Dowry case: Bail petition of ex-minister`s son rejected for third time

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 21:47

The bail application of Raja Shree Mohanty, son of former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty, was on Monday rejected for the third time by a court here in a dowry case.

Court dismisses former Odisha law minister`s plea

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 10:50

The Odisha High Court has dismissed the petition of former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him.

Dowry case: No interim relief for former Odisha Law Minister

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 22:54

No interim relief was granted to former law minister Raghunath Mohanty today as a single judge bench of Orissa High Court took up a writ petition filed by him seeking to quash the dowry torture case filed against him.

Law is not taking its own course: Odisha Congress

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 17:53

Opposition Congress Tuesday alleged the law is not taking its own course in a dowry torture case involving senior BJD leader and former law minister Raghunath Mohanty.

Raja Shree in two-week judicial custody

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 18:51

Former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty`s son Raja Shree, who was arrested for torturing his wife for dowry, was remanded to judicial custody for two weeks by a court here Monday.

FIR against Odisha Law Minister in dowry case

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 00:00

A case has been registered against Odisha`s Law Minister and senior BJD leader Raghunath Mohanty after his daughter-in-law accused him and his family of torturing her for dowry, police said on Friday.

Disrespect to women is in BJD’s DNA: Congress

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 22:33

Demanding a probe into dowry torture charges against former minister Raghunath Mohanty and his family, the Congress on Friday said `disrespect to women is in ruling BJD`s DNA`.

Uproar in Odisha Assembly over dowry charge against minister

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 14:14

The Odisha Assembly was on Friday stalled over the resignation of Raghunath Mohanty as Law and Urban Development Minister, accused in dowry case.

Odisha minister quits, daughter-in-law complains of torture

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 10:04

Raghunath Mohanty, Odisha`s minister for housing and urban development, Friday resigned after his daughter-in-law accused him of torturing her for dowry.

Orissa yet to take a call on Rio Tinto investment proposal

Last Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 10:27

Orissa is yet to take a decision on the proposed USD 2-billion investment by Rio Tinto in the state and currently examining the issue, state's Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty said.