Tag: Balasore

Balasore: The body of a boat driver was retrieved by Indian Coast Guard during patrolling in deep Paradip sea. The deceased has been identified as Mayadhar Mallik of Naranpur area under Simulia police limits in Balasore district. Though the exact reason behind the boat driver’s death is yet to be ascertained, family members and president […]

Mayurbhanj/Balasore: Property worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in fire mishaps at different places of the State today. However, there were no casualties reported in the incidents. In the first instance, property and machinery worth lakhs of rupees were gutted after a major fire broke out at a poultry research centre near Chhatana village under […]

Balasore: The Vigilance sleuths on Thursday conducted raids on the houses and office of the Headmaster of Panchupali Government High School, Manoranjan Barik under Baliapal block of the district on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Acting on a tip-off, a 16-member team of the Balasore Vigilance division conducted simultaneous […]

Balasore: A minor girl, who had reportedly gone missing some eight days ago, was shot dead at Arada bazaar area under Sahadevkhunta police limits in Balasore district on Saturday. It is suspected that the 14-year-old girl, a student of Class IX was killed over love affair. According to reports, girl had eloped with a youth, […]

Balasore: The Sahadevkhunta police on Thursday busted a gang of dacoits and arrested five of its members from Chudakuta Sahi in the district. Acting on a tip-off, special teams of police conducted simultaneous raids at several places in Chudakuta Sahi late on Thursday night and arrested the five dacoits while they were hatching plans to […]

Balasore: Many farmers in villages of Balasore are reeling under intense stress as standing paddy crops have been repeatedly catching fire on their farmlands. While crops in acres of land were damaged due to fire mishap in five places of the district in the last ten days, the reason behind the fire is yet to […]

Balasore: Two persons sustained critical injures while some police personnel escaped unhurt in two separate road mishaps near Dahisada Chapolia Chhak on NH-16 in Soro of Balasore district in the wee hours of Saturday. According to reports, the two injured were travelling in a car which is suspected to have overturned after being hit by […]

Balasore: Miscreants looted an unspecified amount of money from an ATM at Tala Bazaar Market Complex in Santaragadia area of Balasore district after breaking it open with the help of a gas-cutter late on Thursday night. According to reports, locals first spotted the ATM of Axis Bank vandalized early morning and subsequently informed the police […]

Balasore: Tension ran high near Mirigimundi village under Rupsa police limits of the district following the death of an elderly man in a road accident Monday morning. The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was repotedly killed on the spot after being run over by the police van of Basta Police Station here. […]

Balasore: A journalist was hospitalised after being allegedly attacked by liquor mafia with sharp weapons near Anantpur ghat in Balasore district on Saturday. The journalist Pramod Rout, who is currently working for a daily newspaper in Balasore, has been admitted to Soro Community Health Centre for treatment. Rout was allegedly attacked by the mafia for […]

Balasore: Thousands of people thronged Balighat area in the district as per a tradition to donate beggars on the occasion of Kartika Purnima on Friday. Known as ‘Bhikshuk Mela’ in local parlance, thousands of beggars from the State and outside including West Bengal and Jharkhand thronged reached Balighat to participate in the event. “Kartika is […]

Balasore: An autorickshaw driver was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Kaushalya Memorial Hospital under Balasore Town police limits today. The identity of the deceased is yet to be established. According to sources, the auto driver had carried a passenger from Balasore railway station to DRDO late on Friday night. Police rushed to the spot […]

Keonjhar/Balasore: A minor boy drowned and two other youths were rescued while being swept away by water at two different places of the State during sailing miniature boats as part of the celebrations of Kartika Purnima today. In the first incident, the nine-year-old kid, Subham Rout, drowned while sailing miniature boat in Kusei river at Nuagarh […]

Balasore: Gold and silver ornaments of as many as three temples at Soro municipality in Balasore were allegedly looted by unidentified miscreants late Friday night. The matter came to light after the authorities of the temples found all the ornaments stolen and lodged complaints at the police station this morning. According to sources, silver and […]

Balasore: While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik distributed land rights to landless slum dwellers through video conferencing as part of the ‘Jaga Mission’ in several districts of the State on Thursday, many beneficiaries in Balasore town returned empty-handed. Apart from Balasore, the programme was also launched in Puri, Boudh, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Ganjam and Dhenkanal districts by […]