Tag: Kandhamal

Phulbani: Just a few hours before the commencement of second phase polls, a polling official was shot dead allegedly by Maoists near Barahla village under Gochhapada Police limits of Kandhamal district today. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Gram Rojgar Sevak Sanjkuta Digal along with three others, was on her way to a Barahla […]

Bhubaneswar: Athlete Dutee Chand, who is the ambassador for the Election Commission (EC) of India has landed in trouble over a social media post in which she purportedly campaigned for BJD’s Kandhamal LS candidate Achyuta Samanta. A Facebook post showed Dutee seeking votes for Samanta. As she is a government employee and the Election Commission […]

Phulbani/Patnagarh: In a bid to protect the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT machines, a polling party walked for 15 kilometres in a dense forest to reach Balandapada Police outpost in Naxal-infested Kandhamal district today. Their journey began from Barala, where Maoists had gunned down polling official Sanjukta Digal day before yesterday. As trees had […]

Cuttack: The Central Excise Intelligence officials on Sunday arrested three students on the charges peddling ganja (dry cannabis) following a raid near Link Road in Cuttack. All the accused are students of a private engineering college in Bhubaneswar. Senior officials informed that 32 Kg ganja worth Rs 4 lakh has been seized from their possession. […]

Phulbani : Maoists have killed a businessman at a village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district suspecting him to be a police informer, a police official said on Sunday. A group of armed ultras stormed Tingarpanga village and barged into the house of the businessman, Kailash Digal, late on Saturday night, Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Prateek Singh […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Maoist rebels have tried their best to disrupt the ongoing polls. On the eve of voting for the second phase of elections they had shot dead a polling official in Kandhmal. The victim, Sanjukta Digal, was on her way to her designated polling booth when the ultras triggered a blast targeting the […]

Bhubaneswar: The self-styled Maoist leader Sunil alias Sabyasachi Panda, who made it into the international headlines in 2012 post kidnapping of two Italian tourists, has been sentenced to life imprisonment today. The sentence was pronounced by the Berhampur Additional District Judge – 1l, Sanjay Sahu, on Saturday after completion of hearing on a case instituted […]

Kandhamal: A minor girl was killed and three others of a family sustained injuries after fire broke out in their house at Gerupada village under Phiringia police limits in Kandhamal district today. As per reports, the fire broke out at around 3:15 am when the family of Arun Behera was fast asleep. Woken up by […]

Daringbadi: Tension prevailed in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district today after hundreds of locals blocked National Highway-59 following the death of two persons in a road accident which occurred late Friday night. One Kiliyan Pradhan and his nephew Subaham Pradhan of Dabulumaha village were critically injured after the bike they were riding was hit by […]

Kandhamal: Vigilance officials today conducted simultaneous raids at five places including the residence and office of Phulbani NAC Executive Officer Radhamohan Behera on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. A joint team of Phulbani and Berhampur Vigilance office conducted simultaneous raids at multiple places which includes Behera’s house in Berhampur, […]

Kandhamal: Three years have passed since the Gumudumaha firing incident took place in Kandhamal district but still there is no sign of development in the area despite government’s assurance. On July 8, 2016, five persons including three women and a 13-month-old boy returning to Gumudumaha village in an autorickshaw were killed after a 15-member team […]

Kandhamal: Yet again raising questions over the safety and security of girls in the schools and hostels, a Class VIII girl student of a state-run model residential school under Belghar police limits in Baliguda has allegedly been impregnated by a youth. The pregnancy of the girl was reportedly detected during a routine health check-up conducted […]

Bhubaneswar: While Odisha government is making claims of providing the best facility to girl students of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe community in the State, an increasing number of unwanted pregnancies among tribal girl students at residential schools has thrown open a stark reality. Even SC and ST Development Minister Jagannath Saraka has accepted in […]

Malkangiri/Rayagada/Kandhamal: Heavy rain under the impact of deep depression over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-West Bengal coasts has triggered flood-like situation in several districts of Odisha like Malkangiri, Rayagada and Kandhamal. Water level in major rivers in the three districts has increased due to heavy downpour since yesterday, submerging many roads and bridges. […]

Phulbani: After facing numerous problems owing to poor mobile network, residents of Dadaki GP in Phulbani block of Kandhamal district erected a mobile tower on their own. Earlier, seamless mobile network and connectivity was a distant dream for the residents of Dadaki Gram Panchayat, which is located some six to seven kms away from Phulbani […]