Kandhamal News

Two minor Class 10 girls in Odisha's Kandhamal district were found pregnant during routine health check-ups in government hostels.  

A raid was conducted by the security personnel in the forest in Tumudibandha area of Kandhamal district earlier in the day.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a heavy downpour in several districts of the state in the next three days.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Kandhamal Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha.  

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Hemendra Chandra Singh was declared winner from this seat. 

Eight people were killed and over 25 people critically injured after a truck overturned in Odisha's Kandhamal district on Monday. The mishap took place at Poiguda ghat near Baliguda in Kandhamal. 

One jawan belonging to the Special Operations Group (SOG) was martyred in an encounter with Maoists near Kandhamal district of Odisha on Sunday evening.

The 33-year old private bus conductor has met his idol Kohli four times

Patnaik said the incident took place at Gumudumaha village under Baliguda block of Kandhamal district during an anti-Maoist operation by SOG personnel on July 8.

Five tribals, including three women and an one-year-old child, were killed on July 8 in what police said was a crossfire during its operation against Maoists.

Asking Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to own responsibility for the death of five persons in Kandhamal, Congress said it would raise the issue in Parliament as such killings in the name of anti-naxal drive shows BJD regime's "anti-tribal and anti-dalit" psyche.

Describing the Kandhamal tragedy as a grim chapter involving killing of helpless and innocent people, the BJP delegation alleged that Naveen Patnaik government was not at all serious about the incident.

The clash between Congress workers and police personnel took place when demonstrators protesting against the Kandhamal incident of July 8 were prevented from entering the high security office premises.

Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes rejected the police version that the villagers were caught in the crossfire.

BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday constituted a committee of three MPs to look into the killing of five tribals in Kandhamal as the party rejected the Odisha police' claim that they were killed in a crossfire involving Maoists and demanded a probe by a High Court judge.

A 32-year-old Odisha government gazetted officer on Monday made public her transgender identity.

 Odisha Revenue Minister Bijoyshree Routary on Wednesday said that 12 districts in the state are facing a drought-like situation and have suffered more than 33 percent crop loss.