- Fast Track court sentences 12 to RI for role in Kandhamal riots
A Fast Track court today sentenced 12 people to six years' imprisonment after they were convicted of being involved in the violence during ...
27 Nov, 2012, 05.58 PM IST
- Protests against EU team's Kandhamal visit, five held
Bajrang Dal workers detained last evening from Bhubaneswar airport.
03 Feb, 2010, 12.48 PM IST
- 12 convicted, two let off in Kandhamal riot case
A fast track court jailed 12 people for 4 years in 2008 Kandhamal riots case.
28 Nov, 2009, 05.22 PM IST
- Judicial Commission seeks state action to stop Kandhamal violence
Retired justice Sarat Chandra Mohaptra has asked the Orissa government to settle land, fake caste certificate and conversion issues to brin...
03 Jul, 2009, 08.27 PM IST
- Orissa Cabinet recommends for dissolution of Assembly
The cabinet headed by Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday recommended for dissolution of the 13th State Legislative Assembly, ...
14 May, 2009, 10.08 PM IST
- Sangh parivar outfits to enforce bandh on Dec 25
Orissa govt is contemplating reimposition of curfew and prohibitory orders in sensitive pockets of strife-torn Kandhamal district before De...
10 Dec, 2008, 03.36 AM IST
- Ministers' team to visit Kandhamal tomorrow
A ministerial team headed by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar will visit violence-hit Kandhamal in Orissa on November 18.
17 Nov, 2008, 03.08 AM IST
- Centre, Orissa have failed to protect Christians: Bishops
The Catholic church has said that the Centre and the Orissa government have ‘failed miserably’ to protect Christians from the violence unle...
03 Nov, 2008, 03.11 AM IST
- SC directs Orissa to submit report on Kandhamal by tomorrow
The Supreme Court today directed the Orissa government to place by tomorrow its report relating to steps taken to protect lives of people b...
03 Sep, 2008, 11.39 AM IST
- Centre rushes in more troops to Orissa
The Centre has stationed nearly 5,500 central para-military personnel in Orissa to aid the police in restoring law and order.
02 Sep, 2008, 02.48 AM IST
- 558 houses, 17 places of worship torched during riot: Orissa govt
The state government said at least 558 houses and 17 places of worship were burnt in communal riots after VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Sar...
01 Sep, 2008, 06.45 PM IST
- BJP firm on alliance with BJD
Seeking to end speculation on its ties with the Biju Janata Dal, the BJP has asked its Orissa unit to stop putting roadblocks in the way of...
29 Aug, 2008, 02.23 AM IST
- Violence continues despite shoot at sight order
Violence continued on Thursday in remote areas of the communally sensitive district of Orissa in a backlash to the killing of VHP leader La...
28 Aug, 2008, 12.32 PM IST
- VHP bandh: Orphanage torched
A woman was burnt to death and a Christian priest suffered critical injuries when an orphanage was torched in Orissa’s Bargarh district dur...
26 Aug, 2008, 04.11 AM IST
- Orissa to probe VHP leader's death
Orissa govt has ordered judicial probe into killing of VHP leader Swamy Laxmananada Saraswati and his followers in Kandhamal district. CM P...
25 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Curfew to be imposed in Kandhmal on Sunday
Curfew would be imposed in Orissa's communally sensitive Kandhmal district tomorrow morning following the killing of five VHP leaders inclu...
24 Aug, 2008, 02.00 AM IST
- Parts of Orissa continue to remain under curfew
The situation in Orissa's Kandhamal district continues to remain tense after Hindu religious groups clashed with Christians on the day of C...
26 Dec, 2007, 04.43 PM IST