Security tightened in KandhamalAugust 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - After ensuring peaceful Janmashtami, the district police of Kandhamal Sunday stepped up security as on this day last year Laxmananda Saraswati, a Hindu right-wing leader, was killed along with four of his associates at his ashram, sparking communal violence. "The Hindu groups have already celebrated the anniversary of Swami Laxmananda.
Patnaik seeks re-deployment of central forces in KandhamalJuly 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has opposed the withdrawal of central forces from Kandhamal district, which witnessed communal riots last year, and demanded their re-deployment to ensure peace in the region, officials here said Friday. Patnaik has requested the central government to re-deploy the forces till the situation becomes completely normal," a senior official of the chief minister's office told IANS.
Central forces withdrawn from Orissa's Kandhamal districtJuly 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Four companies of central paramilitary forces posted in Orissa's Kandhamal district following communal violence last year were withdrawn Wednesday, an official said. They were the last of the central forces posted there to keep the peace.
500 paramilitary forces withdrawn from Orissa's KandhamalMay 31st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least five companies of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), comprising about 500 personnel, were withdrawn Sunday from Orissa's Kandhamal district that had witnessed communal violence last year, an official said. An official of the state home department told IANS that the paramilitary troops would be replaced by an equal number of state police personnel.
Riot accused wins election in Orissa's KandhamalMay 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A candidate accused of involvement in last year's anti-Christian riots in Orissa has won the assembly elections, official said. Manoj Pradhan, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, won from the Udayagiri constituency in Kandhamal district.
Orissa wants central forces to stay on in KandhamalApril 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The election in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district went off peacefully last week, but state authorities want the central forces deployed in the communally-sensitive region to stay on for a while longer, officials said Monday. The central government wants to withdraw the 45 companies of paramilitary forces, including the forces deployed in Kandhamal after the communal riots last year.
BJP's Kandhamal candidate Ashok Sahu gets bailApril 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A district court Friday granted bail to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Kandhamal, Ashok Sahu who was arrested Tuesday for making inflammatory speeches in the region that witnessed widespread violence last year, a lawyer said. 'Jagajiban Patra, the Kandhamal district and session judge granted him (Sahu) bail on Rs.10,000 surety,' V.V.
BJP candidate from Kandhamal arrested for hate speechApril 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Ashok Sahu was arrested Tuesday for making an inflammatory speech in Orissa's Kandhamal region earlier this month. 'Sahu was arrested from Phulbani town,' Kandhamal District Collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
Poll panel to make voting arrangements for refugeesApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday said it would make voting arrangements for the people who have fled their states and are living in refugee camps in the country. 'The Election Commission will make all arrangements in the refugee camps in Jammu, Delhi, Kandhamal and Chhattisgarh so that people (living in camps) could cast their voters,' Deputy Election Commission J.P.
Christian man found murdered in Orissa's Kandhamal districtFebruary 22nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A 40-year-old Christian man has been found murdered in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said Saturday. At least 38 people, mostly Christians, were killed in the district in communal riots last year.
5,000 Christians still in refugee camps in Orissa's KandhamalFebruary 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fear still stalks the 5,000 people in refugee camps in Orissa's Kandhamal district who had taken shelter there after anti-Christian violence drove them out of their homes, says a priest, pointing out that paramilitary forces were being withdrawn from the area. 'Most of the people hesitate to move back to their homes in the villages as the threat still prevails there.
700 CRPF personnel withdrawn from Orissa's Kandhamal districtJanuary 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least seven companies of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), comprising 700 personnel, were withdrawn Thursday from Orissa's Kandhamal district that had witnessed communal violence last year, an official said. 'The CRPF companies were deployed in areas such as Belghar, Baliguda, Pabingia, Mandashore and Katingia.
Central forces to be removed from Orissa's KandhamalJanuary 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Over 4,000 personnel of central forces deployed in Orissa's Kandhamal district in the aftermath of communal violence will be withdrawn in phases, an official said Tuesday. The central government has directed the state to initiate the withdrawal of forces from Thursday (Jan 15), Home Secretary A.P.
Orissa may want central forces to extend Kandhamal stayDecember 26th, 2008 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa may seek an extension of the deployment of central forces in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district as authorities feel there are still undercurrents of tension prevailing in some remote areas. 'We need the presence of central forces for some more time as complete normalcy is yet to be restored in interior pockets,' a police officer in Kandhamal told IANS Saturday on condition of anonymity.
Midnight Christmas mass passes off peacefully in KandhamalDecember 24th, 2008 BHUBANESWAR - Midnight Christmas mass was attended by thousands of Christians amid tight security across Orissa, including Kandhamal district that had witnessed widespread anti-Christian violence earlier this year. In many places Hindus joined Christians in the celebrations, officials said Thursday.
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