Odisha rejects home ministry's remark on Naxal violence

Rejecting the Centre's charge that the Odisha government has failed to contain left-wing extremism, the state's director general of police on Tuesday claimed that Naxal violence had declined in......

What the EXPLOSIVE Kandhamal tribunal report says

A report of the National People's Tribunal on the 2008 riots in Kandhamal, Orissa, is out. The report that runs into 197 pages points out that the brutality of the violence falls within the......

Kandhamal riot case: BJP MLA Pradhan sentenced

A local court on Tuesday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Manoj Pradhan to seven years rigorous imprisonment for his role in the 2008 Kandhamal communal riots. The......

Explosion in Kandhamal rehab centre, one killed

A person was killed and three injured in a bomb explosion at a rehabilitation centre in Kandhamal district today, the police said. The incident took place this evening when an unidentified person......