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  Meet Anupriya Lakra, first female pilot from Maoist-hit Malkangiri

  India | September 10, 2019 16:35 IST

  Daughter of Odisha police constable Mariniyas Lakra and homemaker mother Jimaj Yashmin Lakra, Anupriya left her engineering mid-way to follow her passion of becoming a pilot.

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  Five Maoists killed in encounter in Odisha's Malkangiri district

  India | November 05, 2018 13:24 IST

  Five Maoists including a woman were killed in cross firing, during an encounter with the Police, at Kalimela in the forest area in Malkangiri district, early this morning.

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  Japanese Encephalitis continues to wreak havoc in Odisha, death toll rises to 38

  India | October 06, 2016 18:13 IST

  Japanese Encephalitis continues to wreak havoc in Odisha's Malkangiri district where death toll due to the disease reached 38.

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  Odisha: Man forced to walk six kms carrying daughter’s dead body after ambulance dropped them midway

  India | September 03, 2016 10:06 IST

  In yet another incident on medical apathy reported from Odisha, a man was forced to walk six kilometres carrying his seven-year-old daughter's dead body as the ambulance transporting them allegedly left them midway.

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  South-west monsoon onsets in Odisha, heavy rain predicted

  India | June 13, 2015 17:02 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The south-west monsoon reached Odisha today covering Malkangiri and a portion of Koraput districts in the southern region and would be activated across the state in the next three days.“As expected, the south-west monsoon

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  700 Didayi tribals evacuated to safety in Malkangiri

  India | October 11, 2014 21:50 IST

  Malkangiri: With cyclone Hudhud all set to hit the coast tomorrow, Malkangiri district administration in Odisha today evacuated over 700 members of endangered Didayi tribe to a relief shelter.The tribals, residing in inaccessible forests in

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  4 of 13 slain Maoists identified, NIA team in Malkangiri

  India | September 16, 2013 7:21 IST

  Malkangiri (Odisha): A day after 13 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Malkangiri district, four of them were identified yesterday even as a team of National Investigative Agency (NIA) arrived here

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  Engineer Freed,Maoists Set New Condition For Collector Release

  India | February 24, 2011 8:59 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 : In a new twist complicating the hostage crisis, Maoists tonight demanded that five key Naxals be freed immediately in return for quick release of Malkangiri district collector R V Krishna even