3,000 people evacuated in Orissa Nov 12, 2008
Scientists plan to carry out the the first test-firing from land of the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from the Chandipur defence base, about 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. . (Sify.com, India)
Mittal eyes mines first Nov 11, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to put pressure on the State Government for mines, Arcelor-Mittal, the largest steel maker of the world, Monday said the company will submit a detailed project report (DPR) for 12 million tonnes greenfield steel project in Keonjhar district only after it gets recommendation for prospecting licence. We will submit the DPR if the Government recommends our name for mines, chief executive officer of the companys greenfield projects Sanak Mishra told mediapersons after... (Express Buzz)
60,000 migratory birds in Chilika lake Nov 11, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: More than 60,000 migratory birds from places as far as Siberia and Iraq have flocked to Orissa's Chilika lake - India's largest brackish water lagoon - since last month and the number of birds is expected to go up as the winter intensifies. "Of the nearly 60,000 birds, 20,000 were sighted in the lake's Nalabana island alone," Sudarsan Panda, chief executive of the Chilika Development Authority, said. (India Times, India)
Orissa nun agrees to help cops in probe Nov 10, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Two-and-a-half months after being allegedly raped in Kandhamal during the peak of communal conflagrations, the nun has finally agreed to cooperate with Orissa cops. She has reportedly communicated her decision to help police in the investigation through a letter written by the archbishop of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack diocese Raphael Cheenath to the administration. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa judge accused of misbehaving with woman in train Nov 7, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa police have registered a case against a judge for allegedly misbehaving with a woman in a train, an official said on Friday. Santanu Rajguru, a chief judicial magistrate posted in Nabrangpur town, allegedly misbehaved with Jhum Mohanty, a resident of Damanjodi in Koraput district, while they were travelling to Bhubaneswar in the Hirakhanda Express on Thursday ... Bansidhara Rout, in-charge of Bhubaneswar railway police station, said that Mohanty filed a complaint accusing... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Situation tense as RSS activist killed in Orissa Nov 6, 2008
Bhubaneswar: The murder of a Hindu activist by suspected Maoists has renewed tension in Orissa's volatile Kandhamal district, where communal violence since August has left at least 38 people dead and thousands homeless, officials said on Thursday. Authorities on Thursday issued a prohibitory order that bans the gathering of four or more people and deployed hundreds of policemen in sensitive parts of the district after suspected Maoists on Wednesday killed 40-year-old Dhanu Pradhani, an activist... (Sify)
Posco to grow two million trees at Orissa plant site Nov 4, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: South Korean steel major Posco has offered to grow two million trees at the site of its proposed steel plant in Orissa to compensate for the loss of green cover, officials said on Tuesday. The company plans to build its $12-billion steel plant in the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur. (Times of India)
File: Ahead of ODI, LeT threat looms in Orissa Nov 3, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Intelligence reports of terrorists planning to attack an India-West Indies one-day international venue have put cops on alert at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack where the teams play the second match on January 24. Official sources on Saturday told TOI that the reports with the state police headquarters talk about Jaish-e-Mohammad, Laskhar-e-Taiba and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) threatening to carry out blasts in Cuttack, besides Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Bangalore... (India Times, India)
Government let us down: Bishops Nov 2, 2008
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Asserting that the Orissa and central governments had "failed miserably" to protect Christians from the violence unleashed by Hindu right wing groups, five top bishops in the state said they were "agonised" by the belated response for help ... While coming down heavily on both the governments, the letter drafted jointly by the bishops of Balasore, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Berhampur demanded that "the guilty be punished and the affected people be protected and... (Sify.com, India)
Orissa nun rape: Five cops suspended Oct 31, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Five Orissa policemen were suspended on Friday for not performing their duty when a nun was allegedly raped in Kandhamal district, officials said. With this, the total number of policemen in the district who were suspended in the case has risen to six. (Sify.com, India)
Kolkatans eye realty overseas Oct 31, 2008
Pointing out that he was also getting a response from cities like Guwahati and Bhubaneswar, Jain said: "While we are getting good queries for Spain and Italy from Kolkata, it is Hungary for Assam and it is UK and the US for Orissa.". One can even avail of loans to buy property. (India Times, India)
Cooperate with cops: Orissa to nun Oct 26, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the nun, allegedly raped and paraded naked in Kandhmal on August 25, narrated her ordeal and expressed lack of confidence in the Orissa police, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed the state police chief and crime branch IG "to expeditiously conduct a probe into the incident". Naveen said arrangements should be made to conduct test identification parade of the accused anywhere in the country. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa: Wear a helmet, get a rose Oct 25, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Wearing a helmet while riding a two-wheeler now gets an added incentive in the Orissa capital - a rose from a girl ... Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner B.K. Sharma said traffic police collect fines of Rs ... "We introduced this method Thursday and saw that the response was good," said Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police Himanshu Lal. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Yuvraj in ugly spat with ex-minister's son Oct 24, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: In an incident that certainly won't enhance his off-field reputation, Yuvraj Singh was involved in an ugly spat with Sandeep Ray, son of former Union minister Dilip Ray, at a hotel owned by the politician here late Tuesday evening ... The left-handed batsman, who is captain of India Blue team in the Challenger Series being played in Cuttack from October 23 to 26, had arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Kandhamal's yellow secret Oct 24, 2008
More than 50 percent of the over 600,000 people in the forested hill district, some 200 km from state capital Bhubaneswar in this eastern Indian state, depend on turmeric cultivation and they do so by preserving the purity of the soil and their produce. "Last year the district produced about 9,000 tonnes of turmeric. This year we hope the produce will be more than 10,000 tonnes," Pramod Patnaik, secretary of the Kandhamal Apex Spice Association for Marketing (KASAM), said. (Sify.com, India)
Opinion: Missing In Action Oct 21, 2008
As if in support of this line, the Biju Janata Dal government decided to suspend the Kandhamal SP and asked him to report to the police headquarters at Bhubaneswar. Whats more, no replacement was sent to Kandhamal over the next four days, allowing the perpetrators of violence to act with impunity. (India Times, India)
Kandhmal on boil again: 1 shot, 2 houses torched Oct 20, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Peace continues to elude Orissa's strife-torn Kandhmal district where a tribal was shot at and two houses torched in G Udaygiri block late on Saturday evening. The news of fresh violence, a big setback to the administration's initiatives for restoration of calm, came just ahead of opposition Congress' communal harmony rally in the district. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Probe begins into killing of VHP leader Oct 19, 2008
Kandhamal district, some 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, witnessed communal violence after the killing of Saraswati and his aides at the Jalespata Ashram on August 23. At least 36 people, mostly Christians, were killed and thousands of homes burnt in the district during the violence in the past weeks. (Sify.com, India)
Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' Oct 18, 2008
The cholera epidemic started in Kashipur, in Rayagada district, nearly 500km (310 miles) from the state capital, Bhubaneswar. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- India)
Judicial inquiry into Kandhamal violence begins Oct 18, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Nearly 40 days after violence erupted in Kandhamal district following the assassination of VHP leader Laxmananda Saraswati, the judicial commission on Friday began inquiry into the incidents, official sources said. ( ). (India Times, India -- Community News)
VHP, Bajrang Dal leaders barred from visiting Kandhamal Oct 18, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: A group of senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal leaders were on Friday prevented by police from visiting Kandhamal district in Orissa where the August 23 killing of a VHP leader triggered widespread anti-Christian attacks, officials said. The VHP's all India joint general secretary Shyamji Gupta, state secretary Gauri Prasad Rath and Bajrang Dal national convenor Subash Chouhan were among those prevented from visiting Kandhamal, police said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sangh parivar leaders denied visit into Kandhamal Oct 18, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Slain leader Laxamanananda Saraswati's close associate and VHP international joint General Secretary Shymji Gupta and four other senior members of the Sangh Parivar were on Friday denied entry into the riot-hit Kandhamal district. A Sangh Parivar delegation comprising Shyamji Gupta, VHP'S zonal organising secretary Vasant Rath, state VHP General Secretary Gouri Prasad Rath and Bajrang Dal national co-convenor Suhas Chouhan were asked by the district administration to leave... (Times of India)
Nun rape case accused to undergo DNA test Oct 17, 2008
Even as the three accused in the August 25 rape case were produced before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Bhubaneswar on Thursday, defence lawyers Jyoti Ranjan Das and S K Patra pointed out that of the eight people arrested so far, six are close relatives. According to them, Jhuria Pradhan (50) is the father of Kartik Pradhan (28), while Muna Bhadei is the son of Saroj Bhadei. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa gets a look at the Naveen 'Secular' Patnaik Oct 16, 2008
Bhubaneswar, Oct 16: The 'secular' reiteration started a day ahead of the Integration Council, where Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was expected to face a fusillade over the communal violence in the state ... Four days after he said this on NDTV, the Chief Minister and his partymen organised a massive rally propagating peace and harmony in Bhubaneswar ... He also said the BJDs Bhubaneswar peace rally or the Congresss in Phulbani this week would not help peace return to Kandhamal. (Indian Express)
CRPF man killed in Kandhamal district Oct 14, 2008
Bhubaneswar: A Jawan of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed by a mob as fresh violence broke out in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district, police said on Tuesday. About six to seven unidentified people attacked two CRPF men on Monday evening at a village under Raikia police station area. (Sify.com, India)
Orissa nun under church protection: Christian leaders Oct 10, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Stating that the church administration was "active and very guarded" in the matter of the alleged rape of a nun in riot-hit Kandhamal, Christian leaders in Orissa on Thursday said she would return to the state at the "right time" ... "The nun is safe and is under custody of the church," Swarupananda Patra, president of YMCA, Bhubaneswar, told reporters here. (India Times, India -- Community News)
IIT students can be late for class Oct 7, 2008
A newsreport in the October 6 edition of The Times of India says that classes for IITs Punjab, Bhubaneswar and Rajasthan are currently being held on the campuses of IITs Delhi, Kharagpur and Kanpur, respectively ... The media has not yet informed us how the students of IITs Punjab and Bhubaneswar are faring on the campuses of IITs Delhi and Kharagpur, respectively. (India Times)
Why Maoists so keen on owning up? Oct 6, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Why are the Maoists so insistent on shouldering responsibility of Swami Lakshamanananda Saraswatis killing. That too after releasing three letters to media during last one month claiming their role in the murder. (Express Buzz)
Orissa cops to trace rape victim in Delhi Oct 6, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Unable to trace a Catholic nun, allegedly raped at Kannuagaon in Kandhamal during a bandh on August 25, the Orissa Government today decided to send a police team to Delhi to locate her. The nun, missing since the incident, and had reportedly taken shelter at a church in Delhi, was not found when Additional Resident Commissioner M Satyanarayan went there last night, Home Secretary T K Mishra said. (Sify.com, India)
'Witnesses too scared to go to police' Oct 5, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: T V Peter, procurator, Sambalpur diocese, said on Friday that he was certain that Rajani Majhi, who was burnt alive by a mob at Padampur in Bargarh district on August 25, had been gangraped before being killed. He said witnesses were too terrified to go to the cops or even talk about it because of Hindu mobs were still on a rampage in the area. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa: 50,000 refugees; still counting Oct 5, 2008
Today, they are crowded into refugee camps both in Kandhmal and in cities such as Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Some have taken shelter in the camps but many others have not. (India Times, India)
Orissa CM dubs rape of nun as 'shameful' Oct 4, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Assuring the Christian community that stringent action would be taken against those involved in the alleged rape of a nun, the Orissa government on Friday termed the incident as "shameful" and "savage.". "Stringent action is being taken against those involved in the shameful and savage incident", Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters after asking the crime branch of police to probe into the allegation made by the nun at Baliguda police station in riot-hit Kandhamal district. (Sify.com, India)
Four arrested over India nun rape Oct 4, 2008
The BBC's Sandeep Sahu in the Orissan capital Bhubaneswar says the police finally began investigating the case on Thursday - a full 38 days after the incident - following reports of the rape in the media ... Officials in Bhubaneswar said Mr Rao had now been suspended. (BBC News -- South Asia)
54th Wildlife Week observed in Orissa Oct 4, 2008
Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik releasing a book on the occasion of 54th Wildlife Week at Jaydev Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Friday ... Bhubaneswar ( Orissa) : A State level function on the occasion of the 54th Wildlife Week was celebrated here at Jaydev Bhawan. (odishatoday.com)
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Indian navy joins in flood rescue Sep 25, 2008
The anger of the flood-affected people is now beginning to boil over, says the BBC's Sandeep Sahu in the state capital, Bhubaneswar. About 5,000 people in the Badachana area, in Jajpur district, blocked the Daitari-Pradeep Express Highway for hours on Tuesday to protest against the failure of the administration to send relief material to the area. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Food Riots in East India, Flood Waters Lap Taj Mahal Sep 25, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India - Officials in eastern India struggled to provide aid to tens of thousands of flood victims after riots broke out on Wednesday, as floodwaters lapped the Taj Mahal compound but posed no immediate threat to it. Monsoon rains, burst dams and overflowing embankments have unleashed bouts of flooding in South Asia this year, killing about 1,500 people, mostly in India but also in Nepal. (Planet Ark, United States)
Kandhamal tense after fresh clashes Sep 24, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Tension reigned in Orissa's volatile Kandhamal district with curfew imposed in one town and additional forces unable to reach after mobs blocked roads on Wednesday, a day after one person was killed and 25 injured in police firing. On Tuesday, more than 1,000 people, mostly women, surrounded a police station in Raikia town, demanding the release of two people who had been arrested the previous day on charges of rioting. (Sify)
Relief operations hit in flood-ravaged Orissa Sep 22, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Despite falling water level in Orissa rivers including the virulent Mahanadi, relief operation in flood ravaged areas was on Monday hit due to shortage of manpower and boats, worsening the plight of over six lakh marooned people ... The capital city of Bhubaneswar also bore the brunt of flood as several areas including Mancheswar, Brahmeshwarpatna, Chakeisiani, Kimbhiria, GGP Colony, Bhalia Peta and Uttara were submerged by the surging waters from Kuakhai and Daya. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Floods Kill 16, Displace 200,000 in India's East Sep 22, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India - Rescue workers evacuated some 200,000 people after flooding by one of India's largest rivers killed 16 people at the weekend, officials said on Sunday. Large parts of the coastal Orissa state were inundated after authorities were forced to open dozens of sluice gates of a dam on the Mahanadi river following heavy rain in the catchment area. (Planet Ark, United States)
Evacuation in Orissa as flood situation turns critical Sep 20, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Surging waters of the mighty Mahanadi river hit the downstream belt engulfing vast areas aggravating the flood situation in Orissa with other major rivers in the state also in spate. The state government sounded a high alert in four coastal districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri in view of the flood which has claimed nine lives so far. (India Times, India)
Flood threat looms over Orissa Sep 19, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: The local administration on Thursday started evacuating people from low-lying areas of four districts in Orissa as the Mahanadi river was flowing above the danger level following incessant rains. An official said with the incessant rain lashing Orissa and Chhattisgarh for the last five days, an estimated 16 lakh cusecs of water would pass through the Mahanadi near Cuttack by Friday. (India Times, India)
Orissa wants forces to stay put in Kandhmal Sep 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Struggling to contain violence in Kandhmal, Orissa government on Monday asked the Centre to extend stay of the 49 companies of central paramilitary forces in the riot-hit district where approximately 18,000 people are still living in relief camps. The attacks of Christians following the murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati last month have claimed the lives of 26 people. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Fresh violence in Orissa as mob kills cop Sep 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Fresh violence has broken out in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district with a policeman killed as an armed mob of about 500 torched a police station and set fire to several vehicles, officials said on Tuesday. The violence in Gochapada area on Monday night comes two days after security forces fired at a crowd in Krutamgarh, about 100 km away, to prevent them from attacking Christian residents, officials said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Kandhamal: Fresh violence erupts as mob shoots cop Sep 16, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Fresh violence has broken out in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district with a policeman killed as an armed mob of about 500 torched a police station and set fire to several vehicles, officials said on Tuesday. The violence in Gochapada area on Monday night comes two days after security forces fired at a crowd in Krutamgarh, to prevent them from attacking Christian residents, officials said. (Sify.com, India)
Heavy showers likely across the State Sep 15, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: The upper air cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal and the adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh continued to persist and the weather office said it will develop into a low pressure area during next 24 hours. Although India Meteorological Department (IMD) is yet to come out with any detailed bulletin on it, it said, the system is likely to be formed off the northern Orissa coast. (Express Buzz)
* World News Quick Take Sep 14, 2008
The Astra X Hindi for weapon X was fired from Indias Integrated Testing Range at Chandipur-on-Sea, some 200km northeast of Orissas state capital Bhubaneswar. The single-stage solid-fuel missile can carry a 15 kg conventional warhead. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Orissa CM receives threat mail Sep 13, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday received a threatening letter, official sources said. The letter, written in Oriya, was received by the Chief Minister's Office. (Sify.com, India)
Sketches of Hindu leader's killers released Sep 11, 2008
Bhubaneswar: The sketches of two people, who allegedly killed a Hindu leader and four others on August 23, were released on Wednesday by the police. "Both the suspected killers are young. While one of them is 20-25 years old, the other is between 30-35 years old, an official of the state crime branch said. The crime branch experts have prepared the sketches on the basis of description provided by the people who witnessed the killing, he said. Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, a central advisory... (Sify)
'Doomsday' rumour sets off panic Sep 10, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: What would you do when you hear someone say that the world is coming to an end. In Orissa's capital, Bhubaneswar, the response on Tuesday to such a prank was different for different people. (India Times, India -- Community News)
BenQ V2400W: The slimmest 24-inch LCD monitor Sep 9, 2008
by Premjit from Bhubaneswar on September 09, 2008 1214 hrs IST. by Sagar from Bangalore on September 09, 2008 1214 hrs IST. (Techtree.com)
20 sadhus arrested in Orissa, then released Sep 7, 2008
Sources said keeping the growing concern of the Naveen Patnaik government in mind, the BJP persuaded Togadia not to come to Bhubaneswar. BJPs senior leader Vinaya Katiyar who was also slated to attend did not turn up. (Daily News & Analysis)
Bharat Rocks Sep 7, 2008
Its the same sound-story in distant Bhubaneswar, where RezoNoyzes song Jeetenge Hum Is Jahan Ko became a youth anthem. RezoNoyzes Vrigu Mohanty says vernacular rock can create instant connections. (India Times, India)
Additional forces rushed to Kandhamal ahead of VHP puja Sep 5, 2008
Bhubaneswar, September 5: Even as Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday claimed that situation in the state including in Kandhamal district was "under control", the state government has decided to rush additional force to the riot-affected areas on Friday in view of VHP's proposed "kalas puja" of slain Swami Laxamananda Saraswati. "Even as situation in Kandhamal is under control, the state has decided to send additional force to the district," Patnaik told reporters after reviewing... (Expressindia.com)
Value of human life varies in Orissa Sep 5, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: The value of human life varies from place to place and one situation to another in Orissa if the sums of ex-gratia paid to the victims in recent incidents of communal violence and Maoists attacks are considered. The price of a human life was valued at Rs five lakh during the recent communal violence while the same was Rs 12 lakh for the families of the victims of police firing at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district. (India Times, India)
Fear haunts people in Kandhamal: Patil Sep 4, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Union home minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said fear haunted the people in riot-hit Kandhamal district and called for sustained efforts by the state government and the Centre to restore confidence in them to lead a normal life. Talking to reporters after his return from a visit to the district to take stock of the situation, amid reports of fresh violence, Mr Patil announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in riots. (Economic Times)
Orissa unrest: Violence continues Sep 3, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Communal fires continue to rage in Orissa's Kandhamal district with reports of homes and prayer houses being burnt by those protesting last week's murder of a Hindu leader, an official said on Tuesday. "As per the latest government assessment, at least 2,400 buildings, including prayer houses and schools, have been either damaged or burnt," Kandhamal district collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.. (Sify.com, India)
Orissa: 558 houses, 17 churches torched Sep 2, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Claiming that the situation in Kandhamal and elsewhere in Orissa was well under control, the State government on Monday said at least 558 houses and 17 places of worship were burnt in communal riots after VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati's killing on August 23. While 543 houses were burnt in the worst hit Kandhamal district, 15 houses had been set ablaze in Gajapati district, said Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy after a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen... (Sify.com, India)
India Christians shelter in camps Sep 2, 2008
The BBC's Rahul Tandon in the state capital, Bhubaneswar, says it is a complex issue - Hindu groups have long accused Christian priests of bribing poor tribes and low-caste Hindus to change their faith. Christians say lower-caste Hindus convert willingly to escape the Hindu caste system. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Churches burn as violence spreads in Orissa Sep 1, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hindu mobs have burnt at least four more churches in Orissa, officials said on Monday, as religious violence appeared to spread. Thousands of people, mostly Christians, have taken shelter in makeshift camps, where Hindu mobs went on the rampage last week after a Hindu leader was killed. (Reuters India)
Four die after gas leak in Orissa steel plant Sep 1, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: At least four people died and two developed illness after inhaling a poisonous gas allegedly leaked in a steel plant in Orissa's Sambalpur district on Sunday evening, police said. The mishap occurred in the plant of Bhushan Power & Steel Limited located at Thelkoloi village, some 350 km from here. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Extra security as violence continues in Orissa Sep 1, 2008
BHUBANESWAR- The communal violence that engulfed nine Orissa districts following the August 23 murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati has spread to three more districts, forcing authorities to deploy additional security personnel, an official said on Monday. "Security forces had been deployed in nine districts since August 23 but policemen are now being deployed in an additional three districts," Inspector General of Police Pradeep Kapur told IANS. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa victims tell Naveen: Go back Sep 1, 2008
Later, on his return to Bhubaneswar from Kandhamal on Sunday, Patnaik appealed for restoration of peace. But the communal flare-up has now crossed the borders of Kandhamal district. (Daily News & Analysis)
Church trashed in India religious riots Aug 29, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India - Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India on Thursday, police said, as Italy said it would summon India's ambassador to demand "incisive action" to prevent more attacks. Indian authorities have struggled to control spiraling religious violence in the eastern state of Orissa. (MSNBC -- International)
Catholic schools in India protest Aug 29, 2008
But the Archbishop of Bhubaneswar, the Orissa capital, Rapheal Cheenath, says the state government must do more to help out those affected by the violence ... The BBC's Rahul Tandon in Bhubaneswar says this is a complex issue - Hindu groups have long accused Christian priests of bribing poor tribes and low-caste Hindus to change their faith. (BBC News)
