Maoists kill three in Orissa

Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Armed militants of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) on Wednesday gun down three persons at Pandratola village in Orissa’s Rayagada district bordering Andhra Pradesh.
“The outlawed ultras killed three and injured two very badly,” District Superintendent of Police AK Singh said adding that rebels were good in number and they [...]

Orissa Govt to intensify joint raid to check illegal mining

Orissa government decided to conduct an intensive joint raid and constitute committee under the Chairmanship of the Additional Secretary of Steel and Mines Department to check the theft of minerals.

State Chief Secretary T K Mishra will soon write letters to the Director General of Police, Collector, Mines Department and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest [...]

No relation with Indian Maoists : Prachanda

BIRGUNJ (NEPAL): The political parties are likely to reach a consensus within a week, chairman of UCPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal said in an interaction programme in Parsa on Sunday morning.
Dahal revealed that he and his party members have been engaged in crucial talks with the leaders of the other political parties and further said he [...]

“Maoists killed Laxamananda to get support from Christians”

BHUBANESWAR: Maoists might have killed VHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati for securing support of the minority Christians and expand their network in
Orissa’s Kandhamal district, the Commission probing the murder was informed here.

“Maoists might have killed Saraswati to get the support of Christians,” former Inspector in-Charge of Kotgarh police station H K Pradhan told Justice S C [...]

HC restrains police from narco test on Ghandy

NewDelhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained the city police from conducting narco analysis test on top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy.

Justice Indermeet Kaur stayed the trial court’s order which had on 31st October allowed conduct of the test on the 63-year-old top Maoist leader.
The court passed the order after Ghandy’s counsel Rebecca M John [...]

Bird Flu alert at Bhitarkanika National Park

Rajesh Kumar Behera in  Kendrapara(Orissa):
The Bhitarkanika National Park  and the District animal husbandry officials ,on Wednesday,   sounded alert to the inhabitants of nearby Bhitarkanika National park to take precautionary measures from Bird Flu by distributing leaflets and creating awareness about the diseases ,keeping in mind that the winter feathered guests have started arriving in Bhitarkanika  [...]

Maoists strike in Orissa

Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Armed militants of the outlawed CPI(Maoists) have stepped up its offensive against the Orissa Government once again by triggering landmine blasts in leftwing insurgency hit Malkangiri district.
The rebels damaged guest house of Essar Steel Company by triggering landmine blasts and also destroyed office furniture in Malkangiri.
The leftwing ultras, [...]

Gujrat Cops visit Orissa in search of missing devotee

Bhubaneswar: The Gujarat police is in Kendrapada to trace Sunil Banerjee, a devotee at the ashram who first saw the bodies of the two minor boys after they went missing from the Asaram Ashram on July 3.
The bodies were found in a mutilated condition with some organs missing, on July 5 on the Sabarmati river [...]