Kandhamal Murder

A man allegedly killed his 92-year-old mother and then set her body on fire after a heated exchange of words in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said on Monday.

Five persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda in Odisha's Kandhamal district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Odisha's Kandhamal district, the police said today.

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.

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 man allegedly killed his 92-year-old mother and then set her body on fire after a heated exchange of words in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said on Monday.

Five persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda in Odisha's Kandhamal district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Odisha's Kandhamal district, the police said today.

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.

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.