Tag: Balasore

Balasore: Palpable tension prevailed in Bhograi area of the district on Saturday after locals forced three youths to do sit-ups for allegedly taking obscene video of a local woman. According to reports, the youths, identified as Bikas Dutta, Paresh Dutta and a 17-year-old boy, were filming an obscene video of a woman last night. However, […]

Balasore: Two persons were killed on Sunday when a heavy paddy-cutting machine fell on them at a village in the district, police said. The men were trying to mount the machine on a tractor after completion of paddy-cutting operation at Khuada village when it slipped and fell on them, they said. Gopal Tudu (21) and […]

Balasore: In a gruesome incident that has become the talk of the town, three unidentified miscreants allegedly inflicted deep wounds on the body of a youth with a blade in Nilagiri area on Friday. The victim Manoj Behera had reportedly gone to Kalijhati area to invite some guests to his marriage scheduled on January 19. […]

Balasore: Police unearthed a cricket betting racket by raiding a betting den at Garage Bazaar area in Jaleswar of the district last night. As per reports, the racket was active during the last One Day International(ODI) Cricket match of the series between India and Australia at Bengaluru. The raid was conducted by a team of […]

Balasore: Despite assurance of finding a concrete solution regarding unclaimed bodies being dumped in open near Mukti Dwara crematorium in Balasore, the district administration is yet to get its act together. In a recent report, OTV had highlighted how human corpses were being dumped in a huge pit near Mukti Dwara crematorium situated near Nunia […]

Balasore: An infection on his leg seems to impede his gait as he struggles to walk at the age of 74 but the misery of being abandoned by his closed ones in the dusk of his life is more heart-rending for him than the physical wound. Shyama Mallick, a resident of Mulakada village under Soro […]

Balasore: The Special Task Force(STF) of Crime Branch on Tuesday seized around 300 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs 30 lakh in Balasore. The STF team arrested one person in connection with the illegal trade of the contraband item. An investigation has been launched to unearth more details and find out if there is […]

Balasore: Officials of Excise Department arrested two persons in Balasore district on Wednesday night on charges of selling spurious liquor. Acting on a tip off, a team of the Excise department led by Excise Inspector, Jagdish Chandra Samal conducted a raid in Simulia area of the district and arrested Suresh Kumar Mohanty and Ajit Mohanty. […]

Balasore: A 12-year-old boy of Odisha has been invited to attend a tea party to be hosted by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi for inventing solar-run farming equipment which will be effective in reducing labour burden and save time in farm works. Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Madhupara hamlet in Basta […]

Balasore: It seems Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s promise for land pattas to all urban slum dwellers in the State under the Odisha Government’s Jaga Mission is more hype than benefits. And allegations leveled by thousands of slum dwellers in Balasore district who are still deprived of land rights make it more obvious. On 15 November, […]

Balasore:  At the age of 80, she is least worried about her limited physical abilities perhaps difficult times have taught her how to remain tough and fight against all odds. Rambhamani Nayak, who sells newspaper in Alipur area of Soro block under the district is the sole bread earner of a family and there can’t […]

Balasore: After spending around Rs 34 lakh, a man in Balasore district is running from pillar to post to arrange funds for the treatment of his five-year-old daughter who is suffering from multiple ailments. Prakash Patra of Padampur village in Sadar block has turned to begging outside Jhadeswar temple in the district after failing to […]

An elderly woman was forced to bury the mortal remains of her son near a forest at Podasul village under Siadimala panchayat in the district on Friday after the villagers didn’t allow her to enter the village crematorium.

Balasore: Property estimated to be worth crores of rupees were gutted after a major fire broke out at Emami Paper Mills Ltd.’s plant in Remuna of Balasore district on Tuesday. According to reports, the fire broke out at around 11.40 AM following which authorities of the mill tried to control the blaze with their own […]

Balasore: A doctor is always a glimmer of hope in the darkness for patients but for people of Soro, Sukanta Kumar Sahoo is much more. A doctor of Soro Govt hospital in Balasore, Sukanta ‘s selfless acts for upliftment of local divyang and underprivileged people especially kids have been winning hearts of people in the […]