Tag: Malkangiri

Kandhamal: Protesting Centre’s anti-Left Wing Extremism (LWE) operation strategy ‘Operation Samadhan’, Maoists today observed ‘Bharat Bandh’ crippling normal life across several districts of Odisha. The Maoists blocked road by felling trees on NH 59 near Pakaladami ghati disrupting vehicular traffic between Baliguda-Daringbadi of Kandhamal district. The red rebels also put up posters and banners on […]

Malkangiri: A high alert has been sounded at Odisha’s Malkangiri district to prevent possible influx of Maoists from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, where security forces gunned down 15 naxals yesterday, a senior police officer said. The situation in Malkangiri is currently under control, but police “cannot afford to be complacent”, he said. “After an exchange of fire, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has sanctioned 29 road projects to upgrade connectivity in the left wing extremism affected Malkangiri and Koraput districts, official sources said. The projects at an estimated cost of Rs 350.52 crore were sanctioned in the first governing body meeting of the newly constituted Odisha State Rural Connectivity Project Agency (OSRCPA) held under […]

Malkangiri: A Maoist leader surrendered before the Malkangiri police here today in protest against the alleged involvement of rebel leaders in the rape of women in tribal areas of the state, police said. Digambar Poddar, who carried a reward of Rs one lakh on his head for his involvement in several crimes including murder, surrendered […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha remained in the grip of intense summer heat today despite the slight drop in temperature which brought respite in some areas. Malkangiri turned out to be the hottest place in the state at 45.4 degree celsius, the met office here said adding the mercury breached the 44 degree celsius mark at four places, while […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha on Thursday announced dates for the Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman and vice-chairman elections in two left out places in the state. The ZP chairman polls will be conducted on April 26 in Malkangiri and Nuapada districts, a notification issued by the SEC said. Polls for the posts […]

Malkangiri: Three hardcore Maoists, carrying rewards on their heads, today surrendered before the police in Malkangiri district. The three, allegedly involved in around 30 cases of various crimes including murder and landmine blasts, decided to give up arms with a desire to return to the mainstream, Malkangiri Supertendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said. The rebels […]

Malkangiri: A wanted Maoist, carrying Rs one lakh reward on his head, surrendered before the police in Malkangiri district today. Expressing desire to return to the mainstream, Deba Madhi (34) surrendered before the Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra here, a senior police official said.   Also Read:  Woman Maoist surrenders in Odisha, claims women […]

Malkangiri: Two women Maoist operatives who carried Rs four lakh reward each on their heads, surrendered before the Police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district today. The two, identified as Sumitra Madvi alias Manila (35) and Jagi Madkami (33), were allegedly involved in over a dozen offences including killings and blasts, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra […]

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Drones have been deployed in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district for aerial surveillance during the fourth phase of panchayat elections today to ensure smooth voting. “Drones have been deployed to conduct aerial surveillance on several highly sensitive polling booths in the district during voting for panchayat polls,” said Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. While drones […]

Malkangiri: No one turned up to cast vote for panchayat polls in 13 booths in a gram panchayat under Korkonda block of Malkangiri district today due to fear of Maoists, officials said. However, a large number of Bonda people, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), made queues before polling booths in Khairput block of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Maoists to return to mainstream as violence has no place in democracy. Patnaik said this at a public rally held in the Maoist-hit Malkangiri district. “I call upon the Left-wing extremists with open mind to quit the path of violence and become part of the ongoing public […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today claimed that Japanese Encephalitis was well under control even as the death toll in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district touched 93 in a span of two months. Health and family welfare minister Pradip Kumar Amat told reporters here that 93 children had died in Malkangiri district, of which 32 were suferring […]

Vijayawada: In a dramatic turn of events, the Revolutionary Writers Association (RWA) tonight announced that CPI (Maoist) top leader Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna alias RK was “safe”, barely hours after his wife Sireesha alleged in the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad that her husband was in police custody. RWA is considered one of the […]

Hyderabad: CPI today demanded a judicial inquiry into the encounter in which 28 Maoists were gunned down by a joint team of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha police and deplored the action as “highhanded” killings. In the same breathe, CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy also condemned the threat issued to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N […]