Tag: Maoist Threat

Malkangiri: The much-awaited Gurupriya Bridge in Malkangiri was opened for public use today ahead of its inauguration by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. However, heavy vehicles have not been allowed to ply on the bridge. The 910-metre-long bridge will connect nearly nine panchayats in the cut-off areas of Malkangiri, benefiting about 30,000 people. Project Director of […]

  Malkangiri: Armed with sophisticated weapons and gadgets, the Border Security Force (BSF) jawans are toiling hard round-the-clock to keep a strict vigil on the newly-constructed Gurupriya Bridge which has always been under the threat from the Maoists. From patrolling in the dead of the night to keeping surveillance through CCTV cameras, the BSF jawans […]

Malkangiri: With the much awaited Gurupriya bridge nearing its completion, Odisha has beefed up security owing to threats from Maoists to blow up the project which will serve as a ‘lifeline’ for the cut-off areas of Malkangiri district. As the bridge is expected to usher in development in the remote and inaccessible areas of the […]

Malkangiri: Two tribal families in Kuruba village under Kalimela police limits of the Naxal-hit Malkangiri district left their village on Saturday after allegedly receiving threats from Maoists. According to sources, five days back the red rebels had threatened the family of Mandra Madhi and Banja Padiami accusing that they have been working as police informers. […]

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: Maoists’ threat continues to haunt people in the tribal areas so much that every other day people run away to safer places to live or are threatened to vacate their villages. A youth who also fled Luchapani village in Chitrakonda of the district on Saturday is just an addition to the growing number. Few […]

Malkangiri: As many as 33 tribal people of 7 families have left their homes at Sanyasiguda village under Andrapalli panchayat from the cut-off region of the district due to threats of the Maoists.

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: The Maoist attack in Chhatisgarh’s Dantewada that killed a BJP MLA on the campaign trail and four members of his security detail comes as proof that Red terror looms large over these elections. A few years ago almost the entire senior Congress leadership of the state had been wiped out in a Maoist ambush […]

Bhubaneswar: During my recent visit to Sundergarh district for election coverage I took the opportunity to have a look at the famous Khandadhar waterfall located close to Bonai town. Though I was brought up in Rourkela, which I still call my city, I had never seen this waterfall before. It was a mesmerising sight with […]

New Delhi: Usha Kiran, the youngest female CRPF officer to become a part of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) and currently serving in the volatile Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, straddles both worlds of rough and refine. While in the Maoist hub she has challenged gender stereotypes, a video doing the rounds on social media […]

Malkangiri: Just days after thousands of tribals came out to fight for development in the cut-off Khairaput Tehsil of Malkangiri district by defying Maoist threat, the administration has pulled up its socks to help the people. Reportedly a team led by Korakonda BDO, Dasarathi Sarabu visited Muduliguda village to take the firsthand account of the […]

Malkangiri: A family of Dabuguda village of the district has had to undergo painful experience of leaving their own land, property and other near and dear ones in fear of Maoists. As per reports, a hardcore Maoist commander Rakesh was killed in an encounter with security forces in Dabuguda a few weeks ago following which […]

Malkangiri: After lying for more than two days despite police knowledge, the body of Dinabandhu Bepari, who was shot dead by suspected Maoists at Bihanagudi village under Jodamba Gram Panchayat on Sunday was finally recovered from the spot by his family members and taken for autopsy today. Family members alleged that the police didn’t pay […]

Malkangiri: Amid series of confrontation between Maoists and the tribals in the Maoist-infested Malkangiri in last few weeks which seems to be exposing the weakening of the left wing extremism’s stronghold in the region, the district authorities have now adopted a new formula to usher in more development in the region. Maha Samadhan camp is […]