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.
“The loud music killed 63 chickens in my farm; they died of heart attack caused by panic,” alleged the farm owner Ranjit Parida.
As per reports, tomatoes are being sold at Rs 80 per kg, bitter gourd costs Rs 60 per kilo, beans and pointed gourd cost Rs 100 per kilo. Similarly, ridge gourd, brinjal and cowpea beans have touched Rs 80 per kilogram in the retail markets.
"These villagers are still far away from minimum basic facilities. There is no proper road for commutation and I have taken up this issue with the Block Development Officer (BDO)."
For over a thousand beggars queued up for almost a kilometre, there are thrice the number of donors as well. From rice to clothes, from food to cash, there are so many donors that no beggar ever goes empty-handed from this mela.
More than 700 employees of the erstwhile power distribution company, NESCO which has now been acquired by the TATA Power, continue protest for over a month demanding regularisation of their jobs
When the bus came to a halt, the group pretended to help the driver to divert the bus through some other route by saying that the road was blocked and it would be impossible to commute.
The deceased, Laxmi Narayan Jena who, as per reports, had taken loan to grow paddy on two acres of land, ended life by consuming poison after he allegedly failed to repay the debt
Sadhuapada village in Soro block of Balasore district on Sunday witnessed a reunion of a missing man with his family which seemed like a spectacle straight out from a movie script.
The famers in most parts of Semulia block in Balasore district are worried a lot as earlier bulk of the standing crops were damaged by 'Chakada’ worms, also known as Brown Plant Hoppers.
The Chhath festival began on November 8 with the 'Nahai Khai' ritual and concluded today on November 11 with devotees performing 'Usha Arghya'.
Two persons identified as Ashok Yadav and Suraj Yadav have been arrested in this connection for peddling the banned substance
Several BJP workers along with the woman Sarpanch cornered Das and allegedly humiliated him. The supporters of the Sarpanch surrounded Das while the duo (MLA and Sarpanch) were engaged in banter.
Moved by her appalling condition, the Congress’ MLA candidate in the last Assembly elections from the constituency, Nabajyoti Patnaik, had extended her a helping hand.
On September 15, a special squad of the Balasore Police led by the Eastern Range IG picked up five contractual employees at DRDO from the main gate of its integrated test range (ITR) for questioning over espionage charges. Out of them, four accused were working at the launch pad-3 of ITR, Chandipur.
The BJP Yuva Morcha members gheraoed the Balasore SP office demanding expulsion of the minister
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