Kandhamal riot accused out on bail to take oath as MLA

July 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.

June 26th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram is scheduled to visit the relief camps in Orissa's Kandhamal district today to take stock of the situation, where over 2,000 people have been staying since last year communal violence.

May 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.

April 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.

April 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Elections passed off peacefully in Orissa's Kandhamal district, with around 50 percent voter turnout, an official said Thursday. The district witnessed communal riots last year that killed 38 people.

April 15th, 2009 KANDHAMAL - Preparations are in full swing to hold general elections tomorrow in Orissa's Kandhamal District. The camp for the distribution of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) saw the presiding officials turn out in large numbers to collect them.

April 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.

April 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, was arrested Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody after a court denied him bail for his alleged communally charged speech earlier this month, an official said. Sahu, arrested from Phulbani town in communally sensitive Kandhamal district, is accused of violating the model code of conduct and creating caste and religious divide by making communally charged speeches April 5 at a public meeting in Raikia town.

April 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday asked authorities in Orissa to add two more sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the criminal case filed against Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, who has been booked for an inflammatory speech. The Election Commission, which examined a CD recording of Sahu's speech, also issued notice to him for violating the model code of conduct and asked him to reply by 3 p.m.

April 11th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A case has been registered against the BJP candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal seat, Ashok Sahu, for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech at a public meeting. "We have registered a case against Sahu.

April 11th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orrissa's Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, has been booked for delivering an inflammatory speech in a region where communal violence last year claimed 38 lives. 'We have registered a case against Sahu.

April 8th, 2009 KANDHAMAL - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal District today. During his visit, Rahul will attend meetings at Baliguda in Kandhamnal and Dharmagarh in Kalahandi districts.

April 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 4,000 people have been identified as possible trouble makers ahead of polls in Orissa's Kandhamal district, which saw communal violence that killed at least 38 people last year, an official said Tuesday. The polling for one Lok Sabha seat and three assembly seats in the district is just nine days away and district authorities say all necessary steps have been taken to ensure peaceful polls.

April 7th, 2009 KANDHAMAL - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal District on Wednesday. Kandhamal District witnessed the killing of several Christians and the burning of several houses and churches following the murder of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati.

January 28th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The police Thursday filed charges against 10 people, accused in the rape of a nun when religious riots hot Orissa's Kandhamal district last year, officials said. The charges were filed in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate at Baliguda in Kandhamal, investigating officer D.K.