Tag: Balasore

Balasore: A salt cluster at Bolang in Balasore district is likely to get a fresh lease of life as the district administration is working on a detailed master plan for the revival of the defunct industry here. Bolang village under Baliapal block of Balasore district was once known for its salt farming through traditional means. […]

Balasore: In yet another instance of sheer disrespect to the dead, which in many ways also reflects the failure of government schemes in Odisha, body of an ‘unidentified’ elderly person was carried on a garbage trolley from Soro hospital to the burial ground today. According to reports, the elderly man had died while undergoing treatment […]

Jagatsinghpur/Balasore: Two persons were killed in two separate road mishaps in Jagatsinghpur and Balasore on Sunday. In the first incident, an 11-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a Tata Ace vehicle in Jagatsinghpur today. He was on his way to attend a tuition class. The boy was first rushed to the Biridi Commuity […]

Balasore: Despite repeated appeals and advisory issued by Odisha police, a complete check on incidents of assault and violence over child theft suspicion has not been possible yet. In a fresh incident, locals thrashed a man after suspecting him to be a child-lifter at  Hashimpur village of Balasore. The incident occurred when the victim identified […]

Bhubaneswar: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has granted permission for admissions in two newly-established medical colleges in Balasore and Bolangir districts, Odisha State Health department sources informed today. The two medical colleges have been allowed to start admissions from the 2018-19 academic session. A three-member team of the MCI had reviewed infrastructure and other […]

Balasore: The Balasore Police today arrested nabbed a man for allegedly selling his wife to a youth who raped her in front of the latter. The accused youth has also been arrested. As per the complaint registered by the woman, her husband Kartik Panchayat of Balaipal sold her to Abhi Dalei for money. Later, Dalei […]

Bhubaneswar: At least seven incidents of mob attack triggered by child-lifting rumours have surfaced from different parts of the state in the past 24 hours. A mentally-challenged youth was beaten up by locals on suspicion of being a child-lifter at Panchama village under Golanthara police limits on the outskirts of Berhampur in Ganjam district on […]

Nilagiri/Udala: Residents of Nilagiri in Balasore district and Udala in Mayurbhanj district have to live with overflowing drains and flooded roads. Due to lack of proper care and poor sanitation drains have been choked with garbage. The water is stagnated for weeks and has been emitting foul smell and breeding mosquitoes. There has been no […]

Balasore: Normal life has been affected at various places in Soro and Bahanaga blocks of Balasore district today due to a 12-hour dawn to dusk bandh being observed by BJP demanding sub-division status to Soro. Besides, Government and private offices, shops and other business establishments and educational institutions have remained closed due to the bandh. […]

Balasore: Two persons were killed and five others sustained critical injuries after the pickup van they were travelling in fell into a river near Gudupahi in Chandipur of Balasore district today. The two deceased have been identified as Rabindra Hansda and Basua Hansda. The injured persons, including a minor boy identified as Rama Marandi (12), […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government has started refunding money to small depositors duped in the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha. According to sources, as many as 350 investors were refunded around Rs 21 lakh today. A total of 1,096 out of 2,306 small depositors in Balasore district have been identified for refund and will be […]

Bhubaneswar: The Integrated Test Range (ITR), the premier DRDO laboratory at Chandipur in Balasore district has been awarded the prestigious Silicon Trophy for the year 2016 as the best Technological laboratory of DRDO besides the “Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance” for the year 2017. ITR Director Binaya Kumar Das received the awards from […]

Rourkela: A student died while two other persons went missing in separate drowning incidents today in Odisha’s Rourkela and Balasore. A class XII student of Guru Nanak Public School drowned in Koel River at Baikuntha ghat in Rourkela while taking bath in with his two friends today. The deceased has been identified as Debidutta Sahu. […]

Nabarangpur: A student of class eight was allegedly abducted and raped by two youths when she was on her way to answer nature’s call at the Sanmari village, on Wednesday. As per the complaint filed by the survivor at the Nabarangpur Town Police Station here, two youth intercepted her and forcefully carried her away to […]

  Balasore: Balasore Sadar police today arrested 6 highway robbers and seized 2 four-wheelers, 2 two-wheelers, 5 mobile phones and sharp weapons from their possession. While two persons were arrested in connection with a robbery executed on May 12 near National Highway 60, others were arrested in two different incidents near Soro. According to sources, […]