Orissa shuts down last Kandhamal relief campsSeptember 4th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government has shut down the last of the relief camps for the victims of communal riots in Kandhamal district, an official said Friday. We have shut down the last two relief camps at Tiangia and Mandakia.
Orissa closes down another relief camp in KandhamalJuly 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Authorities in Orissa have closed down one more relief camp in Kandhamal district that saw communal riots last year, officials said Monday. "The relief camp at Tikabali village was shut down on Sunday and about 100 people, who were in the camp, returned to their respective homes," District Collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
Orissa BJP wants report on Kandhamal violence made publicJuly 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Orissa has demanded that a probe panel's interim report on last year's communal violence that claimed 38 lives in Kandhamal district be made public. "Everybody wants to know what happened in Kandhamal.
Orissa legislator, freed on bail, takes oathJuly 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Manoj Pradhan, a prime accused in communal violence in Kandhamal last year and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, Monday took oath as a member of the new assembly after he was granted bail by a court. He was the only one among the 147 legislators who was yet to take oath.
Nun identifies one more Kandhamal rape suspectJune 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A nun who was allegedly raped during last year's communal violence in Orissa identified one more person during a test identification parade of the suspects Tuesday, police said. The identification parade was held in the central jail at Choudwar in Cuttack district, some 30 km here, in the presence of a magistrate.
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.
Two more arrested in Orissa nun rape caseMay 4th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two more people have been arrested in Orissa for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a nun during the communal violence in the state's Kandhamal district last year, police said Monday. 'We arrested two more people during the weekend.
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.
Kandhamal BJP candidate booked for hate speechApril 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.
VHP leader's murder, riots major issues in OrissaApril 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader last year and the communal violence it triggered in Orissa have become major election campaign issues. At one rally after another, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which ended their 11-year alliance last month, are blaming each other for the violence.
Orissa fast track courts begin work to try riot casesMarch 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two first track courts inaugurated Sunday in Orissa have begun work to clear cases related to communal violence in Kandhamal district, officials said. The courts were inaugurated in a renovated building in the district headquarters of Phulbani, some 200 km from here by Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court B.S.
One more arrested in Orissa nun rape caseFebruary 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - One more person has been arrested in Orissa for his alleged involvement in the rape of a nun during the communal violence last year in the state's Kandhamal district, police said Sunday. 'Jayaban Digal, a resident of Sainpada village, was arrested Saturday night.
Orissa files charge sheet in Hindu leader murder caseJanuary 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The crime branch of Orissa police Friday filed a charge sheet against seven people for the murder of a Hindu leader that triggered communal violence in the state during August-September last year, an official said. The charge sheet was filed in the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate at Baliguda in Kandhamal district, a senior crime branch official told IANS on telephone.
Charges filed in Orissa nun rape caseJanuary 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.
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.
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