Kandhamal district

Bhubaneswar: A man allegedly killed his nonagenarian mother and burned her body inside their house in Kandhamal district of Odisha today. The deceased has been identified as Manjula Nayak (95) of Badimunda Khajurisahi under Tikabali…

Bhubaneswar: A Class-VI girl of a Sevashram (residential school) in Kotagarh area of Odisha’s Kandhamal district was reportedly found pregnant. The girl was admitted to a Community Health Centre (CHC) at Kotagarh after she complained of…

Bhubaneswar: A day after a mob set Phiringia police station on fire, the cops in Kandhamal district of Odisha arrested as many as 19 persons in connection with the incident on Sunday. “We have booked altogether 40 people in connection…

Bhubaneswar: A man was killed and his wife was rushed to hospital in a critical condition when they were bitten by a poisonous snake in Chakapada area of Kandhamal district of Odisha in the wee hours of today. The deceased has been…

Bhubaneswar: In a noble gesture, jawans of Special Operation Group (SOG) carried an ailing elderly woman on a cot for around 3 km to reach a hospital in Maoist-affected Kandhamal district of Odisha. The SOG jawans came to know about the…

Bhubaneswar: The police in Kandhamal district of Odisha today claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers with the arrest of six persons, including two women. The gang was involved in the snatching of Rs 17.5 lakh from businessman Ajay…

Bhubaneswar: A 70-year-old woman has donated Rs 1 lakh that she earned through begging throughout her entire life, for renovation of old Jagannath temple in Phulbani in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Tula Behera has been begging near…