After the Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh, Arun Kumar Sarangi, DGP Odisha, has said that the bordering state of Chhattisgarh has been kept on high alert and the intelligence team is keeping an eye the Naxals movement in the area.
Kaushalya Hikaka, leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for nominating her to contest the upcoming elections from Koraput constituency for the second time.
In a significant operation, the security forces have uncovered a Naxal weapons workshop and a stockpile of locally made firearms in Odisha's Koraput district.
The Gupteswar Forest, located near the Gupteswar Shiva temple in the Dhondrakhol reserve forest within the Jeypore Forest Division of Koraput district in Odisha has been designated as the fourth Biodiversity-Heritage Site (BHS) in the state.
At least three people including two women have been killed and 13 others were injured in a road accident involving two bikes, one autorickshaw, one tractor and an SUV in the Borigumma area in Koraput district, police said.
According to the IMD, a Yellow Warning has been issued of 'Dense Fog' very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Bolangir, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Deogarh and Ganjam.
"Based on reliable inputs about the movement of Sri Susanta Satpathy, IIC, Baipariguda Police Station, Koraput District from Boipariguda to Cuttack side in a Bus along with suspected ill-gotten cash, the accused was intercepted by a team of Odisha Vigilance near Jeypore and approx Rs 2,70
The railway line between Manabar and Jarati Stations in the Koraput-Jagadalpur Railway section of the Kottavalasa-Koraput-Kirandul (KK) rail line in Odisha's Koraput was restored following a massive landslide, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The Special Task Force of Odisha police rescued a live pangolin and apprehended two wildlife criminals in the Koraput district, officials said on Friday.
"The southwest monsoon hit Odisha's Malkangiri, Koraput and Gajapati districts today and is likely to further advance and cover Odisha in the next two days," the Indian Meteorological Department said in a release.