New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to look into the appeal of a Christian nun allegedly raped by religious fanatics during the infamous Kandhamal riots in Odisha, challenging the State High Court's rejection of her plea for cross-examination of a sub-divisional magistrate. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar, which posted to Monday the plea made by senior counsel Colin Gonzalves on behalf of the victim,...
05:02 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: A fast track court in Phulbani, Orissa, on Tuesday sentenced eight accused in the 2008 Kandhamal communal riots to five years imprisonment. Nineteen others were, however, acquitted by the court. The riots occurred in Kandhamal, a tribal-dominated district, in the aftermath of the killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati at the Jalespata Ashram on August 23, 2008. Hindu groups in the state blamed Christians for killing Lakshmanananda. They...
07:23 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Phulbani: A local court on Saturday acquitted 39 people arrested for their alleged involvement in Kandhamal ethno-communal riot in 2008. The 39 people were acquitted due to lack of proper evidence against them by fast track court 1 aditional sessions judge SK Dash in connection with two separate cases relating to the riot. A total 29 people of Dagapadar village under Tikabali police station were arrested on charges of torching...
08:12 PM, Jul 30, 2011
Phulbani, Orissa: Two separate fast track courts sentenced 12 people to rigorous imprisonment and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008. While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fast track court judge C R Das pronounced four years RI and Rs 3,000 penalty to 10 persons of...
04:10 PM, Jan 31, 2011
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06:42 PM, Dec 26, 2010
December 25, 2010 is the third anniversary of Kandhamal riots. Aarti Parichha, a 45-year-old, Kandhamal riot victim turns citizen journalist to report on the plight of thousands of riot victims who are still homeless and do not have a proper church to even pray in, this Christmas. ...
01:13 PM, Dec 25, 2010
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What would you do if your wife was raped, your brother killed or your home burnt. In front of your eyes. A mob holds an ...
06:37 PM, Nov 17, 2010
Phulbani (Orissa): Twelve persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted in riot related cases by separate fast track courts at Phulbani in Kandhamal on Saturday. Judges of the fast track court-I and II pronounced judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008. At least 38 persons were killed and over 4,800 houses and churches were damaged...
06:28 PM, Oct 30, 2010
Phulbani: A local court on Saturday sentenced eight persons to three years imprisonment for setting fire to houses belonging to minority community people during the Kandhamal riot in 2008. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on each of the eight persons. The judgement was pronounced by fast track court-I judge SK Das while disposing of a case relating to case of arson at Megubali village under Daringbadi...
09:49 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Phulbani: Orissa BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan has been convicted in the 2008 Kandhamal communal riots case. He has been sentenced to six years in prison by a fast track court. Pradhan was convicted for his involvement in the murder of one Bikram Nayak and for inciting communal violence. Pradhan, who is the sitting MLA from the communally sensitive Udayagiri constituency, had 12 cases registered against him for his alleged involvement...
08:24 PM, Sep 09, 2010
The 30-year-old BJP MLA, Manoj Pradhan, has been convicted for committing murder during Kandhamal riots. ...
03:25 PM, Jun 29, 2010
They were convicted in the anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal. ...
01:45 PM, Dec 25, 2009
They were involved in torching a villager house in Kandhamal last year. ...
03:03 PM, Dec 23, 2009
The government has set up two fast track courts to try Kandhamal cases. ...
06:50 PM, Nov 28, 2009
Manoj Pradhan has been acquitted in six other cases relating to the riots. ...
08:31 PM, Nov 24, 2009
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