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Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati murder case: 7 accused found guilty

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 13:31

The seven accused in the murder of VHP leader Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati were found guilty on Monday.

Two school girls killed in wall collapse in Odisha

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 10:01

Two minor girls were killed and one injured when the parapet of a hostel building of a government-run residential school collapsed in Odisha`s Kandhamal district, officials said.

Tribals bury lightning victims in cowdung to "de-poison" them

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 15:57

Driven by superstition, relatives of two tribals, who died due to lightning, kept the bodies in a heap of cowdung hoping them to resurrect.

Odisha BJP leader ends fast after five days

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 11:19

Senior BJP leader Ashok Sahu, who went on a hunger strike demanding action in the murder of a Hindu leader in Odisha five years ago, Thursday broke his five-day fast.

BJP leader on fast-unto-death over Kandhamal murders

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 12:13

A senior leader of opposition BJP renewed calls for the arrest of those involved in the murder of a Hindu leader and his aides in Odisha`s Kandhamal district.

No action taken by NHRC on Kandhamal riots: Justice Shah

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 22:31

Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah on Friday accused the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of not taking any inaction on Kandhamal communal riots.

One dead, another critically injured in house collapse in Odisha

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 15:03

A woman died when a wall of their mud and thatched house collapsed following incessant rains in Odisha`s Kandhamal district.

Centre announces Rs 200 cr for Odisha minority areas

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 23:30

With an aim to improve health, education and other needs of minority communities, the Centre announced to include 19 blocks and one municipality in Odisha.

One more arrest in trainee nun gang-rape case

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 19:08

A woman was held in the trainee nun gang-rape case on Tuesday, taking the total number of arrests to three.

Woman courted through SMS, raped, thrown from car

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 15:44

A man who promised marriage to a woman through text messages and phone calls, allegedly raped her thrice when he met her and then threw her off a car in Odisha`s Kandhamal district.

Two killed, 18 injured in accident in Odisha

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 19:45

Two persons were killed and 18 others were injured when a state government bus in which they were travelling collided with a road side tree in Odisha`s Kandhamal district, police said Friday.

Panda dubs killing of Majhi as fake encounter, calls for bandh

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 21:10

Rejecting a police offer to surrender, Odisha Maobadi Party leader Sabyasachi Panda on Tuesday claimed that his associate Pradip Majhi was killed in a "fake encounter" on March 10 and called for a bandh on March 14.