News from Balasore

It is the largest city of northern Odisha and the administrative headquarters of Balasore district bordering to West Bengal. It is the region which witnessed the first settlement of Britishers as early as 1634, followed by the Dutch and the Danes. Balasore is best known for Chandipur beach, integrated test range (ITR) is an Indian Defence laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Being a famous sea town of Odisha, sea food varieties are high in this district.

Paddy procurement: Satellite survey exposes large-scale irregularities in land registration in Odish
Paddy procurement: Satellite survey exposes large-scale irregularities in land registration in Odisha

Paddy procurement centres are yet to be opened in Bhadrak and Balasore districts

Celebration time in this Balasore village as 4 youths get selected for Indian Army
Celebration time in this Balasore village as 4 youths get selected for Indian Army

While two of them got recruitment as Agniveer, another got selected for Assam Rifles and the fourth one was selected for Border Security Force.

Odisha man sentenced to 23 years in jail for raping minor daughter 
Odisha man sentenced to 23 years in jail for raping minor daughter 

The POCSO special court judge Ranjan Kumar Sutar also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict and said if the accused did not pay the fine, he would undergo another imprisonment of two years.  

Bagha Jatin
Bagha Jatin: Odisha connection of this great freedom fighter who died fighting British forces

Jatindranath was born on December 7, 1879, in Kayagram village under Kushtia district (Present-day Nadia, Bangladesh), in Bengal Presidency, British India. He was that Royal Bengal Tiger, whose claws even threatened the almighty British Empire.

From cattle rearer to getting job in Indian Army, Balasore lad proves hard work has no substitute
From cattle rearer to getting job in Indian Army, Balasore lad proves hard work has no substitute

Hemant lost his mother when he was barely three. Following his mother’s death, his father went missing. Even after losing his parents, he did not stop dreaming big. 

Victim Bholanath Sarangi
Rs 60,000 looted from mini bank operator in Balasore by two fraudsters

The victim, Bholanath Sarangi, who runs a mini bank, was cheated by two scammers in broad daylight on the pretext of exchanging a five-hundred rupees note for five hundred rupee notes.

Dog Bite Cases
30 persons injured in dog attack in Balasore; locals kill dog

One of the injured Rahmat Khan said, “The dog attacked my nephew while he was going for a morning walk and later attacked son of my younger brother. When I tried to kill the dog apprehending that it may attack others, it attacked me.”

Balasore man marries wheelchair bound ladylove
Balasore man marries wheelchair bound ladylove

Subhranshu, who hails from Balasore, did not leave Debasmita and opt for other girl for marriage.

Balasore: 9-year-old begs to raise funds for after-death rituals of father who died of cancer
Balasore: 9-year-old begs to raise funds for after-death rituals of father who died of cancer

The family of the deceased doesn’t have enough money to conduct the after-death rituals. Left with no other option, Umesh’s 9-year-old son Chandrakanta Jena is knocking on every door and begging for some alms so that he can conduct the after-death rituals of his father. 

Balasore man arrested for running sex trade in woman’s guise in Surat
Balasore man arrested for running sex trade in woman’s guise in Surat

Chiranjit Khilar, a resident of Mulisingh village under Soro police limits, used to run a sex trade through WhatsApp groups in Surat.

Brown sugar worth Rs 11 cr seized in Balasore, 6 including kingpin arrested
Brown sugar worth Rs 11 cr seized in Balasore, 6 including kingpin arrested

As many as six persons, including the kingpin from Madhya Pradesh were arrested.

Accused can’t access case diary, rules Orissa High Court
Drones to monitor illegal prawn ponds in Odisha wetlands

The districts in which the drones will be deployed are Balasore, Kendrapara, Puri and Ganjam.

Fuel price updates
Fuel price update: Check rates of petrol, diesel in Odisha on Oct 22

Petrol and diesel prices vary depending upon several factors such as the local taxes, VAT, freight charges, etc. The prices of petroleum products change as per market rates.

BDO's parents receive ration
Simulia BDO’s parents receiving rations under PDS; locals demand probe

As per the allegations, the BDO Abhishek Das’ parents who reside at Matha Sahi of Sahira Panchayat under Aul block in Kendrapara district have been receiving food grains for the last three years. They have been obtaining rice from dealer of a neighbouring village so that residents of his locality would not come to know about it.

Cyclonic storm Sitrang fear grips paddy farmers in Balasore
Cyclonic storm Sitrang fear grips paddy farmers in Balasore

Not only paddy, but vegetable and other small marginal farmers who had cultivated other crops are also a worried lot about the impending storm.

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