Kandhamala

Phulbani: A Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) initiative is bringing new opportunities for tribal farmers of Minia village under Karnada Panchayat in Phulbani block by promoting scientific and improved banana cultivation practices. Under this…
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Paralakhemundi: Delivering its verdict in the much-discussed 2008 murder case of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a special court in Gajapati district on Tuesday acquitted Maoist leader Azad alias Duna Kesaba Rao in the case. Additional…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered intensified and continuous monitoring of government revenue land to prevent illegal ganja cultivation, particularly in six districts identified as vulnerable to such activities. Additional…
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Phulbani: For a 62-year-old woman in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Kandhamal district, old age has brought loneliness, poor eyesight and a life of hardship. But what has made her struggle even more difficult is something as basic as an Aadhaar…
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Malkangiri: Two interstate drug smugglers were arrested by the police in Kandhamala district on Saturday while allegedly transporting ganja in a car wearing Kanwariya outfits. Sources said police seized 60 kg of ganja and the car used…
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Phulbani: Kandhamal Police has arrested a key operative of an inter-state cannabis (ganja) smuggling syndicate from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The suspect, identified as Rupesh Pradhan (26), was apprehended in a targeted…
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Phulbani: Security forces uncovered a Maoist arms dump in Kandhamal district, seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives during a search operation in Kotagarh police limits. Acting on intelligence inputs, police teams combed a…
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Bhubaneswar: Retired Orissa High Court judge Justice A S Naidu on Thursday voiced concern over the alleged mysterious disappearance of his commission’s comprehensive report on the 2008 murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance arrested Baikuntha Nath Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer of ITDA Baliguda, Kandhamal, for possessing massive assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The arrest was made after Vigilance…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Saturday unearthed huge assets, including five multi-storey buildings and 13 high-value plots during raids at places linked to Baikuntha Nath Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer of ITDA at Baliguda,…
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