Tag: Balasore

Balasore: A 17-year-old girl in Balasore district Friday alleged that she was raped multiple times by a 60-year-old man with the consent of her mother. The girl, in an FIR lodged at the Balasore Sadar Police Station, alleged that she was raped at least five times by her mother’s “paramour”. The girl said she along […]

Vadodara/Bhubaneswar: A test-firing of supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, aimed at increasing its life, has been planned this month, a senior defence ministry official said on Saturday. The test-firing to “validate service life extension” of the missile will take place from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha in the third week of July, Sudhir Kumar […]

Balasore: A local court here sentenced a 26-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor girl in late 2016. According to the prosecution, Ashok Kumar Das (26) of Renupada village under Basta police station lured a minor girl of the same village to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her. The […]

Balasore: A man in Balasore district on Monday hacked to death two persons in a fit of anger following an altercation over a land dispute, police said. The incident took place at Harinagundi village under Kamarda police station limit of the district. The victims were identified as Narayan Giri and his brother Madhusudan Giri. The […]

Berhampur: The digital learning scheme in which students of classes VII and VIII would use tablets for science and mathematics, is likely to be introduced in some more Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Odisha from the next academic session. At present, the system is functioning only in one school, KV Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghathan […]

Balasore: The anti-corruption vigilance wing on Wednesday arrested the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) of Balasore for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Amaresh Kumar Patra was held for being in possession of assets “amounting to Rs 1,27,78,792, which is more than 216 per cent” beyond his known income sources, a vigilance […]

Balasore: DRDO’s Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha’s Balasore district has initiated a campaign for building a green and clean India. In order to spread awareness on protecting the environment, the ITR employees and support staff undertook a silent march at Balasore town yesterday carrying placards with “Swachhata hi Seva” written on them. “Everyone knows […]

Balasore: Two persons were killed and two others got injured when crackers exploded in a house at Chada village in Balasore district today, police said. The deceased were identified as Narendra Ghadei (80) and a 4-year-old girl. While the girl died on the spot, Ghadei succumbed to injuries at the hospital. Two women who got […]

Berhampur: Seven new government medical colleges would be set up in Odisha to tide over shortage of doctors in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here today. The new medical colleges would be established at Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Bolangir, Balasore, Kalahandi and Keonjhar, Patnaik said while addressing the annual conference of Odisha Medical Services […]

Balasore: A local court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a person for killing a villager three years back in Balasore district. Besides this, District judge of Balasore, Biranchi Narayan Mahanty, also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict Purusottam Sing. In default, he would have to undergo an additional 1 year jail […]

Balasore: India today successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg, from a test range along the Odisha coast. The cruise missile was test fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at about 11.33 AM, Defence Research and […]

Balasore: Two persons were today arrested by the excise department sleuths after brown sugar was found from their possession at Jaleswar railway station here, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the sleuths nabbed the duo at Jaleswar railway station, they said. Also Read: Teenage girls peddle brown sugar in Bhubaneswar slums! The market value of […]

Balasore: A youth was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years by a court here for kidnapping and sexually abusing a minor girl in Odisha’s Balasore district three years ago. Additional District Judge of Balasore Ajanta Sadangi while convicting Jayanta Mallick of Biruan village under Remuna police station limits and pronounced the jail term yesterday, […]

Balasore: At least two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on charge of attempting to secure passports by producing fake documents in Odisha’s Balasore district. The duo were arrested yesterday and forwarded to jail today, Balasore district Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) S K Nayak said at a press conference here. However, two others allegedly involved […]

Balasore: India is set to test its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast tomorrow. Range co-ordination has reached its final stage for the fourth test of Agni-5 missile, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said. If everything goes according to plan, the missile may […]