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CPI(Maoist) releases audio tape, alleges RK in police custody

Malkangiri/ Visakhapatnam: Holding the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers responsible for the encounter in Bejing forest under Panasput grampanchyat of Malkangiri district on October 24 causing the death of 27 Maoists, the secretary of CPI (Maoist) East Division Committee Kailash today said the security personnel have taken top naxal leader G Ramakrishna alias RK […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Maoist encounter in Malkangiri: Cops recover 3 more bodies; toll reaches 27

Malkangiri: The Maoist death toll in one of the biggest encounters with the outlawed extremist outfit mounted to 27 today as the security forces recovered three more bodies today during combing operation in Bejing forest under Panasput grampanchyat of Malkangiri, where the fierce gun battle took place in the early morning of Monday. The process […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Constables, sepoys in Maoist-hit areas to get special incentive

Cuttack: The State government has announced a special incentive for the police constables and sepoys engaged in anti-naxal operation in the Maoist-hit areas. Those who are recruited under contract system will get the benefit. State Police Headquarters informed that constables and sepoys working with Special Operation group (SOG) will get a 60 per cent special […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Maoists trying to strengthen base in Odisha: DGP

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Police (DGP) Kanwar Brajesh Singh today said the State Police is formulating strategies to counter the Maoists who are trying to strengthen their base in Odisha. “With the recent seizure of huge cache of arms and ammunitions and studying their movement and modus operandi, it is now apparent that the Red […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Panic grips Titlagarh area after Maoist posters found

Titlagarh: Hand-written posters and banners of outlawed CPI (Maoist) were found at Gudighat village in Titlagarh area of Balangir district today. The posters and banners mentioning the name of BBM division of the CPI(Maoist) demanded announcement of the area as drought-hit while opposing the Operation Green Hunt launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs and […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Maoist couple surrenders before police

Rourkela: A cadre Maoist couple-Sanika Kujur and Sunita Kujuru surrendered before Rourkela police on Saturday. According to sources, the duo was the members of a Maoist division operated by Samar Jee aka Anmol. The couple was involved in many Maoist activities on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, sources said adding that they were also involved in the fire […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Niyamgiri Dongaria Kondhs protest police excesses

More than 400 Dongaria Kondhs residing in 112 villages in and around the Niyamgiri Hills today held a congregation protesting against police action on innocent tribals in the name of fighting Maoists

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Ex top cops term encounter video released by Maoists an act of ‘cowardice’

Malkangiri: Former top police officers of Odisha today said the release of video footage of an encounter between security personnel and Maoists on July 12, 2009 in Rajnandangaon forest in Chhattisagarh bordering Malkangiri district that left 29 police personnel dead on social media exposes the weakening of the ultras. Terming the release of the video […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Security beefed up in Maoism prone dists for I-Day

Bhubaneswar: With the 70th Independence Day just a few hours away, arrangements for celebration of the day have reached final stages in the state. Security arrangements have been stepped up in the Maoist-prone districts of Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri. According to sources, security arrangements have been beefed up at the three entrances to Koraput district. […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Centre approves three armed police battalions for Odisha to tackle naxals

Thirteen new armed police battalions, including three in Odisha, will be raised by the Union government to tackle the Naxal menace

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Maoists call for bandh in Kandhamal, Rayagada tomorrow

Kandhamal: Protesting against the Kandhamal firing incident, which claimed the lives of five innocent villagers of Gumudumaha, the Bansadhara-Ghumusura-Nagabali Maoist Division has called for a 24-hour bandh in Kandhamal and Rayagada on Monday. According to sources, Maoist posters calling for bandh in the two districts were found from Shiv temple of Kalyansinghpur area, Panasapadara square […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Bandh disrupts normal life in Kandhamal

Shops downed shutters and vehicular movement came to a grinding halt as the BJP and Congress, in a rare show of solidarity, observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh today in protest against the killing of six civilians at Krutamgada during an anti-Maoist operation

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Govt throttling tribals’ voice: Pradeep Majhi

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the Kandhamal encounter between security forces and Red rebels on Friday night, which resulted in the loss of six tribal lives, including that of a 13-year old boy and a 15-month old girl, the Congress party came down heavily on the ruling BJD for its ‘anti-tribal’ policy. “Whenever such false […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Odisha seeks two more battalions of Central forces

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha government has urged the Centre to provide two more battalions of the Central forces to tackle left-wing extremism (LWE) in the State, Chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi informed the media after attending a meeting of chief secretaries of seven Maoist-hit States in New Delhi on Friday. Official sources said the state […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Maoist leader Sabyasachi may sue Braja Tripathy

Berhampur: Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has sought legal advice from his lawyer to file a defamation case against former Union Minister Braja Tripathy, who had alleged that the ruling BJD had paid him Rs 45 lakh. Talking to OTV, his lawyer Deepak Patnaik said he had a discussion with Panda yesterday during which the jailed […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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