Tag: Malkangiri

Malkangiri: Maoists reportedly looted two boats laden with rations meant for BSF Jawans near Totapadar in cut-off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district last evening. According to sources, the grocery items were being transported to Kunturpadar police camp. The ultras robbed all the rations after beating up the boatmen. “A private boat was carrying the […]

Malkangiri: Four Maoists were nabbed by Malkangiri police during a combing operation in the forest areas near Elkanur village under Kalimela block and Gajalkonda village under Khairaput block of the district today. Earlier on October 6, the arrested Naxals had murdered a person in Kurub village under Kalimela block suspecting him to be a police […]

Malkangiri: Questioning the quality and hygiene of food served to students at schools, one more case of worm infested rice being served to students was reported from Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Khairaput area here in the district on Sunday. According to sources, since months unhygienic food is allegedly being served to the students of […]

Bhubaneswar: Questions are being raised over the effectiveness of newly formed Tribal Development Councils in nine districts of the State as modalities are yet to be prepared by the State government. Though provision has been made for allocation of Rs 1.5 crore annually for the councils for 112 blocks under the nine tribal dominated districts- […]

Malkangiri: Kankarkunda and Kanyashram bridges in Malkangiri have completely submerged in  rain water with water level rising over four feet above the bridges leaving hundreds stranded on both sides of the two bridges following incessant rains since Monday. Road communication between Malkangiri-Kalimela and Kalimela-Padia was completely snapped due to increase in water level of Poteru […]

Malkangiri: A heated argument turned fatal for a family of four as a husband beat his wife to death after finding his daughter dead inside their house in Bariguda village under Biralaxmanpur block of the district here on Monday. He came to know that the daughter was killed by his wife. Sources said the mother […]

Malkangiri: In yet another instance of mindless violence, Maoists have gunned down a person after a ‘praja court’ trial at Kurub village under Kalimela police limits in Malkangiri on late Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Dambaru Nayak. Nayak was shot dead by ultras on the charges of being police informer. According to […]

Koraput: In yet another despicable act that has brought shame to the novel profession of teaching, a headmaster of a girls school in tribal-dominated Koraput district has been detained for allegedly raping and impregnating a class IX teenage student of his own school. According to sources, the headmaster of Balda girls school in Nandapur block […]

Bhubaneswar: Anti-Maoist operations will be intensified in cut-off areas of Malkangiri and border areas of Odisha along Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as the area is under prime focus, said Border Security Force (BSF) ADG Arun Kumar today. Talking to media persons here, Kumar said, “We are planning to fill security gaps in cut-off areas of […]

Malkangiri: Tension prevailed here after the death of two labourers in a stone quarry blast near a hill, two kilometer from the town today. The deceased were identified as Babula Hantala and Ram Samarath. The incident occurred during a stone blasting near the hill. While the two died on the spot, injured Jaga Musaki was […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Tourism department director Nitin Jawale today posted a picture on Facebook from the 2009 elections as Malkangiri collector where he is seen wearing a jacket similar to actor Rajkumarr Rao in ‘Newton’. In his post, Jawale wrote that he hoped watching the movie, that is India’s official entry for Oscars, people will understand […]

Malkangiri: Tension ran high in MV-73 village under Kalimela block of Malkangiri district after local people ransacked a lottery counter and beat up the organisers suspecting foul play during the lottery claim here on Saturday. According to sources, the lottery contest was organised by the Ganesh Puja Committee of MV-73. The tickets were sold at Rs […]

Malkangiri: The delay in completion of construction work for the much awaited Gurupriya bridge has now led to severe resentment among the people of cutoff areas in Malkangiri district. The people in these areas will now have to wait for more time as the works department has failed to complete the works as per its […]

Malkangiri: Maoists threat forced a family of Paparmetla Palem village in the district to leave home and take shelter in cut off areas of Chitrakonda. As many as 10 members of the family of Kamal Khila took the decision as the rebels branded their son working outside the State as police informer. “As my eleder […]

Malkangiri: Over 150 girl students of Badapada Asharam School near Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district have taken ill after eating flattened rice mixed with phenyl today. According to reports, the students complained of vomiting and nausea after eating flattened rice served in the breakfast. They were admitted to the Janbai medical. Out of the affected 150, […]