Bhubaneswar, Nov. 5 -- Amid heightened tension and heavy police deployment along the disputed Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, residents of Odisha's Kotia cluster of villages in Koraput district voted in Andhra Pradesh's three-tier panchayat elections on Thursday, after polling booths were shifted away from the disputed territory following objections by the Odisha administration.
The polling had triggered a fresh face-off between the two States, with Koraput authorities opposing Andhra Pradesh's move to set up a booth at Neredivalsa, arguing that the village fell within Odisha's territorial jurisdiction. Andhra authorities subsequently relocated the polling stations to their side of the border.
Police personnel from both States were deployed...