Tag: Kalahandi

Bhawanipatna: Normal life came to a standstill in Kalahandi district due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Congress protesting against the shifting of the proposed railway wagon repair factory from Narla to Vishakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Members of the district Congress blocked roads at many places, including Bhawanipatna, bringing vehicular movement to a grinding […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the statewide resentment over the news about shifting of the proposed Wagon Maintenance Workshop from Narla in Odisha’s Kalahandi district to Andhra Pradesh as published and aired in the media, chief minister Naveen Patnaik has sought a clarification from Railway minister Suresh Prabhu in this regard.

Lambasting both the BJP-led Central government and the State government over shifting of the proposed railway wagon factory from Narla in Kalahandi to Vizag, State Congress chief Prasad Harichandan on Thursday said the Kalahandi district unit will observe a Kalahandi bandh on April 6 protesting against the decision

Bhubaneswar: The Niyamgiri Surakhsha Sangram Samiti, a body of Dangaria Kandh tribals, and Lokshakti Abhiyan have questioned the move of the Odisha government to conduct fresh Gram Sabhas in Niyamgiri hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts to decide on bauxite mining in the hills considered sacred by the tribals.

With Odisha being the leading state in the country in terms of the number of malaria patients, the state government has come up with new plans to weed out the deadly vector borne disease from the remote and the most affected areas of the state

Dangaria Kandh tribals of the Niyamgiri area spread across Rayagada and Kalahandi districts have vehemently protested the announcement of a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court to hear the petition filed by Odisha government seeking the reversal of the ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills

Bhubaneswar: A Maoist was reportedly killed and two others were seriously injured in a fierce gun battle between security forces and Red rebels at Niyamgiri forest near Dengamati village on Kalahandi-Rayagada border early this morning. On a tip off about the presence of the rebels, security personnel, led by Rayagada Superintendent of police (SP) K […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to visit Balangir and Kalahandi districts today to lay the foundation stone for a mega irrigation project.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to attend the Krukshak Samavesh (farmers' rally) in Bargarh on February 21 and chief minister Naveen Patnaik scheduled to visit Balangir and Kalahandi districts tomorrow, the political theatre has now shifted to Western Odisha with the ruling BJD and the BJP locked in a show of strength to woo the farmers

Bhawanipatna: A woman Maoist cadre was killed during an encounter with the police inside Kanamanjur reserve forest in Kalahandi district on Thursday afternoon. Sources said District Voluntary Force (DVF) and the Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel had begun a joint combing operation inside the Kanamanjur reserve forest in the afternoon following information about the presence […]

In a tragic incident, three students met watery grave in a stream at Baringdar under Sadar police limits of Kalahandi district on Sunday

Bhubaneswar: The sunstroke death toll in Odisha went upto 63 even as monsoon covered the entire state by third week of June. The collectors of different districts have so far confirmed deaths of 63 persons due to sunstroke in recent months, a communication from the special relief commissioner’s (SRC) office said today. “The collectors sent […]

One Maoist was killed today during a heavy gun battle between the district voluntary force (DVF) personnel and the ultras in K Gaon Chudapahad forest under Golamunda police limits here

Sesa Sterlite Ltd organized a two-day district level rural sports competition in partnership with the District Youth & Sports department, Kalahandi, at Lal Bahadur Stadium here.

In an unfortunate incident, eight persons were killed and three others injured critically after a Bolero jeep in which they......