Tag: Jaleswar

A truck carrying potatoes caught fire in Jaleswar in Odisha. The mishap took place near Gudikhal on NH-16 road.Cause of fire unknown; driver and helper of the vehicle safe.

A coal-laden truck went up in flames and was reduced to ashes on National Highway. The incident was reported near Haldipada Chhak in Jaleswar of Balasore district. The driver and four other people on the truck reportedly had a narrow escape.

A joint team of excise officials and Jaleswar Police busted an illegal narcotics den at Jhadeswarpur in Balasore on Monday and recovered 2.4Kgs of brown sugar worth over Rs 2.5 crore.

In a major drug haul, Excise department officials in Balasore's Jaleswar seized 150 gram of brown sugar worth around Rs 15 Lakh at Chalanti Square along NH-60 in the area on Thursday (Aug 26).

Balasore: BJD MLA from Jaleswar, Aswini Patra, was heckled during ‘Mu Hero, Mu’ Odisha program in Sanpria panchayat in Balasore yesterday. Alleging that no development work has been done in the panchayat even after two years of elections, some locals staged a protest. The agitators raised slogans against the MLA and the State government over […]

Balasore: Body of one fisherman was found while three others are yet to be traced in the boat capsize incident that took place near Kirtania jetty in Balasore district today morning. The body of the deceased fishermen was recovered near Kankadapal under Baliapal block by the rescue team comprising personnel from the Fire Services department […]

Balasore: A youth from West Bengal is now behind bars for allegedly trying to steal cash by breaking the SBI’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) on Jaleswar railway station premises. According to reports, the accused identified as Subodh Ray of Kumursal village in the neighbouring State entered the ATM kiosks Saturday night. Sources said Ray had […]

Balasore: A bus driver was killed as the private bus he was driving rammed into a truck near Bhelora chhak on NH 60 in Jaleswar of Balasore district on Saturday. Six other passengers have also been injured in the road accident. The mishap occurred when the bus en route to Kolkata from Cuttack collided with […]

Balasore: Two persons, including an ASI of police were killed after the bike they were travelling on was hit by an unidentified vehicle on NH-60 near Rajghat under Basta block of Balasore district last night. The deceased have been identified as ASI Bijay Kumar Das and his sister-in-law. The ASI was posted at the SDPO […]

Balasore: The Jaleswar Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court today granted conditional bail to Rajeswari Kamila who was arrested for hurling eggs at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on January 31 during a public meeting at Talasari. The court accepted the bail plea of Kamila against two sureties of Rs 10,000 each and a bank deposit […]

Balasore: Armed miscreants on Thursday looted Rs 9 lakh at gunpoint from the cash counter of Bank of India’s Nuabazar branch in Jaleswar. Sources said five miscreants posing as customers entered the bank at around 3:15 pm and later decamped with the cash by terrorizing bank officials with weapons. A team of senior police officials […]

Gajapati/Cuttack: A joint team of police and Excise officials destroyed ganja cultivation on 52 acres in Dumangpadar and Panaspadar areas under Adaba police limits in Gajapati district today. The joint squad set fire to 10.40 lakhs ganja plants worth around Rs 10.40 crore. The district administration has ordered to destroy such illegal ganja cultivation in […]

Balasore: In a major crackdown on the illegal drug smuggling in Jaleswar, Sadar police today raided two villages in Balasore district and seized over 20 grams of brown sugar and 50 kg ganja worth more than Rs 2 lakhs. According to sources, a special police team raided one Salima Bibi’s house in Sekhbad village under […]

Bhubaneswar: Excise sleuths today busted a brown sugar racket by arresting a trader from Thengahata near Samantarapur in Khurda district today. Contraband weighing 175 gram worth Rs 20 lakh, cash Rs 2.35 lakh, a gun and live bullets were seized from Somanath Bhujabal’s possession. He brings the illegal drug items from Jaleswar area in Balasore […]

Balasore: Locals detained the Tehsildar of Jaleswar in Balasore district today for not being able to catch the sand mafia in Makidia of the district. Sources said the sand mafia had come from West Bengal to steal sand from Makidia. After receiving complaint about the incident, the Tehsildar went to nab the miscreants; however, he […]