Security forces carried out flag marches across sensitive pockets of Malkangiri district on Sunday following the recent violence triggered by the murder of a woman, whose headless body was found in the Potteru river.
Amid reports of tension in Odisha's Malkangiri district following the recovery of a headless body of a woman from the Potteru river, Odisha Law and Water Resources Minister Suresh Pujari on Thursday said the situation in the area is now "completely normal".
The Odisha government on Monday extended the ban on access to social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook and X, in Malkangiri district for another 18 hours until 12 pm on December 10.
Odisha Vigilance on Friday intercepted Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Pabitra Mohan Panigrahi of Chitrakonda Block in Malkangiri district and seized cash exceeding Rs15 lakh, suspected to be ill-gotten.
Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested the deputy director and project director of the watershed in Malkangiri Santanu Mohapatra, and four of his associates on charges of corruption. The officials recovered Rs 2 crore from Mohapatra's possession during searches.
5T Chairman and BJD leader VK Pandian launched a scathing attack against Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan, questioning what he has done for the development of this region.
Having moved on from the dark days when it used to be a hotbed of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), the Swabhiman Anchal in the Chitrakonda block of Odisha's Malkangiri district will script a new chapter in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, as the locals will get their fingers inked for the first
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.
The tipper truck carrying labourers overturned at Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri district on Saturday. The cement-laden tipper carrying more than ten labourers overturned on Hantalguda Ghati.
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a huge cache of explosives from Gampakonda forest near Marigetta village in the Malkangiri district of Odisha on Monday, officials said on Monday.