Bhubaneswar, Dec 28 (Odisha.in) Orissa steel and mines minister Padamnav Behera resigned Friday over allegations that he is involved in the communal clashes that rocks Kandhamal his home district. “In the last few days misinformation and misleading statements about my role in my district have been spread through the media” Behera told media persons. “To […]
Archives for December 2007
Judicial Probe Ordered into Kondhmal Communal Violence
Bhuabneswar, Dec. 28.( Odisha.in ):Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday ordered judicial probe into the communal violence in the tribal dominated Kondhmal district in which four persons have been killed on Thursday. However unconfirmed report puts the death toll at eight.The judicial commission of enquiry will be headed B. Panigrahi, retired justice of Orissa […]
Police pickets posted in Sundargarh
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (odisha.in) Police pickets were posted and patrolling intensified in Chikita village and nearby areas in Sundergarh district on Wednesday in the wake of a VHP-sponsored’re-conversion’ programme, police sources said. Altogether 187 tribals from 42 families from eight villages under Nuagaon block were ‘reconverted’ into the Hindu fold during Tuesday’s mass re-conversion programme […]
HJS blames Congress for Kandhamal violence
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (odisha.in) Hindu Jagaran Samukhya, a frontal organisation of the RSS on Wednesday blamed Congress Rajya Sabha member and World Vision chief Radhakanta Nayak for the violence and demanded immediate action against Nayak. Addressing a Press conference HJS joint organizing secretary Basudev Barik, HJS Sampark pramukha SP Acharya, HJS State spokesman Simanchal Khatua […]
AITA results
Balasore, December 27 (odisha.in) Making his way into the final top seed Under-14 Surya Pawan of Andhra Pradesh crushed fourth seed Marcos Gomes of Delhi 6-0, 6-2 in a one-sided semi-final match in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Championship Tournament in Balasore, on Wednesday. In Girls singles though Oriya lass Seeuli Upadhyay ousted Abhisikta […]