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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 ₹55-lakh bounty, surrendered before police in Kandhamal district along with an AK-47 rifle. (HT photo/sourced)
india news
Updated on Mar 24, 2026 06:03 pm IST

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

Odisha teacher produced before court in assault case involving Class 8 student
others
Published on Mar 05, 2026 08:56 pm IST

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

Intensive combing underway in Kandhamal (Representative photo)
others
Published on Feb 27, 2026 09:00 pm IST

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

Representational image.
india news
Updated on Feb 25, 2026 09:31 pm IST

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 ₹27.5 lakh. (Representative file photo)
others
Published on Feb 23, 2026 04:26 pm IST

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)
india news
Published on Dec 27, 2025 06:22 am IST

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
india news
Published on Dec 26, 2025 10:03 pm IST

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

Uike's death has broken backbone of Maoist activities in Odisha: DGP
india news
Published on Dec 25, 2025 08:31 pm IST

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
india news
Updated on Dec 25, 2025 04:08 pm IST

Two Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha police

Representational file photo of security personnel on patrol.
india news
Published on Dec 25, 2025 11:07 am IST

8 students in Odisha hospitalised after eyes sealed with Fevikwik

The incident occurred at the Sevashram school in Salaguda.
india news
Published on Sept 14, 2025 04:21 pm IST

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

The accused, a married man, is currently absconding, police said.
india news
Updated on Sept 07, 2025 07:57 pm IST

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

A (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
india news
Published on Aug 19, 2025 03:00 am IST

Following recovery of explosives in Odisya, police suspect Maoist-miners nexus

Following recovery of explosives in Odisya, police suspect Maoist-miners nexus
india news
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 07:17 am IST

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

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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)
analysis
Published on Nov 05, 2024 05:01 pm IST

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)
india news
Updated on May 18, 2024 08:20 am IST

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

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. (ANI)
others
Published on May 13, 2024 03:33 pm IST

Kandhamal couple killed over sorcery, not by Maoists: Police

HT Image
india news
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 01:50 pm IST

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

(Representative Photo)
india news
Published on Feb 04, 2024 11:38 am IST

A tightrope walk for river-crossing in Odisha’s Kandhamal, video is viral

The videos and photos showed women, elderly persons and youngsters dangerously balancing themselves on the 60 metre long rope while angry river flew below their feet. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Sept 24, 2020 11:08 pm IST

Odisha man applies for Aadhaar card more than 20 times but still doesn’t get it

Jitendra Sethi with his family.
india news
Published on Sept 24, 2020 08:22 pm IST

Four Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Odisha’s Kandhamal district

Arms and ammunition recovered after four Maoists were gunned down during an exchange of fire with security forces in a dense forest, in Kandhamal district on July 5, 2020.
india news
Updated on Jul 06, 2020 09:17 am IST

Two grooms in Odisha arrested for defying Covid-19 lockdown guidelines

One of the two grooms arrested for violating coronavirus lockdown guidelines in Odisha.
india news
Published on Mar 23, 2020 11:48 pm IST

RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda shot dead outside his house in Odisha

Abhimanyu Panda was a former sarpanch of Bataguda Gram Panchayat and ex-vice chairman of Balliguda block. Image used for representational purpose only.
india news
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 07:07 am IST

Odisha court disqualifies woman from Panchayat body for having three kids

The history of the two-child norm in panchayats began after the 1991 census when the National Development Council set up a committee on population under the chairmanship of erstwhile Kerala CM K Karunakaran in 1992. (Image used for representation).
india news
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 01:43 am IST

Snake-bites kill more people than cyclones in Odisha, experts tell you why

Odisha government officials said, before 2015, when Odisha declared snakebite deaths to be state-specific disasters with a provision of compensation of ₹4 lakh for the next of the kin, there were little records of snakebite deaths.
india news
Updated on Sept 24, 2019 11:04 pm IST

Tribal minor found pregnant in Odisha, accused on the run

Police in Odisha have been on the lookout for a cook, who is accused of repeatedly raping a class 9 student
india news
Published on Aug 29, 2019 01:03 am IST

Suspecting him to be police informer, Maoists kill businessman in Kandhamal

The assailants were suspected to be members of the Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), the police said. Combing operations have been intensified in the area.
india news
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 05:00 pm IST

To avoid Maoists, poll staff with EVMs walk 15 km through Odisha forest

The team began its journey after 23 CRPF jawans arrived to accompany them to a nearby paramilitary camp. With the jawans throwing a security ring around them, the polling officials then walked 15 km before they reached the Balandapada police outpost.
india news
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 08:14 pm IST

Polling officer shot dead by Maoists in Odisha’s Kandhamal

Last week, 36 polling officials of Maoist-affected Malkangiri district had to take a detour and walk 15 km through a mountain and forest fearing ambush by Maoists after polls got over in the first phase.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 07:26 pm IST
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