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Deaths in Kandhamal due to mango kernel bring back focus on tribal deprivation
BJD was bruised by similar charges in 2001 when 24 tribals in Rayagada district died after eating a gruel of mango kernel and a curry of wild mushroom
Published on Nov 05, 2024 05:01 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha: Memories of 2008 riots linger in election season in Kandhamal
The Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat, which was carved out after the 2009 delimitation exercise, has 1.33 million eligible voters
Updated on May 18, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
BJP blames Odisha’s BJD govt for 2008 murder of VHP leader Saraswati
BJD leader VK Pandian on Saturday accused the BJP of triggering the 2008 Kandhamal riots after VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati’s murder
Published on May 13, 2024 03:33 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Kandhamal couple killed over sorcery, not by Maoists: Police
Kandhamal couple killed over sorcery, not by Maoists: Police
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 01:50 PM IST
PTI |
Maoist killed in Odisha’s Kandhamal in gunfight with security personnel
Kandhamal Police said the gunfight took place in the Kamberikia forest area of the district on Saturday
Published on Feb 04, 2024 11:14 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
A tightrope walk for river-crossing in Odisha’s Kandhamal, video is viral
After uproar on social media, the administration removed the rope and cable wires which the villagers used to cross the river.
Updated on Sep 24, 2020 11:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha man applies for Aadhaar card more than 20 times but still doesn’t get it
In Odisha, Aadhar enrolment is necessary for getting several benefits like pension as well several state welfare schemes.
Published on Sep 24, 2020 08:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhuaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Four Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Odisha’s Kandhamal district
Inspector general of police (anti-Maoist operations) Amitabh Thakur said based on intelligence inputs, a team of Special Operation Group and District Voluntary Force policemen of Kandhamal district went on a combing operation at Sirla forest near Tumudibandh area of Kandhamal district on early Sunday morning.
Updated on Jul 06, 2020 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Two grooms in Odisha arrested for defying Covid-19 lockdown guidelines
Police also arrested 11 persons in Kandhamal district for not downing shutters while 5 persons were arrested in Bhadrak district for not complying with lockdown.
Published on Mar 23, 2020 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda shot dead outside his house in Odisha
RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda was standing in front of his home in Patrasahi village under Baliguda police station area when two bike-borne miscreants fired a bullet at him and sped away, said the police.
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 07:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Odisha court disqualifies woman from Panchayat body for having three kids
A member of Tajungia panchayat samiti, Ruda Mallik had filed a petition against Pradhan alleging that she had hidden the number of children she had to escape the provisions of the Act. Pradhan was elected as chairperson of the Daringibadi panchayat samiti in 2017.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 01:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Snake-bites kill more people than cyclones in Odisha, experts tell you why
Odisha government statistics between 2016 and 2019 show that of the total 6,228 deaths that took place due to various calamities, snakebite deaths alone accounted for 2,217 lives surpassing casualties due to cyclones, floods, lightning, fire accidents and boat tragedies.
Updated on Sep 24, 2019 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Tribal minor found pregnant in Odisha, accused on the run
Koraput district welfare officer Madhusmita Mahapatra said the school authorities sent the girl, who is five-month pregnant, home and did not even lodge a police complaint.
Published on Aug 29, 2019 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneshwar | Debabrata Mohanty
Suspecting him to be police informer, Maoists kill businessman in Kandhamal
A group of armed ultras stormed Tingarpanga village and barged into the house of the businessman Kailash Digal, late on Saturday night. They dragged Digal out of his house at gunpoint and took him to the village outskirts, where he was shot dead.
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 05:00 PM IST
Phulbani (Odisha) | Press Trust of India
To avoid Maoists, poll staff with EVMs walk 15 km through Odisha forest
After conducting successful polls in booth no. 12 of Barahala village under Phiringia tehsil of Kandhamal district on April 11, the polling team was readying itself to walk 15 kilometers through the forested route when they were told of the trap that awaited them.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 08:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Polling officer shot dead by Maoists in Odisha’s Kandhamal
Odisha DGP in-charge BK Sharma said polling supervisor Sanjukta Digal was shot dead near Barala village under Gochapada police limits when she and 4 others got down from their vehicle suspecting landmines were planted on the road ahead.
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 07:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Raped Class 8 student gives birth in Odisha hostel toilet
Residents gathered outside the school and blocked a national highway after learning about the delivery. The blockade was removed after police detained a man for allegedly sexually assaulting the girl.
Updated on Jan 13, 2019 11:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty