Malkangiri is one of the tribal dominated district situated in the southern part of Odisha, sharing boundary to Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The history of Malkangiri seems to be in no way less thrilling and adventurous than any other place of India. The land of dense inaccessible forests, small but beautiful rivers, undulating plateaus and splendorous rich tribal culture, Malkangiri has its history of human civilization enrooted to as long as 2500 years back. It is believed that during the reign of Lord Ramachandra, Malkangiri occupied an important place in the entire ‘Ramayana’. In the bank of the holy river “Tamasa “Saint Valmiki wrote ‘The Ramayana’, the holiest book of the Hindus. This place was known as “Malyavantagiri” in the Ramayana. Also during the period of the Mahabharata, this place became the point of attraction for the Pandavas. They spent their ‘Angyatvasa’ (exile) for a period of one year in the dense forests of Malkangiri. This district is a home to primitive Bonda tribe; those are believed to be part of the first wave of migration out of Africa about 60,000 years ago and were the first forest settlers in India. Anthropologists say that they are members of a group of Austroasiatic tribes, who at some time in the ancient past migrated and settled in an area of about 130 sq km in the wild. Since many years Malkangiri district has become a safe heaven for Naxals.
The stormy weather is expected to bring much-needed relief for people of the State reeling under sweltering heat.
Several people have been affected after their houses sustained intensive damage in the Nor'wester rains. The roof of several houses were either blown away under the influence of strong winds while others suffered damaged after trees fell on them.
The target was fixed by Chief Secretary S.C. Mahapatra while reviewing the progress made so far on this project.
The Superintendent Engineer of the Malkangiri Rural Works Division, Ashish Kumar Dash was apprehended by Vigilance department personnel on Friday on charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Around 420 kilograms of Ganja, a laptop, Rs 10,000 cash, a car and two motorcycles have also been seized from their possession.
Baribeda voters boycotted the election process as the booth for polling was reportedly set up 25 kilometres away from their village at Mudilipada due to security reasons on account of the threats issued by the Maoist to boycott the polls
Moreover, the MLA's kin made the voters swear that they would be punished by the God if they didn't vote for the selected candidates.
A class 10 girl student in Odisha allegedly took her own life after she was asked to join physical classes at the school which re-opened recently after remaining shut for the past several weeks on account of the pandemic guidelines.
Maoist posters have appeared in the Swabhiman Anchal under Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district demanding the candidates and people of the region to keep themselves away from the panchayat polls.
Malkangiri Police on Tuesday arrested two fraudsters on charges of looting valuables from a house after posing as priests and performing Graha Shanti rituals.
People of nine panchayats of Swabhiman Anchal under the Chitrakonda block of the district will cast vote and elect their representatives on February 24.
The Met Centre also issued yellow warning for cold wave conditions over the districts of Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sundargarh and Keonjhar tomorrow.
The boat is equipped with medical oxygen cylinders, a drip system, emergency medicines, a doctor, paramedical staff and stretchers.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Zilla Parishad aspirant in Kalimela Zone-2 under Malkangiri district has allegedly gone missing since Monday morning, a day ahead of the nomination withdrawal deadline.
Ahead of the Republic Day celebration, security personnel on Monday seized and defused a huge cache of explosives from the Swabhiman Anchal designated area in Odisha's Malkangiri.
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