Three held for crude bomb blast in Orissa's KandhamalSeptember 28th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Three people were detained in Orissa's Kandhamal district for their alleged role in a crude bomb blast Sunday, police said Monday. A man was killed and two people sustained injuries when the bomb they were carrying exploded in Nandagiri village, 56 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani.
Man dies in crude bomb blast in Orissa's KandhamalSeptember 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A man was killed and two people sustained injuries when a crude bomb they were carrying exploded in a village in Orissa's Kandhamal district Sunday, police said. The bomb exploded in one of the tents at Nandagiri village, 56 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani, where dozens of victims of last year's communal riots have taken shelter, police said.
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 MLA accused in Kandhamal violence surrendersJuly 31st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan, an accused in last year's communal violence in Kandhamal district, surrendered before a local court Friday as his bail period got over. His bail was extended for 15 days by the Orissa High Court on July 17.
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.
Chidambaram to visit Kandhamal today to meet riot victimsJune 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.
Maoist threat to BJP legislator in Orissa's KandhamalJune 4th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least two posters warning a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and Bajrang Dal activists of dire consequences for having allegedly fuelled last year's communal violence have been found in Orissa's Kandhamal district. The posters are suspected to have been put up by Maoist rebels, police said Thursday.
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.
BJP's Kandhamal candidate to face criminal chargesApril 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.
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.
Woman Maoist killed in gunbattle in Orissa's KandhamalMarch 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A woman Maoist rebel was Tuesday killed by security forces in a gunbattle in Orissa's Kandhamal district, an official said. Getting information that a group of Maoists had gathered in the forest near Daringbadi area of the district for a meeting, police and special operations group personnel raided the area.
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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