Tag: Kandhamal

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions persisted in many parts of Odisha today where the temperature fell marginally in some areas and Phulbani in Kandhamal district remained the coldest place in the state. Kandhamal remained the coldest zone in the state and the district headquarter town of Phulbani recorded a minimum of 5.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest […]

Phulbani: The personnel of Odisha’s elite Special Operation Group today had an hour-long exchange of fire with Maoists at Lankagarh reserve forest in Kandhamal district. Though there was no casulty, the police seized a huge amount of explosive making materials, powder and old currency notes from the spot, Pinak Mishra SP, Kandhamal, said. The SP said […]

Phulbani: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today claimed that his government was the “most stable and dependable” for the people as it worked for the welfare of all the sections of the society. “My government is stable and dependable as it has worked for all the people, right from the children to the old ones,giving […]

Berhampur: The picturesque hill town of Daringbadi in Kandhamal district is set to get another addition to its list of tourist destinations. A tribal museum, built on 1100 sq ft area, will be thrown open for public at the end of this month, officials said. Set up at a cost of Rs 30 lakh, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The fortnight-long monsoon session of Odisha Assembly beginning September 7 is likely to witness uproar over the Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh. Police firing at Gumudumaha village in Kandhamal and death of children allegedly due to malnutrition at Nagada village in Jajpur district are also likely to feature at the session, which will […]

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of five Left parties today urged Odisha Governor S C Jamir to tell the state government to give Rs 50 lakh ex gratia to each of the families which lost their kin in the crossfire during the anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal district. Representatives from CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation, SUCI and Forward Bloc […]

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the BJD government in Odisha, a three-member BJP team, which inquired into the killing of five tribals in Kandhamal in a police operation, has accused it of having a “nexus” with Maoists and termed the encounter as “staged”. The committee, which visited there and submitted its report to […]

CPI today accused the BJD government in Odisha of working against the tribals, saying it was amply proved by the killing of five civilians in the name of anti-Naxal operation in Kandhamal and death of over 19 children due to malnutrition in Jajpur district

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today constituted a five-member committee to visit and study the situation in Odisha’s Kandhamal district and find the facts that led to the death of five persons in police firing on July 8. Former Union Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo, besides sitting MPs and former Ministers Jairam Ramesh, K […]

Coming down heavily on Odisha government over the killing of five civilians during an anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal, BJP today accused the ruling BJD of being habituated with forging understanding with naxals for electoral gains

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government named members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the killing of five persons during anti-Maoist operations by security personnel in Kandhamal on July 8, the opposition Congress and BJP today raised questions on the neutrality of the panel. Both parties raised questions on the efficiency […]

Gumudamaha, a nondescript village under Baliguda block of Kandhamal district, has suddenly turned into a one-stop destination for politicians as they are heading to the modest dwellings of five gun-shot victims in anti-Maoist operation on Friday night

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes today suggested to the Odisha government to conduct psychiatric test of the Special Operations Group (SOG) jawans allegedly involved in the gunning down of five villagers during an anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal

Justice Basudev Panigrahi commission probing the communal riots in Kandhamal district of 2007, has sought one more year of his tenure to submit the inquiry report

Berhampur: A 22-year-old daily labourer was arrested for allegedly raping a tribal woman from Dumuripada in Kandhamal district, police said today. The rape survivor’s plight came to light after a doctor allegedly confined the tribal woman in her home and physically and mentally tortured her, they said. “We will conduct a medical test on the […]