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Odisha launches joint op to nab Maoist leader Sukru ahead of March 31 deadline

Security forces intensify anti-Maoist drive in Odisha, targeting top leader Sukru in forested tri-junction of three districts. (Representative photo)
india news
Published on Mar 20, 2026 08:39 pm IST

Around 40 Maoists operate in splinter groups in Odisha: Majhi

Around 40 Maoists operate in splinter groups in Odisha: Majhi
india news
Published on Feb 23, 2026 07:12 pm IST

4 Maoists surrender before police in Odisha’s Kandhamal

The four Maoists were involved in at least 17 cases. (Sourced)
india news
Published on Feb 06, 2026 04:53 pm IST

BSF committed to eradicate Maoists from Odisha by March 2026: IG

BSF committed to eradicate Maoists from Odisha by March 2026: IG
india news
Published on Nov 29, 2025 06:40 pm IST

Probe ordered into death of Odisha young man after his family accuses police

Jyestha Bandki’s brother said the incident relates to September 26 when a patrol team of Gochhapada police station in Kandhamal was chasing his brother (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
others
Published on Sept 30, 2024 07:36 pm IST

BJP raises Hindutva pitch in Puri, Kandhamal

upporters gather during an election campaign by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha. (Prahlad Mahato)
india news
Updated on May 20, 2024 08:06 am IST

Despite BJD-BJP slugfest, 2008 Kandhamal riots may not cast shadow over 2024 polls

Kandhamal will go to polls on May 20 (Representative Photo)
india news
Published on May 17, 2024 08:04 pm IST

PM Narendra Modi's challenge to Naveen Patnaik: ‘Name all districts of Odisha’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI)
india news
Updated on May 11, 2024 08:33 pm IST

When Kandhamal cast a shadow over BJD-BJP ties

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik (File Photo)
opinion
Published on Mar 24, 2024 12:48 am IST

Amid another wave, Odisha’s Kandhamal district grapples with a learning gap

Class 10 students during a class in Phiringia village’s ‘Upgraded high school’. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 06:35 pm IST

Woman Maoist killed in encounter in Odisha’s Kandhamal

Last month, a senior Maoist cadre with a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police in Swabhiman Anchal area of Malkangiri. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 12:07 am IST

1 of conjoined twins separated in India’s first craniopagus surgery dies

After the post-operative rehabilitation and care in AIIMS New Delhi for almost 2 years, the twins returned to Odisha in September last year, but did not go back to their home in Kandhamal and remained at SCB Medical College under the supervision of a team of doctors.
india news
Updated on Nov 25, 2020 11:28 pm IST

Two Odisha policemen killed in encounter with Maoists

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cities
Updated on Sept 10, 2020 11:38 am IST

5 suspected Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha police; combing ops on

The exchange of fire lasted for around 30 minutes, during which four Maoists were neutralised and a SOG Jawan suffered injuries. said police. (Photo @odisha_police)
india news
Updated on Sept 09, 2020 08:19 pm IST

Over 300 migrant workers in Kandhamal dig canal through hills to bring water to their land

Armed with crowbars, hoes and shovels, people from 77 tribal families achieved this feat.
india news
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 07:42 am IST

Two Maoists killed in encounter with police in Odisha, woman among them

The identity of the two deceased Maoists is yet to be ascertained.
india news
Updated on Jul 24, 2020 08:35 am IST

Opposition slams Odisha govt’s move of sending doctors from tribal areas to Ganjam

Ganjam has failed to get a grip on the Covid-19 situation with 80-90 per cent of the cases now being reported from all over the district, triggering fears of community transmission.
india news
Updated on Jul 18, 2020 10:51 pm IST

4 Maoists including two women shot dead in encounter in Odisha’s Kandhamal

Police seized six automatic rifles from the site of the encounter with the Maoists.
india news
Updated on Jul 05, 2020 08:43 pm IST

Odisha to start door-to-door survey for Covid-19 symptoms as cases cross 4000-mark

Chennai: Migrants stand in a queue at Central Railway Station to board a Shramik Special train for West Bengal, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Chennai, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) (PTI03-06-2020_000243B)
india news
Updated on Jun 15, 2020 11:19 pm IST

Odisha artist spreads awareness on coronavirus with wall paintings

Of the 30 districts in the state, Covid-19 cases have been reported in 10 districts.
india news
Published on Apr 26, 2020 09:43 pm IST

RTI activist found dead near his home in Odisha’s Kendrapara

The body of Ranjan Kumar Das, a 35-year-old RTI activist known for filing multiple RTI applications in connection with several irregularities in Kendrapara district, was found just about 2 km from his home in Beruan village on Saturday morning.
india news
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 07:47 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

Five killed as rains batter Odisha, schools in 11 districts shut

In tribal-dominated Gajapati and Rayagada districts, incessant rains led to mudslides in hill top areas in Gajapati and Rayagada districts burying several houses.
india news
Published on Oct 25, 2019 01:42 pm 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

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.
india news
Updated on Jul 21, 2019 11:38 pm IST

Suspecting them of being informers, Maoists abduct 3 tribals in Odisha; kill 1

In April this year, Maoists had killed two villagers in Kandhamal and Bolangir district accusing them of being police informers. (Image used for representational purpose).
india news
Published on Jun 30, 2019 09:33 pm 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
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