Laxmanananda Saraswati

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 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...

Suspected Maoists on Saturday night gunned down at least five persons at an ashram for girls in Orissa's Kandhmal district and prominent VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati could be among the dead.

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 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...

Suspected Maoists on Saturday night gunned down at least five persons at an ashram for girls in Orissa's Kandhmal district and prominent VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati could be among the dead.