Odisha Police stopped Andhra Pradesh personnel from crossing barricades into disputed Kotia. The confrontation deepens the interstate row over proposed panchayat elections.

A fresh border row has flared up in Koraput, with Odisha moving to shut down an attempt by neighboring Andhra Pradesh to hold local voting inside the

Jeypore: Ahead of the Andhra Pradesh panchayat elections scheduled for tomorrow (November 5), the disputed Kotia region along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh