A final blow to insurgency! Malkangiri declared ‘naxal-free’ after Maoist with Rs 21 lakh bounty surrenders
Malkangiri, once the epicentre of left-wing extremism in Odisha, was declared a "Naxal-free" district on Wednesday. The milestone follows the high-profile surrender of Sukhram Markam, a prominent Maoist leader carrying a bounty of Rs 21 lakh, who surrendered himself before...