Odisha: Chief Secretary visits Swabhiman Anchal

Malkangiri, April 15: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Friday visited different places in Swabhiman Anchal of Chitrakonda, once considered a hot bed of Maoists. He visited the area on the second day of his two-days tour to Malkangiri. Mahapatra reviewed field level implementation of the Swabhiman Anchal special packages announced by Chief Minister Naveen […]

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BSF DG visits Swabhiman Anchal in Odisha’s Malkangiri

Malkangiri, December, 30: Border Security Force (BSF) DG Pankaj Kumar Singh on Thursday visited company operation base (COB) at Janbi and newly established COB at Gurasetu in Maoist affected Malkangiri district. BSF ADG Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, DIG Arjun Singh Rathore, Officiating IG Odisha Frontier and other senior officers also accompanied Singh. At COB Janbai, the […]

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Two Maoists gunned down in Odisha’s Malkangiri

Malkangiri, December 13: Two Maoists, including a woman cadre were neutralised in an exchange of fire with Special Operation Group (SOG) jawans at Alampaka area in ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ on Sunday morning. Based on reliable information, an SOG patrolling-cum-area domination exercise was launched on Saturday night in Singaram-Tentapalli area under Gajalmamudi gram panchayat under Jadambo police […]

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Raid on Maoists: Biggest ever seizure of arms & ammunitions in Swabhiman Anchal

Bhubaneswar: In one of the biggest ever anti-Maoist operations in the Swabhiman Anchal (Cut-off area) of Malkangiri district, the Odisha police busted a major Maoist hideouts and dumps and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunitions. The seizures include one INSAAS LMG, three INSAAS rifles, three carbine sten guns and one SLR rifle, said […]

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