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.
Protesting unavailability of Covid-19 vaccine, a number of senior citizens who had come to a vaccination centre to take the second dose, staged dharna in front of Nilagiri Community health centre (CHC) in the district on Monday.
After two day-halt for weekend shutdown, the vaccination drive against Covid-19 has resumed across the State barring few places due to unavailability of vaccines.
Odisha continues to witness a dip in number of Covid 19 cases for last three days. The number of daily infections which stood at 10,635 yesterday has come down to 10,031 today. The total caseload has mounted to 54, 4873 following today’s figures.
Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Chandra Sarangi was injured after his car he was travelling in suffered an accident in Nilagiri area of Balasore district on Sunday.
Balasore: A woman Tehsildar and her staff found themselves in the crosshairs after a group of people heckled and attacked them during a raid on a community feast at an…
Balasore: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch seized a huge amount of brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore from…
Balasore: The doctors and other medical staff of Balasore district headquarters hospital were taken aback after a man reportedly brought an injured Indian cobra for treatment to the hospital instead of taking the reptile to a veterinary hospital. Though the medical staff was lauded for treating the reptile, the incident has not gone down well […]
Bhubaneswar: Witchcraft being a tradition among tribal communities like Santhals and Sabars, reports of witch hunting and killings have been coming in a big way from the districts housing such tribes. Odisha has witnessed at least four killings every month till date this year due to practice of witchcraft. The State has recorded at least […]
Balasore: A controversy erupted after Bhograi MLA Ananta Das celebrated his birthday at Jagannath government school under Bhogarai block in Balasore district. The MLA observed his 79th birthday with the students on the school premises while the classes were underway. The programme was organised by local forums -Jayanti Committee and Sachetan Nagrik Manch. While the […]
Balasore: A verbal duel for Rs 5000 turned fatal after a youth was allegedly beaten to death by his neighbour in Baghamara area of the district last Friday. The deceased has been identified as Baburam Singh. As per sources, Baburam’s mother Kati Singh, an under-trial prisoner lodged at Balasore Jail had sent Rs 5000 through […]
Balasore: “No mother should suffer such pain,” said Sukuri Behera, mother of 11-year-old Sudam, who has three legs since birth and can’t speak, hear or walk. Due to financial constraints, Sudam’s parents from Badapokhari village under Oupada block in Balasore district couldn’t afford medical treatment following which the boy suffered leg infection. Later, when some […]
Balasore: Call it sheer negligence on part of authorities as a student was locked inside the school premises for nearly an hour in Balasore. As per reports, the class-I student had gone to the toilet yesterday when the teachers and peon allegedly locked the school gate and left. As soon as the news spread, an […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid a relentless rise in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the State Government has decided to keep a strict vigil at all the porous village routes along the inter-state border…
New Delhi: The Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) conducted five successful test-flights of air-to-air missile Astra between September 16 and 19 over the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast, officials said here on Thursday. The Beyond Visual Range missiles were fired from the Sukhoi-30 MKI platform from Chandipur. An official said the trials were […]
Balasore: Five boy students of Banchhakalpa Sanskrit Vidyapitha in Balasore district fled their hostel on Sunday morning fearing paranormal activity in the hostel premises. The panic-stricken students left the hostel this morning without informing the authorities and reached Udala bus terminal. Some locals spotted them at the bus stop and rescued the students before handing […]
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