Tag: Kandhamal

Bhubaneswar: It’s time for celebration for the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia of Kandhamal district who turned three today. The siblings, who are still undergoing treatment at the Delhi AIIMS, are celebrating their birthday as separate individuals for the first time post surgery. The hospital authorities have made special arrangements for the celebration. Wearing […]

Kandhamal: Though doctors are considered saviours, only a few go the distance beyond their call of duty in helping patients to earn that tag. Meet Yajnadutta Rath, who responded to an emergency call and assisted a pregnant woman in delivery inside a forest in Kandhamal district. According to reports, Rath had received information about the […]

Kandhamal: An exchange of fire took place between the Maoists and police personnel during a combing operation in the Kukulajhar forests near Khajuripada of Kandhamal district on Tuesday. However, no casualty has been reported in the incident. According to reports, the exchange of fire took place inside the jungle when police, acting on a tip-off […]

Phulbani: Panic has gripped Tumudibandha block of Kandhamal district after more than 18 villagers complained of diarrhoea and vomiting and were admitted to the local hospital. The sick persons are from Ghumura village and include women and children. Meanwhile, reason behind the spread of diarrhoea and vomiting in the area is yet to be ascertained. […]

Kandhamal: The BJP resorted to a 12-hour bandh in G Udaygiri of Kandhamal district today pressing for a 14-point charter of demands, including sub-division status to the town. Protesting negligence on the part of the State government and its apathetic attitude towards various problems in the town, the BJP is observing the dawn-to-dusk bandh. While […]

Bhubaneswar: Cannabis or ganja cultivated on 4,407.73 acres in nine districts of Odisha has been destroyed in the 2017-18 season, as against a target of 3,050 acres, informed DGP RP Sharma today. The amount of ganja destroyed is more than 50 percent of the amount destroyed in the previous year, he added. During 2015-16 and […]

Kandhamal: A joint team of police and excise officials destroyed hemp plantations worth Rs 20 crores in Kandhamal district, police said on Saturday. As part of the administration’s efforts to check illegal cultivation of cannabis, the crackdown was launched by the joint squad for nearly three days in the district. Plantations in nearly 142 acres […]

Kandhamal: Tardy progress of an under-construction suspension bridge over river Khadaga has become a cause of concern for tribals of Kutungia Panchayat  of Baliguda village in Kandhamal. The villagers have been facing problems to cross the river for day to day activities as much as medical emergency since long. According to sources, the work of […]

Phulbani: With an effort to bring a change, the Odisha police have called upon Maoists to discard violence and include themselves in the mainstream society. The Kandhamal district police have put posters at several areas in the district asking the red rebels to surrender to lead a normal life in future. The posters mentioned that […]

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave continues to grip Odisha with 13 places in the State recording temperature below 10 degree Celsius today. Daringbadi in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the State at three degree Celsius. The regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the condition is likely to continue for few more […]

Phulbani: Whether cinema imitates life or life imitates cinema or life imitates life? Many didn’t even know that someone in flesh and blood could literally ‘move mountains’, until the movie ‘Manjhi: The Mountain Man’ hit the silver screens depicting the life of a poor labourer Dashrath Manjhi, who with the chisel of his perseverance and […]

New Delhi: It was a priceless moment when the formerly conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia saw each other for the first time today after their separation surgery was successfully conducted at AIIMS, New Delhi two months back. The twins were joined since birth in such a way that they could never see each other’s face. […]

Berhampur: A day after a man was lynched by a mob for allegedly practising sorcery in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal, another man was subjected to inhuman torture over similar allegations in Khallikote area of Ganjam district today. According to sources, one Bhaskar Swain was beaten up severely with wooden plank after being tied to a […]

Kandhamal: A man was beaten to death and his body set on fire allegedly over suspicion of practising witchcraft at Badabanga village under Daringbadi police limits in Kandhamal district. The deceased has been identified as Subhas Chandra Majhi. The matter came to light after the wife of the deceased Subhasini lodged a complaint with the […]

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: Top Maoist leader Jampanna alias Jinugu Narasimha Reddy heading the Odisha State Committee’s military commission surrendered before Telangana police along with his wife on Friday, media reports said. However, official announcement of the development is awaited. The top extremist who carried a reward of Rs 24 lakh on his head was leading KKBN (Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh) […]