Tag: Maoists

Malkangiri: Protesting against the joint operation of the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police in the cut-off area of Malkangiri district on October 24, Maoists on Wednesday held a ‘Prajameli’ meeting at the remote areas of Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh bordering Malkangiri. More than hundred supporters of Rayat Kuli Sangh organisation attended the meeting and […]

Bhawanipatna: Maoist violence has reared its ugly head once gain in Kalahandi after the red rebels killed a former Sarpanch by slitting his throat. The victim has been identified as Jayant Majhi. According to sources, Jayant Majhi was brutally killed near Sapachanchala area under Bijepur Police limits. The incident is reported to have taken place […]

Malkangiri: Odisha Police on Sunday buried bodies of 12 unidentified Maoists who were killed in an encounter at Bhejing forest under Panasput gram panchayat in the district on October 24. Besides, the police handed over 16 bodies of the ultras to their family members and returned two bodies to Andhra Pradesh police. Muna, son of […]

Malkangiri: The security forces today shot two Maoists dead in a gun battle today at Panasput forest in the district even as the search operation in October 24 encounter in which 28 rebels including some top cadres were killed entered fourth day. The security personnel also seized two SLRs from the spot and intensified combing […]

Visakhapatnam: Two days after the fierce encounter in which 28 ultras were gunned down, the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of CPI (Maoist) on Wednesday issued a life threat to Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his son Lokesh. In a press release sent to the media and signed by CPI (Maoist) A.P. State committee official […]

Bhawanipatna: Marking their presence in the tribal-dominated Kalahandi district, Maoists today killed 2 persons including the village guard of Katlanga village in Bhawanipatna suspecting him a police informer. The deceased has been identified Chemu Harijan. Besides, the ultras have also torched the bike of Harijan. Also read: Maoist encounter in Malkangiri: Cops recover 3 more […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the death of 24 cadre Maoists in an encounter with the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in the cutoff areas of Malkangiri district on October 24, the Odisha Home department has asked the Central forces and the Special Operation Group (SOG) to remain on high alert in the undivided […]

Malkangiri: Family members of 10 Maoists, who died in a joint encounter carried out by Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police at Chitrakonda area, reached the office of Malkangiri SP on Tuesday night to receive the dead bodies. According to reports, the family members, who belong to Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, have come with ‘Biplabi Kabi’ […]

Cuttack/Malkangiri/ Visakhapatnam: Total 24 Maoists including eight woman were killed and one jawan of Greyhounds martyred during a joint operation of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police in Bejjangi forest in between Ramgurha and Panasaputa in the cut-off areas of Malkangiri district in the wee hours on Monday. Out of the two personnel of Greyhounds, an […]

Malkangiri: After a prolonged lull, the Maoists, in a desperate bid to reassert their supremacy in the cut-off areas of Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district, have urged the people of six panchayats to boycott the ensuing panchayat elections and strengthen the militia by joining their outfit. The left wing extremists had organised a large meeting […]

Kalahandi/Rayagada: Maoists resorted to one-day bandh in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts today protesting the death of a woman Maoist in an encounter with the Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel in Kalahandi recently. To avoid any untoward incidents during the bandh called by the CPI (Maoist) Bansadhara-Ghumusura-Nagabali Committee, police have tightened security arrangements and deployed forces […]

New Delhi: Reasoning that the compensation paid to victims of the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal ‘inadequate’, the Supreme Court has ordered the Odisha government to pay additional compensation to them. Maintaining that the amount paid to the victims of the violence was not enough, a bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Uday […]

Malkangiri: With Maoists observing the Martyrs’ week beginning today till August 3, security has been tightened across Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri districts. Many posters and banners put up by the red rebels on account of the observance of the Martyrs’ week were seen at various places. In Koraput distrct, police are on high alert and […]

Phulbani: Protesting the shocking death of five innocent villagers allegedly during an anti-Maoist operation in Malapanga forest near Kurtamgarh in Kandhamal district, Maoists have called for a two-day bandh in Rayagada and Kandhamal districts beginning today. Though government bus movement is completely halted on account of the bandh, vehicular traffic emained normal in some places. […]

Phulbani: While the death of six tribals at the hands of security personnel during a combing operation in Kandhamal district on July 8 has sparked off outrage across Odisha, the Special Operation Group (SOG) has claimed that the tribals were killed as they came in the line of fire during an exchange of fire between […]