Kandhamal Case

Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said

Dressed in a simple green and white saree, 35-year-old Kanakarekha is way far from her home in Odisha's remote tribal district of Kandhamal. On August 27, 2008, her husband was murdered in brutal communal violence triggered by alleged conversions in the state that left many dead and thousands homeless.

A local court in Cuttack, Odisha today sentenced the prime accused in the Kandhamal nun rape case to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and awarded 26-month jail term to two others.

Three men were convicted while six others were acquitted by a court in Cuttack today in the gang-rape case of a nun in Odisha's Kandhamal district in 2008.

Eight convicts, including a Maoist, was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Odisha today for the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides in 2008.

A fast track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district today sentenced three people to rigorous imprisonment for three years for their involvement in rioting and arson in Gudurukia village in the communally sensitive district of Kandhamal on December 26, 2007.Addition Session Judge Sobhan Kunar Das sentenced the trio to rigorous imprisonment and slapped...

Trial of the Kandhamal nun rape case, scheduled to resume in Cuttack district sessions court today after a gap of almost four months, could not begin as the investigating officer (IO) did not turn up due to indisposition. Trial in the case is being taken up in the Cuttack court since August 2010 after it was transferred here from Phulbani dist...

Two separate fast track courts here today sentenced 12 people to three to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fas...

A fast track court has sentenced 15 people to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in rioting and arson during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs1,000 each.The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to...

The trial of the Kandhamal nun rape case at a court here took a new turn today as all three prosecution (crime branch) lawyers decided not to conduct the case henceforth for the state government's "indifferent" attitude in deciding their fees."The quantum of fees approved by the government for us is highly inadequate and moreover, the government is...

At least 12 persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted on Saturday in Kandhamal riot cases by separate fast track courts in Phulbani.The courts pronounced the judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the ethno-communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008.At least 38 persons were killed and over...

A local court has sentenced 15 people to three-year rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of setting fire to houses of minorities during 2008 riots in Kandhamal district.The punishment was pronounced by Fast Track Court-II Judge C R Das while disposing a house burning incident which took place at Saudikia village under Baliguda police sta...

Manoj Pradhan, the controversial BJP MLA from Kandhmal in Orissa, was arrested on Thursday after a fast-track court hearing cases relating to anti-Christian violence in 2008, held him guilty of playing a major role in the murder of a Dalit Christian, Vikram Nayak.Vikram Nayak of Tiangia village near Raikia, was murdered on August 25, 2008. Manoj Pr...

Seven persons have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by fast track courts in Orissa for their involvement in the communal riots in Kandhamal district in 2008.

One of the accused in the alleged rape of a Catholic nun in Orissa's Kandhamal district on August 28 has been arrested from K Nuagaon area.

Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said

Dressed in a simple green and white saree, 35-year-old Kanakarekha is way far from her home in Odisha's remote tribal district of Kandhamal. On August 27, 2008, her husband was murdered in brutal communal violence triggered by alleged conversions in the state that left many dead and thousands homeless.

A local court in Cuttack, Odisha today sentenced the prime accused in the Kandhamal nun rape case to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and awarded 26-month jail term to two others.

Three men were convicted while six others were acquitted by a court in Cuttack today in the gang-rape case of a nun in Odisha's Kandhamal district in 2008.

Eight convicts, including a Maoist, was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Odisha today for the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides in 2008.

A fast track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district today sentenced three people to rigorous imprisonment for three years for their involvement in rioting and arson in Gudurukia village in the communally sensitive district of Kandhamal on December 26, 2007.Addition Session Judge Sobhan Kunar Das sentenced the trio to rigorous imprisonment and slapped...

Trial of the Kandhamal nun rape case, scheduled to resume in Cuttack district sessions court today after a gap of almost four months, could not begin as the investigating officer (IO) did not turn up due to indisposition. Trial in the case is being taken up in the Cuttack court since August 2010 after it was transferred here from Phulbani dist...

Two separate fast track courts here today sentenced 12 people to three to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fas...

A fast track court has sentenced 15 people to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in rioting and arson during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs1,000 each.The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to...

The trial of the Kandhamal nun rape case at a court here took a new turn today as all three prosecution (crime branch) lawyers decided not to conduct the case henceforth for the state government's "indifferent" attitude in deciding their fees."The quantum of fees approved by the government for us is highly inadequate and moreover, the government is...

At least 12 persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted on Saturday in Kandhamal riot cases by separate fast track courts in Phulbani.The courts pronounced the judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the ethno-communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008.At least 38 persons were killed and over...

A local court has sentenced 15 people to three-year rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of setting fire to houses of minorities during 2008 riots in Kandhamal district.The punishment was pronounced by Fast Track Court-II Judge C R Das while disposing a house burning incident which took place at Saudikia village under Baliguda police sta...

Manoj Pradhan, the controversial BJP MLA from Kandhmal in Orissa, was arrested on Thursday after a fast-track court hearing cases relating to anti-Christian violence in 2008, held him guilty of playing a major role in the murder of a Dalit Christian, Vikram Nayak.Vikram Nayak of Tiangia village near Raikia, was murdered on August 25, 2008. Manoj Pr...

Seven persons have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by fast track courts in Orissa for their involvement in the communal riots in Kandhamal district in 2008.

One of the accused in the alleged rape of a Catholic nun in Orissa's Kandhamal district on August 28 has been arrested from K Nuagaon area.