Killing of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati has taken a new turn as the crime branch claimed that a group of Maoists were hired to execute the crime. The investigating agency had identified them and there was a master mind behind the killing. Laxamananda Saraswati’s killing sparked a wave of communal violence in Kandhamal district which […]
Orissa : DGP asked to verify CRPF conduct
The Orissa government has asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to rush to the riot-torn district to verify allegation made by local tribals against the CRPF jawans, official sources said. But at the same time govt. has said ‘No’ to withdrawl of CRPFs from the district. TheKui Kalyan Samiti, a frontal tribal organization […]
Nun writes to Orissa Govt. seeking CBI probe
The much hyped Nun Rape case in Orissa has taken a new turn as she wrote a letter to the state govt. the Catholic nun, who was allegedly raped in communal violence-hit Kandhamal district, has written seeking a CBI probe into the incident saying she had ‘no faith’ in the state police. In a […]
Orissa’s largest river under industrial pressure
Orissa’s largest river Mahanadi is all set to come under critical pressure as far as water needs of upcoming industries in the state are concerned. As much as 514.499 million gallon per day (MGD) water was either allocated or recommended from the Mahanadi river basin. Similarly, some 264.66 MGD water from the Brahmani […]
eyewitness in nun rape case refuses to help police
The lone eyewitness, in the alleged rape of a nun in Orissa’s Kandhamal district has refused to cooperate in the investigation process. The witness a Christian priest, Father Chellan said he did not have faith in it. He was accompanying the 29-year-old nun when she was allegedly raped at K Nuagaon during the Orissa […]
India’s Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker
Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga”s book "The White Tiger" was on Wednesday declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008. Adiga beat favourite Sebastian Barry to take the 50,000 pound (USD 47,000) prize. The other authors in the shortlist […]