Kandhamal: It seems likely that Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda, who has kept the Italian national Paolo Bosusco hostage to force the government to agree to his demands, may just have committed a big blunder and in fact, put his own safety at risk. CNN-IBN has learnt that the local Dalit community, which was his main support base in Kandhamal up until now, is not supporting him on the hostage issue....
08:35 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Berhampur (Odisha): The abduction of two Italians is the first such incident in Odisha's Kandhamal district involving foreigners, but the district has witnessed an alarming spurt in extremist violence in the last four years. Covered by dense forest and being a mountainous terrain, the tribal-dominated district has served as a safe haven and hide-out for extremists for sometime, an intelligence official said. The district had not witnessed any violence or...
01:09 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Factionalism among the Maoists could be behind the kidnapping of the BJD MLA from Koraput district and the killing of policemen while talks were being held for the release of two Italians taken hostage by the ultras in Odisha, police and intelligence sources said on Sunday. The tribal BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was kidnapped from Koraput district which was preceded by the gunning down of a police sub-inspector in...
01:22 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: The abduction of the two Italians is a clear reflection that Maoists are not on the back foot even after operation Green Hunt. CNN-IBN travelled to Kandhamal in Odisha to find out the ground reality. Sixty two-year-old Pyari Mohan Naik, a retired school teacher in Kandhamal, came to know about the abduction of two Italian trekkers through his radio, his only means of contact with the outside world....
10:25 AM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The two Italians taken hostage by Maoists in Kandhamal, Odisha, are scared but safe, according to one of the two Indians released. The Maoists have set a deadline of Sunday evening for 13 demands to be met including an end to anti-Naxal operaitons. The Maoists treated us well, did not beat us and gave us food to eat. Both the Italian tourists are scared but are safe and...
06:21 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Sunday spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik about the status on the two Italian tourists taken hostage by Maoists. Krishna was briefed of the efforts made by Odisha government for the early release of two kidnapped Italian nationals. The two tourists were taken hostage by Maoists in Kandhamal district of Odisha, reports said. Jaynarayan Pankaj, SP, Kandhamal, has confirmed abduction of...
05:07 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Phulbani: A Fast Track court here has acquitted 31 persons who had been accused of being involved in communal violence in Odisha's Kandhamal district in August 2008. Additional Sessions Judge of Fast Track court-2, BN Mishra while pronouncing judgement in an arson and rioting case, acquitted the 31 accused on Wednesday due to lack of proper evidence. It had been alleged by the prosecution that the accused persons had set...
03:20 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The trial of a case involving rape of a Christian nun allegedly by religious fanatics during the 2008 Kandhamal riots in Orissa was stayed on Monday by the Supreme Court on a plea by the victim challenging the prosecution's failure to cross-examine a sub-divisional magistrate. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S S Nijjar stayed the trial while asking the Orissa government and others to respond...
06:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
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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