There seems to be no end to communal violence in Kandhmal. On Saturday, a 75-year-old tribal was found murdered in the strife-torn Raikia area. He was idenitified as Krushna Pradhan. The murder however, coincided with the crime branch of the...
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BHUBANESWAR: A clash between Hindus and Christians during Durga Puja celebrations has left 12 people injured in Orissa's southernmost Maoist-hit M alkangiri district even as police continued their hot pursuit against rioters in Kandhmal district. The trouble started at Padia,...
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Oct 1: Despite 3 advisories sent by the Union Government, Khandamal district in Orissa continues to burn as tension prevailed in many parts of the District on wednesday. Reports have reached that about more than 30 houses in Benjamela and...
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Published: October 12, 2008 BOREPANGA, India — The family of Solomon Digal was summoned by neighbors to what serves as a public square in front of the village tea shop. The New York Times Borepanga has been rocked by weeks...
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Peter's Basilica in Vatican City Sunday, noting that the Christian communities in Iraq and India were the victims of intolerance. Benedict addressed the faithful in his weekly blessing by calling on the international community to address the continued threats facing...
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After meeting Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy here, Posco-India director GW Sung said on Monday, “The international financial crisis will not hit Posco’s project in Orissa”. Meanwhile, Posco’s forest diversion plan has got the stage-1 clearance. Out of the total 4,004...
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A day after the 29-year-old nun accused the Orissa police of being friendly with the attackers, Patnaik said that he has asked the Crime Branch to adopt a prompt and professional approach in the nun rape case. "We understand the...
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A Christian priest who was attacked by a mob during communal violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district in August, died at a hospital in Chennai, a Christian body said on Wednesday...Bernard Digal, 48, a native of Tinagia village in Kandhamal, was...
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An activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was on Wednesday shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Orissa's communally sensitive Kandhamal district, the police said. "Three people came on a motorcycle and shot dead Dhanu Pradhan at Kumarigaon village," an...
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Slain leader Laxamanananda Saraswati's close associate and VHP international joint General Secretary Shymji Gupta and four other senior members of the Sangh Parivar were on Friday denied entry into the riot-hit Kandhamal district. A Sangh Parivar delegation comprising Shyamji Gupta,...
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