New Delhi, Jan 25, 2020: As many as 3,706 persons have been acquitted of the charges of communal violence and 474 persons were convicted in connection with Kandhamal riots which allegedly broke out after the assassination of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in 2008. An affidavit file in the Supreme Court byContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Church specially Kandhamal Church remembers Late Emeritus Raphael Cheenath, SVD, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on August 14, 2017 on the day of First Death Anniversary. There was a commemoration of late brave prelate throughout Odisha. Priests, Religious offered special intention for the repose soul of Cheenath. The mass inContinue Reading
Phulbani: It is just a matter of rupees one thousand. If Julian Pradhan and his two brothers pay this money as a fine to their neighbours, things will return to the way they were. But eight years after they lost their homes in Kandhamal riots, the three brothers are refusingContinue Reading
New Delhi: The killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal district in 2008 was carried out by forces who had envisaged subsequent collateral damage, a new book released Thursday said. The book Who Killed Swami Laxmanananda? authored by Anto Akkara and released by veteran journalist and former high commissioner to theContinue Reading