Tag: Kandhamal Riot

New Delhi: Reasoning that the compensation paid to victims of the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal ‘inadequate’, the Supreme Court has ordered the Odisha government to pay additional compensation to them. Maintaining that the amount paid to the victims of the violence was not enough, a bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Uday […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday proposed enhanced compensation to victims of 2008 Kandhamal riots. Presenting its case before the Supreme Court, the State government submitted a proposal for a 10% hike in Central compensation and 15% increase in compensation given by the State. The proposal came in the wake of the demand made by […]