Tag: Kandhamal

The deceased’s family members brought serious allegations against the local police and accused them of not reaching the spot despite repeated calls.

The DPM allegedly said that he wouldn’t consider them (AYUSH doctors) as doctors and that they were there for bringing water bottles for him and opening and closing his office door.

With no alternative option, the locals carried the body on a cot to the village.

The girl’s mother filed an FIR on the same night with G Udayagiri police and the accused was arrested, Public Prosecutor Asim Praharaj said.

In the photographs, the headmaster in-charge, identified as Sripati Nayak, along with another woman with ‘varmala’ can be seen cutting a cake in the storeroom of the school in the presence of other teachers.

As per initial reports, the mishap occurred near Mundasahi under Kotagarh Police limits when the bus named Salunki was heading to Phulbani from Muniguda.

The survivor in her complaint alleged that the accused along with his accomplices raped her to settle score with her. 

The people here have braced themselves to tackle the wrath of winter. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday informed that Phulbani recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 9.5 degree Celsius on Saturday.

Mahendragiri hill, located 1000 metre above mean sea level, is one of the biological, ecological and archaeological important mountain ecosystems in Odisha.

Kandhamal Girl Suffering From Rare Disease Awaits Govt Help

The residents of Raikia panchayat in Kandhamal district have accused the administration of supplying poor quality and adulterated rice under the Public Distribution System (PDS) scheme. Expressing displeasure over the matter, the beneficiaries alleged that even though there is a provision to provide millet and rice separately, at Masedikia village the grains are adulterated before being supplied to them.

A inmate of Anwesha hostel in Phulbani block of Kandhamal district allegedly died after falling ill. The deceased has been identified as Sumanjit Baliarsingh, a Class 6 student.

These heartbreaking images are from Simanbadi under Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district. Shantilata Digal, a widow has become homeless after a self help group allegedly demolished her house.

Due to heavy rains in Kandhamal, landslides in the hills are reported regularly. Many villages are affected by such landslides.

Tension gripped Phiringia region of Kandhamal district after hundreds of women ransacked a liquor shop in their area.It is alleged that despite repeated complaints, the liquor shop continued to run in the area.