Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa Wednesday sentenced six people to three years imprisonment for torching the house of a villager in Kandhamal last year, an official said.
‘Six people have been convicted in the Kandhamal riot case. Each of them has been awarded three year jail term,’ public prosecutor P.K. Patra [...]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 22 (IANS) A fast track court Tuesday acquitted five people in a Kandhamal riot case, an official said.
The five were acquitted in a case of arson in K Nuagaon village under Baliguda police station area. ‘Though the witnesses acknowledged the destruction and burning of house, they could not recognize the perpetrator. All the [...]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 22 (IANS) Thousands of policemen have been deployed in Orissa’s trouble-hit Kandhamal district to ensure peaceful Christmas celebrations, authorities said Tuesday.
The district witnessed widespread communal violence last year after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati.
‘We have deployed adequate number of policemen in all sensitive places of the district. [...]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa Friday convicted five people to four years’ jail term each in a Kandhamal riot case, an official here said.
‘Five people have been convicted in one case. Each has been awarded a jail term of four years and a fine of Rs.4,000 each,’ said P.K. Patra, [...]
New Delhi, Dec.9 (ANI): The Government on Wednesday released the number of communal incidents in the country in the last five years, which stated 2008 recording maximum number of 943 incidents in the country.
There were 677 incidents in (2004), 779 (in [...]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) As the government prepares to table in parliament a bill to check communal violence, political parties Friday reacted cautiously to the development, saying they want to study the new legislation, which was originally drafted in 2005.
‘We have not seen the bill. Let the draft come to us… We will study [...]
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Ahead of the parliament debate on the Liberhan Commission report, the union cabinet late Thursday evening cleared a bill to check communal violence in the country.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the revised Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) bill for introduction in parliament, [...]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 30 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa Monday convicted a person to five years in prison in a Kandhamal riot case.
‘Sanjeev Pradhan has been held guilty by the court for setting on fire the house of Shravan Kumar Digal of Penagari village in Kandhamal district Aug 25, 2008. He has been given [...]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 28 (IANS) A fast track court Saturday jailed 12 people for four years while acquitting two others in a 2008 Kandhamal riots case, an official said.
Judge C.R. Das sentenced the 12 to concurrent jail terms of four years and one year and a Rs.2000 fine after convicting them of arson and unlawful assembly [...]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan was Tuesday acquitted by a fast-track court in a murder case relating to the Kandhamal riots for want of evidence.
‘Manoj Pradhan has been acquitted in the case. He has been let off for want of evidence,’ said Bijay Pattnaik, the special public prosecutor.
The legislator [...]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) In its Action Taken Report (ATR) submitted in parliament Tuesday along with the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, the government stated that political leaders holding office should not simultaneously hold positions of responsibility in religious organisations.
The authorities’ response was to the recommendation of former [...]
Kanchanpur/Janpui (Tripura), Nov 20 (ANI): Tension continues to prevail in border areas along Mizoram and Tripura.
A violent mob set fire over 360 Reang tribals huts, in around 15 villages in Mamit and Kolashib districts in Mizoram on November 14, displacing over 5, 000 people.
The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders [...]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 18 (IANS) Nine people were Wednesday convicted and each sentenced to four years in jail by a fast track court in Orissa for their role in a case of arson during the Kandhamal violence in 2008.
Five people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, were acquitted by the fast track court in Kandhamal.
‘Nine [...]
Patna, Nov 9 (IANS) A court in Bihar Monday sentenced a man convicted of killing a Muslim teenager during the 1989 communal riots in Bhagalpur to life imprisonment.
Bhagalpur Additional District and Sessions Judge Arvind Madhav sentenced Kameshwar Yadav to life imprisonment Monday.
Unhappy with the court’s judgement, many of Yadav’s supporters shouted slogans against Bihar [...]
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 3 (IANS) Urging terrorists and Maoist rebels to lay down arms, an Islamic cleric Tuesday assured them the community would help them take up their cause.
‘If terrorists and Maoists agree to give up violence, they are welcome to join us and I would like to assure them that we will fight [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 30 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa’s Kandhamal district Friday acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan due to lack of evidence in a case of arson during Kandhamal violence in 2008, an official said.
Udayagiri legislator Manoj Pradhan was accused of torching a house in Banjamaha village under Raikia police station [...]
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) A fast-track court in Orissa Tuesday sentenced six people to three-year rigorous imprisonment for their role in the communal violence in Kandhamal last year, but acquitted five other accused.
‘Six persons have been awarded rigorous punishment and Rs.4,000 fine,’ said public prosecutor P.K. Patra.
The fast-track court in Kandhamal, about 200 km from [...]
Pune, Sep 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Gopinath Munde charged the Maharashtra Government with attempting to change history by negating the glorious role of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Commenting on the communal tension prevailing in the state’s Sangli District Munde blamed the State Government [...]
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): Rajvir Singh, an Inspector in the National Human Rights Commission, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for the meritorious services.
He is the sixth police officer of the Investigation Division of [...]
New York, Aug.14 (ANI): Several Pakistani Christians took to the streets here and staged a demonstration in front of the United Nations to protest against the Gojra riots in which nine Christians were killed and several others injured.
People held [...]
Phulbani, Aug 13 (ANI): Tight security arrangements have been made in the Orissa’s Kandhamal District ahead of the first death anniversary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Laxmanand Saraswati.axmananda and four others were killed by Maoists on last year, sparking of a widespread communal violence in parts of Orissa.
The Sangh Parivar has also decided to [...]
Kandhamal, Aug 13 (ANI): Fresh fears of trouble has gripped the villagers in Orissa’s Kandhamal District on the eve of Gokulashtami and a mass rally organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of their leader Laxmanananda Saraswati.
“We are scared because last year we had to face [...]
