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 Maoist dump was busted near Maribeda village in the district. Senior officials said that a raid was conducted by the joint team after credible information was received in this connection.
More than 300 journalists from Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and undivided Koraput district took out a protest march and sat on dharna in front of the SP office in Malkangiri demanding unconditional release of the scribes.
A bus engaged in ferrying children to their schools in Malkangiri district does not have a valid fitness certificate. About 500 children, who stay in a hostel at Sileru run by the SC/ST development department, depend on the lone bus to reach their schools.
Red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls (more than 20 cm) has been issued for Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur on December 4.
Scores of government officials were seen riding mules to reach these remote areas in Malkangiri district, due to lack of motorable roads on Tuesday
As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system is likely to move west-north-westwards and concentrate into a Depression over Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal during subsequent 48 hours.
The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has advised the district Collectors to stay on alert mode with necessary manpower and machinery to tackle the exigency following the likely formation of cyclone.
Panic gripped the residents of Gobindapalli in Malkangiri after two wild bears were spotted roaming in the residential areas adjacent to a hospital in the locality.
Hundreds of tribals from 30 odd villages under Dhuliput and Ralegarh panchayats in the Swabhiman area took out a protest rally on Thursday demanding the administration to allow them cultivate and sale ganja.
Of the two deceased, one has been identified as the groom’s father who was the Sarpacnch of Pandripani Pachayat.
The remarkable change in grim picture of Malkangiri, often referred to as Odisha's Maoist citadel, from a safe haven for ganja cultivation to a land with new hope is no less than an epic transformation.
As per the Met models, more rains are in the offing as a fresh low pressure area will form in the southern Bay of Bengal on and around Nov 11-12
Failing to get the power supply, Deepak carried his bed-ridden mother on a rickshaw to the collector office on Sunday to recount his miseries and draw the attention of the administrative head of the district hoping that it would aid his problem.
Dutta has cracked Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced by securing 98.42 percent this year, but don't had the financial resources to take admission.
The combing operation was launched by a joint team comprising BSF jawans, SOG and DVF Malkangiri after receipt of credible inputs regarding presence of the ultras on October 14, 2021.
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