into Kandhamal by-poll by Election CommissionAlleging vote rigging, misuse of official machinery and pumping of money BJD in Odisha to win Kandhamal Lok Sabha bypoll BJP today urged EC...
Voting begins for Kandhamal LS bypoll amid tight securityOf the 1,497 polling booths, 530 have been identified as sensitive where central paramilitary forces like CRPF and BSF jawans have been dep...
Voting begins for Kandhamal Lok Sabha bypoll amid tight securityAmid tight security, polling commenced at 7 AM in the Maoist-hit constituency spread over Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Boudh districts.
BJD keen to retain huge victory margin in KandhamalPolitical analysts said Congress is fighting this by-poll like it were a consolation match, and not many of them give much of a chance to C...
BJD keen to retain huge victory margin in Kandhamal"Kandhamal remains one of the poorest places in the state, despite five years of BJD rule and ten years of combined rule of BJD-BJP," said ...
- Opposition parties dub BJD candidate as foreigner
Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh, widow of ex-Kandhamal MP Hemendra Singh,was born in a royal family in Nepal.
BJD fields Hemendra Chandra Singh's widow as candidate for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat"He (Hemendra) has a very good reputation for the hard work. She will continue the good work for the people of Kandhamal," Patnaik said.
Former BJD MP joins BJP ahead of Kandhamal by-pollHitting out at BJD, the former MP alleged corruption was rampant during BJD rule which was marked by dictatorial and authoritarian practice...
Parties gear up to select candidates for Kandhamal LS bypollsOf the seven Assembly segments under Kandhamal LS seat, six are with the ruling BJD, while one seat is held by the Congress.
- Abduction caps four years of extremist violence in Kandhamal
The abduction of two Italians is the first such incident in Odisha's Kandhamal district involving foreigners.
- Six-year term for Orissa BJP MLA in Kandhamal riot case
BJP’s Ghumusar Udayagiri MLA Manoj Pradhan has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for murder during the Kandhamal riots.
- Kandhamal violence triggered by Hindu fanatics: Report
The 3-day National Peoples Tribunal on the Kandhamal communal violence at New Delhi concluded on Tuesday exposed the abject failure of poli...
- Naveen announces special package for riot-hit Kandhamal
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a new special package for the riot-hit Kandhamal and Gajapati districts.
- Kandhamal riot accused wins assembly polls from jail
A prime accused in the Kandhamal communal riots, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, was among the two saffron candidates declared winner in two of the th...
- Kandhamal situation is very tense: Orissa govt
Terming the situation in riot-hit Kandhamal as 'very tense', Orissa government on Friday said it would like to hold dialogues with differen...