Tag: Swabhiman Area

Scores of government officials were seen riding mules to reach these remote areas in Malkangiri district, due to lack of motorable roads on Tuesday

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The tribal residents of more than 25 villages in Malkangiri’s Swabhiman area ( earlier known as cut-off area) recently staged a demonstration at Mudulipada demanding that it be declared a panchyat as it was more accessible to them. They also sought infrastructure development and livelihood opportunities in the area which has […]

Malkangiri: After unrest over the killing of left-wing extremists and subsequent confrontation between pro-development groups and those supporting the Maoists, now fresh tension continues to brew up in the Swabhiman area of the district in the form of a poster war between the rebels and local residents. As per reports, a number of posters claiming […]

Malkangiri: Even as the Odisha Police continues to claim big success on largely suppressing the Maoist insurgency in the Swabhiman Anchal in Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri, reports of 85 families in the region leaving their home fearing threat to life from the left wing extremists has come as a shocker. As per reports, no less […]

Malkangiri: A huge cache of explosives suspected to have stored by Maoists was unearthed by a team of Border Security Force (BSF) jawans from Piplapadar jungle in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district on Thursday. As per reports, the explosives including Gelatin and Detonators were kept in an HDPE container and hidden in an underground bunker […]