Tag: Balasore

Balasore: An Anganwadi worker was allegedly stripped and brutally thrashed by locals of Atasapur village under Bahanaga block in Balasore district on Wednesday. Sources said an argument over some village issue ensued between the woman and the villagers following which in a fit of rage they thrashed her mercilessly and locked her in a room. […]

Balasore: The Balasore police today nabbed a man while trying to deposit fake notes amounting to Rs 44,000 at the Khirikana Cooperative Society in Soro. The accused, identified as Bishnu Nayak of Biranchipur village in the district, was trying to deposit 22 counterfeit notes of Rs 2000 denominations. Nayak was arrested after the Secretary of […]

Balasore: Miscreants uprooted an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of the State Bank of India and decamped with the cash at Bhanaga bazaar in Balasore late last night. The kiosk did not have any security guard and it is suspected that the accused were aware about it. The machine was found lying on the road in […]

Balasore: Several asbestos and tile houses and crops were damaged as Nor’wester rains accompanied by hailstone showers lashed many parts of Balasore district today evening. Large trees, electric and telephone poles were also uprooted in the storm, throwing normal life out of gear. In Remuna, Soro, Nilagiri and Bahanaga blocks, communication and power supply were […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has given proposals for establishment of 12 non-major ports in the State, informed State Commerce Minister Nrusingha Charan Sahu in the Odisha Assembly today. In a written reply, Sahu mentioned that a notification regarding the establishment of 12 non-major ports, including four in Balasore, two each in Ganjam, Bhadrak and Puri […]

Balasore: Five years after the murder of Balasore Judicial Magistrate Anupama Behera, the Cuttack First Class Additional District Judge court today awarded life sentences to two brothers in connection with the case. Cuttack First Class Additional District Judge, Sanjay Kumar Sahoo pronounced the verdict after convicting Jyotiranjan and Priyaranjan Mohanty in the case under Sec […]

  Balasore: Police on Sunday intensified probe into the brutal murder of two brothers who were stabbed to death by two youths at Jhagadapadhi under Chandipur police limits in the district on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Tapan and his brother Bikash Jena of Nangudi village. According to reports, the siblings used […]

Bhubaneswar: There has been a disconcerting rise in crime against teenage girls in Odisha over the last few days. While lives of these girls are at stake, no noticeable steps seem to have been taken to curb such atrocities. Today, body of a minor girl was recovered by police from a cashew orchard near Gadaharishpur […]

Balasore: In yet another shameful incident, a minor girl was allegedly gang raped, tortured and kept hidden by four persons in a forest near Nilagiri in Balasore district. The shocking incident has been reported from Putibandha village under Barhampur police limits. The 12-year-old minor girl was reportedly staying with a couple who had adopted her. […]

Balasore: Police on Sunday detained a person for allegedly duping students on the pretext of helping them to clear plus II examination in the district. The accused Umakant Singh, a resident of Nilagiri area had allegedly taken Rs 20,000 each from over 40 students. Singh posing as a teacher had approached the students and lured […]

Balasore: In a tragic incident, two minor girl students were killed when a speeding truck ran over them after hitting a bike near Bhelora Chhak on NH-60 in Jaleswar on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Rupa Das (10) and Gouri Das (13) of Bhelora village. Three persons, who were travelling on bike, sustained […]

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: Excise officials raided a spurious foreign liquor manufacturing unit at Barada village under Simulia police limits of Balasore district today. During the search, officials recovered huge quantities of spurious liquor as well as empty bottles along with various ingredients used in the manufacturing unit. The team also arrested the factory owner Rabindra Padhee for […]

Bhograi: A Junior Engineer (JE) of the North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited (NESCO) was thrashed by some locals of Mahisamunda village under Bhograi block of Balasore district today. Police who had gone to rescue of the JE also faced the wrath of the villagers. As per sources, JE Madan Mohan Sahu had […]

Soro: Two persons were killed while two others sustained critical injuries after an ambulance they were traveling in hit a stationary truck near Soro police station on National Highway-16 in Balasore district during the wee hours today. As per information, Sheikh, a resident of Mirjapur area under Egra police limits in Kolkata was shifting his […]