Orissa
Students protest planned South Korean steel plant in eastern India
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 08:05.
Hundreds of students joined a march in India's eastern state of Orissa to protest a proposed plant by South Korean steelmaker Posco, news reports said Monday.
Drive to seize guns in riot-torn areas of India's Orissa
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 10/04/2008 - 18:03.
Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa launched a drive Saturday to seize guns in Khandamal district, which has been wracked by violence against minority Christians, news reports said.
Radical Hindus attack Christians over "forced conversions"
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:37.
Communal tensions are on the rise in eastern India as radical Hindus in the state of Orissa have torched hundreds of churches and Christian homes since late August.<
One dead in Hindu-Christian clashes in India
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 13:54.A woman was killed and more than a dozen people injured in renewed violence Tuesday in India's eastern state of Orissa, where clashes between Hindus and Christians have claimed 30 lives in the past month, news reports said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a visit to France, condemned the violence and instructed the Orissa government to maintain law and order.
Curfew in India's eastern Orissa after Christian houses set on fire
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 12:48.Authorities in India's eastern state of Orissa imposed a curfew in sensitive areas of Khandamal district Thursday after several houses belonging to Christians and a prayer house was set on fire, news reports said.
Thousands evacuated in India's Orissa state as villages submerged
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 10:51.Thousands of people were evacuated from low-lying areas of Orissa state's coastal districts Saturday as the Mahanadi river breached its embankments after days of incessant rain, officials and news reports said.
The floodwaters submerged hundreds of villages and claimed seven lives, an official of the flood-control room in the state capital Bhubaneshwar said.
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Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
