”Kandhamal district” News

Two hurt in police firing as Hindus, Christians clash

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - Two people were injured when police fired on rioters in the latest religious violence between Hindus and Christians in eastern India, officials said Sunday.
09 1 2008 9:06PM (...more)

Police in India charge 10 men with raping nun

BHUBNESHWAR, India – Police in eastern India have charged 10 men with gang raping a Catholic nun during weeks of anti-Christian violence last year, an official said Thursday. The violence between Hindus and Christians in Orissa state followed the killing of a Hindu religious
02 1 2009 12:48AM (...more)

Hindu nationalist held for anti-Christian speech

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) – Indian police Tuesday arrested a Hindu nationalist politician for an alleged anti-Christian hate speech at a poll rally in Orissa state,
04 16 2009 12:29AM (...more)

Tit-for-tat religious conversions haunt India

CUTTACK (Reuters) - Siman Nayak 's shaved head is a stark reminder of a fate suffered by many Christians in eastern India in a battle over forced conversions to Hinduism that has left thousands of refugees fearing for their lives.
10 9 2008 11:20PM (...more)

One killed, 12 injured in Orissa religious clashes

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - One woman was killed and more than a dozen people injured, some critically, after religious clashes in Orissa between Hindus and Christians, officials said.
10 6 2008 6:45PM (...more)

Religious violence kills one more, dozen hurt in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - One person was killed and a dozen wounded in Orissa on Wednesday when police opened fire on a Hindu mob demanding the release of their leaders held for attacks on Christians in India, officials said.
09 25 2008 6:49AM (...more)

Hindu leader arrested in Indian church attacks

NEW DELHI - Police in southern India have arrested a senior leader of a right-wing Hindu group in connection with attacks on Christian churches and prayer halls last weekend, an official said Saturday.
09 22 2008 7:37PM (...more)

Churches damaged in India as religious riots spread

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hindu mobs clashed with police and attacked homes of Christians in Orissa, police said on Tuesday, the latest outbreak of communal violence that has killed 22 people in the region.
09 17 2008 1:50AM (...more)

Indian mob attacks police station, kills policeman

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - One policeman died as a mob armed with home-made guns attacked and set fire to a police station in Orissa state, where Hindu-Christian violence has left nearly 20 dead in a month, officials said Tuesday.
09 17 2008 1:49AM (...more)

Two dead in India anti-Christian riots: police

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - Security forces killed two Hindu rioters in eastern India where violence between Hindus and Christians claimed 18 lives last month, police said Sunday.
09 15 2008 6:19AM (...more)