BSF trooper killed in Odisha mine blast (Lead)
September 1st, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and another injured Saturday in a land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.The ... Read more...
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BSF trooper hurt in Odisha mine blast
September 1st, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured Saturday in a land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.The incident occurred in ... Read more...
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Maoists kill ‘police informer’
June 26th, 2012 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Tuesday killed a man in Odisha's Koraput district by slitting his throat, suspecting him to be a police informer, police said.The dead body of ... Read more...
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Maoists release Odisha legislator Hikaka
April 26th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Maoists Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state's Koraput district after holding him in captivity for more than a month, sources said.Left-wing extremists, who ... Read more...
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Maoists release Odisha legislator Hikaka (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Maoists Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state's Koraput district after holding him captive for more than a month.Reporters and photographers surrounded a relieved ... Read more...
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Maoists set Wednesday deadline for Hikaka’s release
April 15th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Maoists in Odisha have set a Wednesday deadline for the government to meet their demands in exchange for the release of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Maoists kill tribal on charge of spying
January 7th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 7 (IANS) Maoists Saturday killed a tribal in Odisha's Koraput district, accusing him of spying on them for police, an official said.The murder took place in a forested ... Read more...
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Maoists kill contractor in Odisha
December 4th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (IANS) Maoists Saturday killed a contractor in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.The rebels shot dead middle-aged Ruben Bidika near Bikarmpur, about 500 km from Bhubaneswar, while he ... Read more...
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17 killed in Orissa accident
October 7th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and over 25 injured when a tipper truck carrying them overturned in Orissa's Koraput district early Friday, police said.The accident ... Read more...
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NALCO gets green nod for bauxite mining
July 25th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 25 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) has received the final forest clearance to renew its bauxite mining operation in Orissa's Koraput district, the company said Monday.NALCO ... Read more...
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Orissa boat capsize toll eight
May 10th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) Rescuers Tuesday fished out two bodies from a reservoir in Orissa's Koraput district where a boat had capsized Sunday, police said. With this, all the eight ... Read more...
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Woman’s body recovered, 7 missing in Orissa boat capsize
May 9th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 9 (IANS) A woman's body was fished out Monday at the reservoir in Orissa's Koraput district where a boat capsized a day earlier, police said. Seven people are ... Read more...
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Eight missing as boat capsizes in Orissa
May 8th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) At least eight people, including five women and two children, are missing after a boat capsized Sunday in a reservoir in Orissa's Koraput district, police said.The ... Read more...
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NALCO to expand capacity at Orissa unit
April 25th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) Monday said that work on expanding capacity at its alumina refinery in Orissa's Koraput district has commenced.The commissioning of capacity ... Read more...
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Maoist-backed tribal leader held in Orissa
January 24th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) A leader of Maoist-backed tribal outfit Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) was arrested Sunday in Orissa's Koraput district, police said.Ram Padi, 35, second in command in the CMAS, ... Read more...
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Three injured in Maoist blast in Orissa
January 11th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) Three officials of the state agriculture department sustained injuries, one of them critically, after Maoists triggered a landmine blast in Orissa's Koraput district Tuesday, police said.The rebels triggered ... Read more...
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Three Maoists killed in Orissa
December 24th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) At least three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Orissa's Koraput district Friday, police said.The shootout took place at Turli hillock in Narayanpatna area, ... Read more...
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Maoists kill villager for refusing to join their ranks in Orissa
December 10th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Sarada LahangirKoraput (Orissa), Dec.10 (ANI): Suspected Maoists brutally killed a man after he refused to join their ranks in Odiyapentha village in Orissa's Koraput District.According to witnesses, 35-year-old Sambaru Huika was ... Read more...
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Maoists ransack police station in Orissa
November 16th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 16 (IANS) Nearly 50 Maoists ransacked a police station, set fire to records and torched a police jeep in Orissa's Koraput district in what is believed to be a retaliatory ... Read more...
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Maoists call for one-day strike in Orissa
November 11th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 11 (IANS) Protesting the killing of four Maoists in a gun battle, the Left rebels have called for a 24-hour strike Monday in Orissa's Malkangiri and Koraput districts, police said ... Read more...
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Two top Maoist cadres, including woman, arrested
November 10th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) Two top Maoist cadres, including a woman, who are accused in a series of crimes in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh and carry a reward of Rs.1 lakh each, ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists abduct Orissa village council head
September 27th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) Suspected Maoists have abducted a village council chief in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday.
Four suspected rebels kidnapped Chingu Jani, the sarpanch of Dumuripadar panchayat, when he was ... Read more...
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Village head among two killed by Maoists in Orissa
September 20th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) Two people including a "sarpanch" (village council head) were killed Monday by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district, police said. Another person sustained serious injuries.
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Maoists kill Orissa villager
August 24th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Maoists killed a villager in Orissa's Koraput district, suspecting him to be a police informer, police said Tuesday.
A group of about 30 rebels dragged Sikalu Meneka from his ... Read more...
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Maoist kill schoolteacher in Orissa village
August 16th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
Koraput (Orissa), Aug 16 (ANI): A group of Maoists killed a teacher by slitting his neck at Gotiguda village under Narayanpatna area of Orissa's Koraput District on Sunday.According to police, the ... Read more...
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Maoists kill villager in Orissa
August 16th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 16 (IANS) Maoists have killed a villager in Orissa's Koraput district suspecting him to be a police informer, police said Monday.
Over a 100 armed rebels killed 30-year-old Kendraka Ghansi at ... Read more...
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Maoists menace: Orissa Police recover missing guard’s body in Koraput
June 13th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
Koraput (Orissa), June 13 (ANI): The Orissa Police has discovered the remains of a village guard nearly six months after he was abducted by suspected Maoists from a village in the state's ... Read more...
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Anthrax infects Orissa villagers, 18 ill
June 9th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 9 (IANS) The total number of anthrax cases in humans in Orissa's Koraput district since last month has risen to 18 with health officials Wednesday confirming five more victims in ... Read more...
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Orissa land mine blast toll rises to 11
April 5th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) The deaths in the land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district Sunday rose to 11, officials said Monday.
The guerrillas detonated a powerful landmine when a ... Read more...
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10 killed as Maoists blow up police bus (Lead)
April 4th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 4 (IANS) At least 10 security personnel were Sunday killed and three injured when Maoist guerrillas Sunday blew up a police bus in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said.
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Security personnel injured in mine blast by Maoists
April 2nd, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) A security personnel was injured when a claymore mine suspected to have been laid by Maoists near a culvert in Orissa's Koraput district exploded Friday, police said.
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Suspected Maoists kill trader in Orissa
March 11th, 2010 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) Suspected Maoists killed a trader in Orissa's Koraput district Wednesday, police said.
Loknath Mandia Sahu was killed by armed assailants who were allegedly activists of Chasi Mulia Adibasi Sangha ... Read more...
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NALCO gets state government nod for new bauxite mine
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 2 (IANS) Orissa has given its nod for leasing a new bauxite mine in the state's Koraput district to state-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), an official said Tuesday.
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Headmaster suspended for molesting girl students
February 25th, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) A headmaster of a residential school in Orissa's Koraput district was suspended Thursday after allegations that he molested two girl students a number of times in the school ... Read more...
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Maoists blast mobile phone tower in Orissa
February 14th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up a mobile phone tower in Orissa's Koraput district early Sunday, police said.
"Maoists have blown up a mobile (phone) tower in Baipariguda in Koraput," District ... Read more...
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