13 convicted in Kandhamal riots case

A fast track court in Orissa convicted 13 people for arson and other crimes in cases of rioting in Orissa's Kandhamal district in 2008 and sent them to five years of imprisonment on Saturday, even......

Day curfew reimposed in Kandhamal

Police on Wednesday arrested 35 people and re-imposed day curfew in sensitive areas of Kandhamal district in Orissa in the wake of fresh violence there, official sources said. "As many as 35......

Orissa remains tense; death toll rises to 14

Protesters torched 24 houses in Kandhamal on Saturday as the death toll in the week-long communal violence rose to 14, with the recovery of two more bodies in the Orissa district. Chief Minister......

Fresh violence in Orissa, police station torched

Despite heavy deployment of security personnel, fresh violence and arson broke out on Wednesday in riot-hit Kandhamal district as a police station was torched and 10 houses were attacked that left......