Kandhamal Riots

Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said

Justice S C Mohapatra, a former judge of Orissa and Allahabad High Courts who headed the Commission probing the 2008 riots in communally sensitive Kandhamal district, died in Bhubaneswar today following a brief illness.

A local court in Odisha's Phulbani district today sentenced seven persons to five years rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the Kandhamal ethno-communal riot in 2008.

A fast track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district today sentenced three people to rigorous imprisonment for three years for their involvement in rioting and arson in Gudurukia village in the communally sensitive district of Kandhamal on December 26, 2007.Addition Session Judge Sobhan Kunar Das sentenced the trio to rigorous imprisonment and slapped...

A local court on Saturday sentenced four persons to rigorous imprisonment for three years for torching houses during riots in Kandhamal in 2008.Additional Sessions Judge, Chittaranjan Das of fast track court-2 convicted the four for setting on fire the houses of seven persons at Sadakupa village under G Udaygiri police station in September 2008.Alt...

A fast track court today sentenced four persons to two years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,500 on each of them for involvement in the Kandhamal riots of 2008.Additional sessions judge Chitta Ranjan Dash announced the sentence after convicting them.According to the prosecution, the four along with others had torched the house of a...

Two separate fast track courts here today sentenced 12 people to three to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fas...

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...

At least 12 persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted on Saturday in Kandhamal riot cases by separate fast track courts in Phulbani.The courts pronounced the judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the ethno-communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008.At least 38 persons were killed and over...

A local court has sentenced 15 people to three-year rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of setting fire to houses of minorities during 2008 riots in Kandhamal district.The punishment was pronounced by Fast Track Court-II Judge C R Das while disposing a house burning incident which took place at Saudikia village under Baliguda police sta...

Manoj Pradhan, the controversial BJP MLA from Kandhmal in Orissa, was arrested on Thursday after a fast-track court hearing cases relating to anti-Christian violence in 2008, held him guilty of playing a major role in the murder of a Dalit Christian, Vikram Nayak.Vikram Nayak of Tiangia village near Raikia, was murdered on August 25, 2008. Manoj Pr...

Two years after the anti-Christian riots in Orissa's Kandhamal district claimed 38 lives and saw nearly 6000 houses torched, top Christian leaders have expressed their utter disappointment with the state government's non-serious approach to the issues of rehabilitation and compensation. On Monday, Reverend Raphael Cheenath, the Archbishop of Bhuban...

A sitting BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years in jail by a fast track court in a case of murder during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal in Orissa.Fast track court-I judge S K Das awarded the seven year rigorous imprisonment to Pradhan after convicting him for his role in the murder of Parikhita Digal, a Christian from ...

Seven persons have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by fast track courts in Orissa for their involvement in the communal riots in Kandhamal district in 2008.

During a visit to one of the relief camps in Kandhamal, Home Minister P Chidambaram apologised to the riot victims.

Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said

Justice S C Mohapatra, a former judge of Orissa and Allahabad High Courts who headed the Commission probing the 2008 riots in communally sensitive Kandhamal district, died in Bhubaneswar today following a brief illness.

A local court in Odisha's Phulbani district today sentenced seven persons to five years rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the Kandhamal ethno-communal riot in 2008.

A fast track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district today sentenced three people to rigorous imprisonment for three years for their involvement in rioting and arson in Gudurukia village in the communally sensitive district of Kandhamal on December 26, 2007.Addition Session Judge Sobhan Kunar Das sentenced the trio to rigorous imprisonment and slapped...

A local court on Saturday sentenced four persons to rigorous imprisonment for three years for torching houses during riots in Kandhamal in 2008.Additional Sessions Judge, Chittaranjan Das of fast track court-2 convicted the four for setting on fire the houses of seven persons at Sadakupa village under G Udaygiri police station in September 2008.Alt...

A fast track court today sentenced four persons to two years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,500 on each of them for involvement in the Kandhamal riots of 2008.Additional sessions judge Chitta Ranjan Dash announced the sentence after convicting them.According to the prosecution, the four along with others had torched the house of a...

Two separate fast track courts here today sentenced 12 people to three to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fas...

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...

At least 12 persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted on Saturday in Kandhamal riot cases by separate fast track courts in Phulbani.The courts pronounced the judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the ethno-communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008.At least 38 persons were killed and over...

A local court has sentenced 15 people to three-year rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of setting fire to houses of minorities during 2008 riots in Kandhamal district.The punishment was pronounced by Fast Track Court-II Judge C R Das while disposing a house burning incident which took place at Saudikia village under Baliguda police sta...

Manoj Pradhan, the controversial BJP MLA from Kandhmal in Orissa, was arrested on Thursday after a fast-track court hearing cases relating to anti-Christian violence in 2008, held him guilty of playing a major role in the murder of a Dalit Christian, Vikram Nayak.Vikram Nayak of Tiangia village near Raikia, was murdered on August 25, 2008. Manoj Pr...

Two years after the anti-Christian riots in Orissa's Kandhamal district claimed 38 lives and saw nearly 6000 houses torched, top Christian leaders have expressed their utter disappointment with the state government's non-serious approach to the issues of rehabilitation and compensation. On Monday, Reverend Raphael Cheenath, the Archbishop of Bhuban...

A sitting BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years in jail by a fast track court in a case of murder during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal in Orissa.Fast track court-I judge S K Das awarded the seven year rigorous imprisonment to Pradhan after convicting him for his role in the murder of Parikhita Digal, a Christian from ...

Seven persons have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by fast track courts in Orissa for their involvement in the communal riots in Kandhamal district in 2008.

During a visit to one of the relief camps in Kandhamal, Home Minister P Chidambaram apologised to the riot victims.