Tag: Kalahandi

Dharmagarh: Distress sale of onion has aggravated farmers’ woes in Kalahandi district.  After months of hard work, the onion farmers are forced to sell their produce at a much lesser price than the normal market rate. According to reports, the farmers are forced to sell onions at Rs 500 to Rs 600 per quintal which […]

Bhawanipatna: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today launched a probe into irregularities worth more than Rs 1 crore fraud made at three post offices in Kalahandi and conducted raids at different places since last night. Complaints were filed with the central investigating agency alleging irregularities at the Boria post office in Kesinga, Pastikudi post […]

Kalahandi: Vehicular movement was disrupted at Amapani under Dharmagada sub-division in Kalahandi district today as locals staged a road blockade at Amapani Square demanding arrest of a teacher who had allegedly raped a woman in the district last month. The locals under the banner of Zilla Mali Samaj also held a protest meeting alleging failure […]

Bhawanipatna: Family of a detained youth, relatives and locals staged a dharna in front of Kegaon police station in Kalahandi district today, demanding his safe release, after an alleged suicide attempt by him on Tuesday. The youth, identified as Dhananjaya Bag, a resident of Mahaling had been detained by police for interrogation on Sunday, suspecting […]

Kalahandi/Kandhamal: The last rites of martyred SOG Jawan Laxmikant Jani, who was killed in a Maoists’ ambush at Kanjalagu Ghat under Baliguda Sub-Division in Kandhamal district late on Sunday night, will be performed at his village Malgaon in Kalahandi district today. A pall of gloom descended on the village after the mortal remains of Jani […]

Bhubaneswar: Rebuffing media reports, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Surya Narayan Patro on Monday said there is ‘no distress sale of onion’ in western Odisha. Following reports of distress sale of onions by farmers in districts like Balangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada and Deogarh, a three member team comprising officials from the food supplies and consumer […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Wednesday constituted a three-member team to verify the truth behind alleged distress sale of onions in different parts of the state. A three member team comprising officials from the food supplies and consumer welfare department, horticulture department and Markfed will visit Bolangir and Kalahanmdi district to verify allegation of distress sale of onions, […]

Kalahandi: Irate locals staged a road blockade in Narla town in the district on Friday morning after an electrical worker was injured critically while repairing a damaged power line. The injured identified as Turit Majhi was rushed to Narla hospital where doctors referred him to district headquarters hospital (DHH) at Bhawanipatna. Condition of Majhi is […]

Bhawanipatna: In a gruesome incident, four siblings, including three sisters and a brother, sustained burn injuries after their brother-in-law allegedly poured petrol on them and set them afire over a family dispute on late Wednesday night at Duarsuni village under Bhawanipatna Sadar Police limits in Kalahandi district. All of them have been admitted to District […]

English Language Training for the Rural Youth, a one month long free residential English language training programme, organised by English Support – An English Language Teaching Forum, was inaugurated at Dantenswari High School at Behera under Dharamgarh Block of Kalahandi district on May 13. It is the season 2 of the free English language training […]

Bhubaneswar: At least four persons were killed and 20 others injured when a mini-truck they were travelling in overturned on Bhawanipatna-Khariar road near Borda in Kalahandi district here on Tuesday. All the injured with multiple injuries have been shifted to Borda community health center and their condition is said to be critical. According to reports, […]

Keonjhar/Bhawanipatna: As many as 40 persons from Keonjhar and Kalahandi districts have been affected by diarrhoea. While 30 persons are in the grip of the disease in Keonjhar, 10 from Kalahandi have also been reportedly affected. According to reports, in Keonjhar, 30 persons took ill following some infection allegedly due to intake of contaminated river water. Local […]

Bhawanipatna: Ganja worth more than Rs 1 crore concealed in 120 plastic bags packed with ginger was seized by Kalahandi District Excise staff from a truck which collided with a Bolero vehicle near Depur on Bhawanipatna-Chhatikuda road in Kalahandi district on Friday. The ganja bags seized during the illegal trafficking were brought to the District […]

Bhawanipatna: Jaundice is wreaking havoc in Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi district with 21 patients identified in Ward No. 6. The number of patients is increasing day by day with the disease spreading to other wards also. According to sources, 63 persons were identified with jaundice in the town and one person of ward […]

Puri/Kalahandi: At a time when the state is reeling under  heatwave condition, people in some places of Puri and Kalahandi are facing acute water scarcity. In Brahmagiri block of Puri district, locals of as many as 15 different villages allege that in spite of overhead tank for mass water supply installed seven years ago, pipelines […]