16 acquitted in Kandhamal riots case

Sixteen persons arrested in connection with the killing of an Orrisa State Armed Police constable and setting fire to a police station in state's Kandhamal district during communal riots last year,......

VHP leader Praveen Togadia prohibited from visiting Kandhamal

The district administration has prohibited the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble. Togadia was scheduled to address a......

Nine acquitted in Kandhamal riot case

A fast track court in Phulbani in Orissa on Tuesday acquitted nine persons in a case relating to communal riots in Kandhamal in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge of the fast track court-II,......

Judicial inquiry into Kandhmal violence begins

Nearly 40 days after violence erupted in Kandhamal district following the assassination of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Laxmananda Saraswati, the judicial commission on Friday began inquiry into......