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kalahandi district news

24-year-old posed as Maoist to extort 35 lakh from father, arrested: Odisha Police

Police said the 24-year-old man has been arrested by the Odisha Police
Published on Oct 15, 2025 10:15 pm IST

Goats, hens slaughtered on roads during 'Chhatar Jatra' in Odisha's Kalahandi

Goats, hens slaughtered on roads during 'Chhatar Jatra' in Odisha's Kalahandi
Published on Sept 30, 2025 09:47 pm IST

Civil services aspirants set to get free coaching in Odisha's Kalahandi

Civil services aspirants set to get free coaching in Odisha's Kalahandi
Updated on Aug 17, 2025 02:29 pm IST

65-year-old Odisha man beheaded on suspicion of practising sorcery

The headless body of the victim, identified as Rupsingh Majhi of Deypur village under Kalampur police limits, was recovered from a village pond. (Representative image)
Published on May 29, 2025 02:42 pm IST

ED raids Kalahandi forest staffers, finds 100+ mule bank a/c to siphon govt funds

ED officials began search operations at the office and residences of forest department officials in Jaipatna Range under Kalahandi South division on Friday (File image)
Published on Feb 28, 2025 09:50 pm IST

Two minors allegedly gangraped in Odisha district; accused remain at large

The accused allegedly took the two minor girls to a secluded place and committed the crime. (Representative file image)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 06:27 pm IST

News updates from HT: BJP workers protest missing school teacher in Odisha

BJP Mahila Morcha protests against Odisha home minister DS Mishra.
Published on Oct 20, 2021 08:58 pm IST

Odisha sarpanch arrested for seeking sexual favour from Dalit woman

A court sent the sarpanch to judicial custody after his arrest.
Published on Nov 19, 2020 11:41 pm IST

Odisha ambulance driver alleges he is being ostracised by villagers for carrying Covid-19 patient

Initially, the DC said, Sethi refused to ferry the Covid-19 patient to Cuttack, but he relented after much coaxing.
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 07:31 pm IST

Missing Odisha PSU general manager’s body found after 5 days

Kalahandi SP Battula Gangadhar said some locals smelt something foul near a mobile phone tower in Mukhiguda and found Meher’s body lying there.
Updated on Dec 22, 2019 11:58 pm IST

Odisha police arrest 50 middlemen involved in trafficking labourers

The arrests came within two days of similar arrest of 40 more agents and middlemen from Bolangir and Nuapada districts in Odisha.
Updated on Oct 19, 2019 05:51 am IST

Contractor shot dead by Maoists for building a road in Odisha’s Kalahandi

In 2017, Sahoo had come under attack from Maoists when he attempted to build the road between Borpadar and Jugasaipatna villages that was being opposed by the Maoists. Though he managed to flee, the rebels had burnt down his road construction machinery as well as his bike.
Updated on Jul 21, 2019 11:38 pm IST

22-yr-old bets on India’s win in World Cup semis, consumes poison after loss

Sambaru Bhoi was found lying in an unconscious state at a farmland near his village this morning after he consumed poison.
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 06:10 pm IST

Bihar man carries dead son on shoulders, district magistrate orders probe

Lack of ambulances in district hospitals has been a perennial problem in Bihar.
Updated on Jun 26, 2019 11:03 am IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: EC team seize 2 lakh cash from BJD candidate’s vehicle

Police seized the car and investigating about source, ownership and purpose of the money being carried in the car, they said
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 07:52 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: To BJP’s ‘double engine’ govt push, Naveen Patnaik answers with call for women’s empowerment

Reading out a pre-written speech at Naveen Niwas on Thursday evening, Patnaik said a nation that does not give effective representation to women in its highest decision-making forum is running on a single engine.
Published on Apr 05, 2019 10:19 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019:Day after PM Modi’s attack, Naveen Patnaik says central leaders are ‘seasonal birds’

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that opposition leaders are only available during the election season.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 09:00 pm IST

Situation under control at Odisha’s Vedanta plant; company announces 25 lakh to family of two dead

A Dalit villager living near Vedanta’s refinery in Lanjigarh was killed and a guard of Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) charred to death when protesting locals clashed with police.
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 01:54 pm IST

Two killed in protests at Vedanta’s Odisha refinery

The villager who died in the OISF lathicharge has been identified as 45-year old Dani Patra, a contractual worker with Vedanta, while the OISF guard killed was Havildar Major Sujit Kumar Minz.
Published on Mar 18, 2019 11:31 pm IST

PM Modi gave you Rafale, we’ll give you assured income: Rahul Gandhi in Odisha

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressing a public rally in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday.
Updated on Feb 06, 2019 06:17 pm IST

In cyclone-ravaged Odisha, man walks 8 km with body of dead daughter

A damaged mobile tower seen struck down on road due to Cyclone Titli, at Barua village of Srikakulam.
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 10:32 pm IST

Class 6 girl abducted, raped in Odisha’s Kalahandi

A woman holds a candle and placard during a protest against sexual violence. A Class 6 students was allegedly abducted and raped in Odisha, police said.
Published on Apr 20, 2018 03:03 pm IST

Amit Shah slams oppn parties for backing Bharat Bandh, says BJP all for reservations

BJP president Amit Shah, who launched a two-day tour of Odisha on Wednesday, said at a public meeting in Kalahandi district that nobody has the audacity to change the provisions for reservation in the Constitution written by Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Updated on Apr 04, 2018 08:12 pm IST