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  Kandhamal
The ancient history of Kandhamal district may be traced back to the 3rd Century B.C. It finds mention as an unconquered Atavika country fields in the Kalinga Rock Edicts of the legendary Mauryan Emperor, Ashok.
Some historians are of the view that Mahakantar subdued by the Gupta Emperor, Samudragupta, in the 4th century A.D., during his Dakshinapatha Campaign, included Kandhamal area and he led his victorious army to the south from Kosala and Kural through this district.
The present Kandhamal district is made up with some segments of three erstwhile principalities of Boudh, Ghumsar and Khemundi, reigned by the Bhanjas and the Gangas from ancient times.
www.developednation.org /districts/kandhamal.htm   (399 words)

  
  Kandhamal District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Kandhamal district was constituted in the 1st Jan. 1994.
Kandhamal remained a Tahasil from 1855 to 1891 and it was adminstered by a Tahasildar under the direct control and supervision of the superintendent of the Tributary mahals of Cuttack.
In 1891, it was upgraded to sub-division and tagged with Kandhamal district.
orissadiary.com /orissa_profile/district/Kandhamal.asp   (1666 words)

  
 Orissa - Kandhamal
The Kandhamal in the present state constituted w.e.f 1st Jan. 1994.
Kandhamal is also famous for handicrafts such as Dokra, Terra-Cotta, Cane and Bamboo works.
Nearest Air Port is at Bhubaneswar 211 KMs.
www.whereincity.com /india/orissa/kandhamal.php   (1182 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : Kandhamal police trap two poachers
According to Kandhamal Superintendent of Police S.K.Gajbhiye, two leopard skins and a skull of deer were seized from them.
They were part of a major gang involved in transporting timber, wild animal skins and skeletons from south Orissa through forest areas of Kandhamal district.
Kandhamal district is being used as a transit point for poachers to trade skins and bones of leopards, deer, ivory, skeleton of elephants etc due to its inaccessible forest areas and connectivity to urban areas outside the State.
www.hindu.com /2007/03/05/stories/2007030513900300.htm   (250 words)

  
  HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN | July 2003 | Analysis | Penury in plenty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In Kandhamal, which has a population of 647,912, 118,544 ration cards in circulation and 257 FPS, the offtake of Antyodaya rice was almost always lesser than allotment between April and August 2002.
In Kandhamal, the demand for levy sugar was higher, with the offtake being over 50 percent of the allotment in May 2002.
In Kandhamal, in April and May the offtake of Annapurna rice (supplied free) was higher than allotments (which were nil), indicating that communities would certainly access commodities provided they had the opportunity, terrain and time notwithstanding.
www.himalmag.com /2003/july/analysis.htm   (4438 words)

  
 A run
Kandhamal district in Orissa, which is dominated by tribal people, is known for its turmeric cultivation and backbreaking poverty.
On 4 August, the traders staged a dharna outside the office of the Block Development Officer and submitted a memorandum addressed to the District Collector of Kandhamal demanding removal of the encroachment.
While the Sangh Parivar is out to capitalise on the hostility created by the Raikia incident, the government needs to remain vigilant to avoid recurrence of such incidents elsewhere, particularly when the Parivar is gaining strength in the tribal pockets of the state.
www.aiccindia.org /news/a_run_in_at_raikia.htm   (892 words)

  
 archive: Communal tension grips Orissa district   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The villages fall in the Tikabali sub-district of Kandhamal, 350 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
Kandhamal has a population of around 700,000 of which around 200,000 tribespersons have adopted Christianity, officials said.
On October 3 and 4, two churches belonging to the Roman Catholic and Baptist denominations at Sindhipankala and Lankagarh villages in Kandhamal district were set on fire by miscreants.
www.media-watch.org /articles/1000/22.html   (509 words)

  
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The graphite deposits of Orissa are confined to Precambrian Eastern Ghats Complex and are found in the district of Bargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Boudh, Kalahandi, Koraput, Rayagada, Nayagarh and Angul But the majoprity of the graphite deposits are located in the districts of Bargarh and Bolangir.
The majority of the water samples are either within the desirable limits or within the permissible limits in view of the absence of alternate source of water for drinking purpose.
The mine water from Tumudibandh, Kandhamal district and the beneficiation plant effluents are highly acidic and contain much higher amounts of Fe, Mn, Ni, and Cu above the specified limit indicating their unsuitability.
envfor.nic.in /divisions/re/ta12p4.html   (896 words)

  
 rediff.com: Vandals attack new church in Orissa
Tension gripped Jarginaju village under Raikia block of Kandhamal district in Orissa after a newly built church was vandalised by some miscreants on Sunday night, police said.
Police have registered a case under sections 295, 379 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code and are investigating the incident.
Kandhamal Superintendent of Police P S Ranapise has rushed to the village.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/jan/09church.htm   (121 words)

  
 Kandhamal District Tense after Attack on Hindu Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Security was tightened in parts of Kandhamal district after a Hindu religious leader was pelted with stones, according to Indo-Asian News Service.
About a dozen in the district were tense after three men stoned Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati while he was traveling back to his ashram in Tikabali after attending a religious ceremony at Udayagiri, near the district headquarters, officials here said.
The tribal district of Kandhamal, 350 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, has a large Christian population.
www.hvk.org /articles/0402/245.html   (210 words)

  
 rediff.com: Attack on Christians
Expressing serious concern over the series of attacks on the community and their places of worship in four districts of the state, particularly in the tribal-dominated Kandhamal district, Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Catholic diocese and Ranjit Pradhan, president of the AOUCF, castigated the Orissa government for being anti-minority.
The Archbishop said although the National Democratic Alliance government and the RSS were trying to explain away each case of attack on the community as an isolated one, the series of incidents in Kandhamal were pre-planned.
Claiming that the district administration was sympathetic to fundamentalist forces, the Christian leaders said those responsible for the attacks were moving freely with police escort.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/oct/22oris.htm   (386 words)

  
 Kandhamal Organic Turmeric makes its road to foreign land
TURMERIC product from Kandhamal district of Orissa has become one of the recipes of food items of foreign land.
With growing popularity of organic foods in Europe and North America, Kandhamal Turmeric is set to enlist its name as important product in the organic food market of Europe.
Kandhamal Turmeric has its name in the Orissa Agricultural Map.
orissadiary.com /Shownews.asp?id=3276   (603 words)

  
 Kandhamal poachers operate with Arunachal tribals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This is evident after the Kandhamal district police nabbed two poachers near Baliguda and seized two panther skins, a leopard skin and a trophy made from a barking deer skull recently.
Lushiya tribals are also coming to Kandhamal forests for poaching of elephants, leopards, panthers, bear and deer.
The tribals kill the animals in a very cruel manner after trapping them, so that there are no injuries on their hides, which are sold at a high price.
www.indianjungles.com /080307a.htm   (222 words)

  
 Leaders allege harassment of tribals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Talking to mediapersons after the visit, the delegation, comprising Prafulla Samantara, Bhagaban Sahu, Narayana Reddy and Gananath Patra, said the tribals of the region are raising their voice for justice since they have been subjected to exploitation at every sphere since long.
However, the administration of Kandhamal district has been ruthless on the activists of the organisation, the members said, adding, they are being put to inconvenience without any reason.
They cited the example of leading tribal leader and president of the Kandhamal district unit of LSM, Bikram Mallick who was arrested by the police and booked on dacoity chrages.
www.ambedkar.org /News/Leadersallege.htm   (240 words)

  
 Agragamee.org
Phiringia is one of the inaccessible and underprivileged blocks in the Kandhamal district.
The villages are predominated by Saura and Kondh tribes.
They are the primitive tribes in Kandhamal district.
www.agragamee.org /projects_derakumpa.htm   (384 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
According to sources, the incident was a fall-out of an ongoing dispute over land around the church compound wall and the school run by the Catholics.
The Sangh Parivar called for a Kandhamal (earlier Phulbani) bandh ‘in protest’ over the Raika issue, as if they were the victims.
The Christian community, with a National Commission for Minorities member, VV Augustine and Archbishop of Cuttack, Raphael Chimnaath, met Chief Minister Navin Pattnaik, asking him to constitute a state commission to protect the minorities.
www.tehelka.com /story_main6.asp?filename=op091804INDIA_INVISIBLE.asp   (538 words)

  
 eBharat: -> Orissa -> Kandhamal - -> Orissa -> Kandhamal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The KANDHAMAL in the present state constituted w.e.f 1st Jan. 1994.
The district "KANDHAMAL" has two sub-divisions, Phulbani and Balliguda.
Phulbani sub-division forms a broken plateau of about 518 mtrs above sea level, gridlled almost continously by high ranges which cut it off from the sorrounding area.
www.ebharat.in /directory/Orissa/Kandhamal   (411 words)

  
 Kengeri! Topic Guide: kandhamal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Submit a siteSearch for WiseGuide categories for "kandhamal" [what's WiseGuide?]Results: 198 documents found India Orissa (2) [search this] Orissa Districts Kandhamal (2) [search this] Others (88) 1.
KANDHAMAL : KANDHAMAL : Situated at a distance of 211 K.m.
Infrastructure for community food storehouse, water bank and soil conservation was facilitated in 5 villages in Koraput, 3 in Kandhamal and 2 in Kalahandi districts.
www.kengeri.com /category/india/state/orissa/kandhamal.htm   (447 words)

  
 The Hindu : Orissa Govt. told to pay relief to detained boy
The State Government was asked to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kandhamal, Phulbani, for his ``total lack of sensitivity towards human rights problems'', the NHRC sources said today.
It was alleged that he was abused and beaten up, they said, adding that he was also made to make false confessions and even after being produced in the court, he was not sent to a juvenile home but to a regular prison.
Following a notice issued by the NHRC, the SP of Kandhamal sent a report stating that the complainant and another person were arrested on charges of theft and smuggling of gemstones.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/02/28/stories/0228000m.htm   (439 words)

  
 BANAJATA
Following figure gives the trade channel of Siali leaf from Kandhamal, one of the major districts producing the leaf.
Tadapalligudam in AP is one of the important destinations from Kandhamal.
This gives an indication of the extent of spread of Siali leaf trade, Chennai being one of the primary users of the leaf from Orissa.
www.banajata.org /d/a65_5.htm   (553 words)

  
 TRANSFER AND POSTING
The district of K. region, Gajapati, Kandhamal and Boudh have been facing perennial problem in the matter of filing up of vacancies in different services and posts relating to State cadres.
In all State level posts, the first posting upon recruitment will be made in the districts of K. region, Gajapati, Kandhamal and Boudh districts.
Similarly, upon first promotion to any State level post all the incumbents would be first posted in the K. K., Gajapati, kandhamal and Boudh districts.
orissagov.nic.in /ga/servicemanual/TRANSFERANDPOSTINGINDEX.htm   (1677 words)

  
 Two arrested for hemp cultivation
Lisban Kahar, chief of Sarangia village council, and Kittu Gaur, who heads the Lendriya village council, were taken into custody for allegedly cultivating the hemp plants, said a police official.
About 100 officials of the police and excise department raided the hemp cultivation Thursday, some 40 km from Kandhamal town.
The plants were spread over seven kilometres inside the forest.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061118/511904.html   (103 words)

  
 tribuneindia... Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
PHULBANI, Feb 8 — The authorities at Kandhamal in Orissa have been put on alert and the police has launched a manhunt to nab the assassin of two tribal Christians — a girl and a boy — in Granu forest, about 60 km from here yesterday.
NEW DELHI, Feb 8 — The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by an Additional District and Sessions Judge seeking the raising of the retirement age of judges of lower judiciary from 60 years to 62 years.
PHULBANI, Feb 8 (PTI) — The authorities at Kandhamal in Orissa have been put on alert and the police has launched a manhunt to nab the assassin of two tribal Christians — a girl and a boy — in Granu forest, about 60 km from here yesterday.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb09/nation.htm   (2913 words)

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