Violence returned to Kandhamal district of Orissa, after a month with the killing of a Hindu leader by unknown gun men.
Dhanurjay Pradhani of village Kumbharigaon under Brahmanigaon police limits was shot dead by three un-identified armed extremists at a construction site near the village school on Wednesday afternoon.
Pradhani was an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said to be influential in the locality.
'We suspect Maoist hand in the killing,' Arun Sarangi, deputy inspector general of police, told.
But the locals have blamed Christians for the murder.
SP Praveen Kumar with one company of CRPF personnel has rushed to the spot.
Nairobi/Goma - Thousands of civilians have been forced out of a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after fighting between rebels and a pro-government militia, which came despite a ceasefire.
The UN said that rebel general Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) clashed Tuesday and Wednesday with the pro-government Mai-Mai militia.
The CNDP then forced thousands of civilians out of Kiwanja, northeastern DR Congo under the pretext of searching for remaining militia, a BBC correspondent in the town said.
Aid agencies say that renewed fighting between the CNDP and government forces has displaced at least 250,000 people since late August.
Wellington, Nov 6: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori believes that Australia is the best cricket side in the world despite struggling against Indian in the ongoing Test series.
Vettori rated the Aussies team as the biggest challenge in world cricket, and said Australia remained the topside in the world, “particularly in their own conditions”.
New Zealand is preparing to head across the Tasman next week for a four-day warm-up match against New South Wales in Sydney before tests in Brisbane and Adelaide.
Washington, Nov 6 : MRI scans can help predict disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis, says a new study led by an Indian origin researcher.
The research team led by Dr Rohit Bakshi, Director of the Laboratory for Neuroimaging Research and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology at the Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found that detecting the gray matter damage in brain can help in identifying those at-risk for progression of disability.
In a four year study, the researchers found that patients with unnatural darkness of gray matter structures as seen on MRI pictures carried a higher risk for progression of physical disability.
After ‘Vivah’, Sooraj Barjatya is back with yet another love and marriage saga titled ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi.’ 
