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Kandhamal District News

Odisha: Maoist commander with a bounty of ₹55 lakh surrenders

Sukru (49), a state committee member of Maoists carrying a <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>55-lakh bounty, surrendered before police in Kandhamal district along with an AK-47 rifle. (HT photo/sourced)

Updated 135 days ago

Odisha teacher arrested for assaulting Class 8 student for 6 months: Police

Odisha teacher produced before court in assault case involving Class 8 student

Published 154 days ago

Odisha: Security forces intensify hunt for Maoist leader Sukru in Kandhamal

Intensive combing underway in Kandhamal (Representative photo)

Published 160 days ago

Maoist killed colleague to stop him from surrendering, buried body in forest

Representational image.

Updated 162 days ago

Two Maoists killed in police encounter in Kandhamal, one AK-47 recovered: Police

Both Maoists hailed from Chhattisgarh, and together carried a combined bounty of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>27.5 lakh. (Representative file photo)

Published 164 days ago

CPI (Maoist) loses another key member

With the death of 69-year-old Hanumanthu, who hails from Pullemla village of Chandur mandal in Telangana’s Nalgonda district, the outlawed party is now left with only two active leaders from Telugu states in the top hierarchy. (HT)

Published 223 days ago

Odisha Police appeals people not to shelter injured Maoists, intensifies operations in jungle

Odisha Police appeals people not to shelter injured Maoists, intensifies operations in jungle

Published 223 days ago

Uike's death has broken backbone of Maoist activities in Odisha: DGP

Uike's death has broken backbone of Maoist activities in Odisha: DGP

Published 224 days ago

Ganesh Uike, who led Maoists in Odisha, shot dead in Kandhamal gunfight

Security personnel (Inset: Ganesh Uike) in Phulbani area of Kandhamal district on April 18, 2019

Updated 224 days ago

Two Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha police

Representational file photo of security personnel on patrol.

Published 225 days ago

8 students in Odisha hospitalised after eyes sealed with Fevikwik

The incident occurred at the Sevashram school in Salaguda.

Published 326 days ago

Class 9 girl raped inside car in Odisha’s Kandhamal district

The accused, a married man, is currently absconding, police said.

Updated 333 days ago

Odisha cops seize 9 tonnes of explosives, 4,000 detonators from Kandhamal forests

A (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 353 days ago

Deaths in Kandhamal due to mango kernel bring back focus on tribal deprivation

The mango kernel has again come under focus in Odisha after two women in the backward Kandhamal district died in a span of 12 hours last week while six others are in hospital after their meal of mango kernel gruel and fermented rice turned out to be poisonous. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Published 639 days ago

Odisha: Memories of 2008 riots linger in election season in Kandhamal

The 2008 riots claimed 43 lives and destroyed thousands of houses and churches in the Kandhamal district. (REUTERS)

Updated 811 days ago

BJP blames Odisha’s BJD govt for 2008 murder of VHP leader Saraswati

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. (ANI)

Published 815 days ago

Kandhamal couple killed over sorcery, not by Maoists: Police

HT Image

Updated 870 days ago

Maoist killed in Odisha’s Kandhamal in gunfight with security personnel

(Representative Photo)

Published 915 days ago

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