Tag: Malkangiri

Malkangiri: In a tragic incident, two children drowned in a pond in Salimarikunda village near Kalimela of Malkangiri district today. The deceased have been identified as Rame Padiami (5) and Vivek Madkami (6). According to reports, the children had gone to take bath in the pond when the mishap occurred. It is suspected that the […]

Malkangiri: The roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) boat service started by the district administration across Saveri river from Motu, has been paralysed owing to technical glitch forcing people to risk their lives to cross the rivers in country boats. According to sources, the administration has procured the Ro-Ro boat at an estimated cost of Rs 35 […]

Malkangiri: Worried over the long delay in procurement of paddy at different mandis in Malkangiri, farmers today staged demonstration by placing gunny bags filled with paddy on Malkangiri-Jeypore road near Padmagiri in the district. According to sources, tonnes of paddy brought for sale by farmers from distant villages are lying outside the mandis for the […]

Malkangiri: After border dispute over the ownership of Kotia panchayat villages in Pottangi block of Koraput district, attempts by the Andhra Pradesh government to lure residents of some villages in Chitrakonda block in Malkangiri district have sparked fresh controversy. Sources said, people residing close to the Andhra border are being escorted and treated at hospitals […]

Malkangiri: Maoists have unleashed terror by torching a JCB machine at Patraput area in Bandaghati village near Andhra-Odisha Border in the district late Thursday night. According to reports, the ultras set fire to the JCB machine at Bandaghati village protesting the ongoing Goiguda to Bhojiguda construction work. While the incident has created panic in the […]

Koraput/ Malkangiri/Rayagada/Nabarangpur: Demanding a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in undivided Koraput district the Joint Working Committee (JAC) is observing a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh in Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Nabarangpur districts today. Despite inclement weather under the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Phethai’, the members of the committee were seen picketing on highways and in […]

Malkangiri:  Once again the sordid condition of poor rural infrastructure and healthcare in Odisha was exposed after a pregnant woman, who was carried on a cot, delivered a baby girl in the ambulance on the way to the hospital in remote Malkangiri district. The shocking incident was reported from at Mantriput village in the district […]

Malkangiri: A bear was caught in a trap that was laid for capturing wild boar in Malikeswari area of Malkangiri district on Wednesday night. The matter came to light after the locals spotted the bear this morning and later informed the Forest department officials. On being informed a team of Forest department officials reached the […]

Malkangiri: Highlighting the poor rural infrastructure and healthcare in Odisha, a pregnant woman was carried in a sling for nearly five kms after an ambulance failed to reach her village due to lack of motorable road. The incident was reported from Lachhamipur village under Gunthabeda panchayat in Malkangiri district today. As per reports, a woman […]

Malkangiri: Intensifying its crackdown on ganja smuggling, Chitrakonda Police seized 145 kilogram ganja, which was being trafficked in a car, at Guntacheda in Malkangiri today. However, two persons who were transporting the contraband item were able to escape. Sources said that the ganja was being smuggled to Madhya Pradesh from Papulara of Chirtakonda. Speaking to […]

Raipur: A Maoist cadre was killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and red rebels in Narayanpur district on Malkangiri-Chhattisgarh border on Sunday. The skirmish took place yesterday in a forest near Kalepal village under Benoor police station area, informed district Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla. After receiving information about presence of rebels […]

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Hours after the inauguration of Gurupriya Bridge in Malkangiri, political parties in Odisha engaged in crossfire of words over who should get the credit for the construction of the bridge. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who inaugurated the bridge today stated it is a record that the bridge was completed in four years despite many […]

Bhubaneswar: With only a few days remaining for inauguration of the Gurupriya bridge in Malkangiri, the ruling-BJD and BJP are vying to take credit for the bridge work. Ahead of the formal inauguration of the structure scheduled on July 26, BJP questioned the rationale behind the State government’s effort to hijack the entire credit for […]

Malkangiri: The much-awaited Gurupriya Bridge, which is considered to be the lifeline of 30,000 tribals in the cut-off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri, will be inaugurated on July 26. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the bridge, said Malkangiri MLA, Manas Madkami. The inauguration of the Gurupriya Bridge was scheduled on July 18, but was […]

Malkangiri: Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at different places in Malkangiri today after buses under the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) kept off roads in view of the bandh call given by Maoists in the district. The red rebels have been opposing the Polavaram project and Gurupriya bridge and had put up posters […]