Kandhamal riot was pre-planned, say top officials

Appearing before Justice Basudev Panigrahi Commission of Enquiry, two top officials of the state government on Wednesday said that 2007 communal riot in Odisha's Kandhamal district was......

Curfew suspended in Kandhamal

With law and order situation improving in Orissa's riot-scarred Kandhamal district, day curfew was suspended on Monday even as the death toll rose to 16 with the recovery of two bodies. Curfew was......

Fresh violence in Orissa, police station torched

Despite heavy deployment of security personnel, fresh violence and arson broke out on Wednesday in riot-hit Kandhamal district as a police station was torched and 10 houses were attacked that left......

Orissa: Man killed during VHP bandh;curfew imposed

Curfew was clamped in four major towns of Orissa's Kandhamala district on Tuesday after one person was killed and at least 24 others injured during a VHP-sponsored bandh. The meeting was called to......