At least Five Naxals were killed in an early morning encounter with security forces on Monday, 5 November, in Malkangiri district’s Kalimeda in Odisha. Officials said the bodies of the Naxals, arms and ammunition were also recovered from the spot. However, their identities are yet to be ascertained. The encounter comes just over a week after three Chhattisgarh police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed in a Naxal attack in Dantewada district of poll-bound Chhattisgarh.