Kandhmal riot accused BJP leader takes oathJuly 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - BJP leader Manoj Pradhan, who is an accused in Orissa's Kandhmal riots, took oath on Monday as member of the legislative assembly. Pradhan, who is currently out on bail, fought the elections from a jail and won from G Udayagiri constituency with a margin of nearly 24,000 votes.
Chidambaram visits Kandhamal victims in relief campsJune 26th, 2009 PHULBANI - Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Friday visited Kandhamal riots victims in the Government run relief camps here. Chidambaram, who is taking stock of the law and order situation in Orissa, today visited the Government run relief camps in Mandaika, Rahikola, Tinigia and Tikabali in Kandhamal district.
Buddhadeb to meet PM, Chidambaram todayJune 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram here to discuss Lalgarh issue today.
Chidambaram wins in Sivaganga, after allMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram won the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu Saturday after two recounts, poll officials said here.
Kandhamal villagers still living in fearApril 15th, 2009 KANDHAMAL - Shadow of last year's communal riots still looms large over villagers in Kandhmal in Orissa, making them ask for security on the polling day. Though the people are coming back to their villages, they are still living under a shadow of fear.
No white-washing over anti-Sikh riots: ChidambaramApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said Sikhs had a 'legitimate grievance' that a few people had been punished for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots but assured the community that 'no one in the government is trying to whitewash anything'.
Throwing a shoe is not the way to vent anger: KaratApril 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Responding to a journalist hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram in Delhi over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Tuesday there were other ways to vent anger.
Shoe thrower's mother thanks Chidambaram for forgiving himApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The mother of Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh, who hurled a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram at a press conference Tuesday, thanked the Congress leader for forgiving her son.
Method was wrong, issue is right, says journalist Jarnail SinghApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The way was wrong but the issue was right, journalist Jarnail Singh said Tuesday after hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram over his responses to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Journalist chucks shoe at ChidambaramApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday ducked a shoe thrown by a journalist at a press conference here.
Chidambaram's shoe saga started with mild questionApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was little indication of the emotive action to follow when Delhi journalist Jarnail Singh asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram a question about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at a press conference Tuesday.
BJP condemns shoe attack on home ministerApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday condemned a journalist's shoe attack against Home Minister P. Chidambaram but also advised the Congress to withdraw the Lok Sabha candidatures of its riot tainted leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar.
India condemns terror attack in LahoreMarch 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday condemned the terror attack on the Lahore police academy, saying it offered its deep sympathy to the people of Pakistan. 'We don't have full information.
Chidambaram in Orissa to review securityMarch 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived here Friday to review the security situation in state in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections, an officials said.
Delhi always faces terror threat: ChidambaramFebruary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi is always under the terror threat as it is the national capital, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday.
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