Tag: Nilagiri

Balasore: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) today seized two school vans and a tractor in Nilagiri area of the district on charges of lacking permit and requisite license papers. However, the drivers of the vehicles are absconding. According to sources, the vehicles were seized after the district RTO and Nilagiri police conducted raids at various […]

Balasore: People of Nilagiri in Balasore district are surviving with immense fear as a herd of wild elephants has been frequently straying into human habitations damaging massive crops and property. Moreover, this constant fear has forced the villagers of Kuldiha and Mangad under Baunsabania panchayat to spend the whole night on treetop houses to guard […]

Nilagiri: Panic gripped Khairabani village in Nilagiri of Balasore district as a bear strayed into human habitation today. The bear had entered the village from a nearby forest last night and was stuck unable to find its way back to the forest, sources said. However, the bear was caught later by Forest personnel after a […]

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 […]

Nilagiri: A team of forest officials were today attacked by a group of armed poachers for trying to stop the latter from hunting at the Kuldiha sanctuary. Following a tip-off on movement of poachers in the sanctuary, five personnel reached the spot. However, the miscreants, almost 80 in numbers, hiding in the woods, suddenly appeared […]

Balasore: After appealing on social media, a minor girl of Nilagiri area in Balasore   district who has eloped with her lover has knocked the doors of police and sought protection alleging threat to her life. The girl, who is a minor, met Balasore SP, B Jugal Kishore this morning at his office and urged him […]

Balasore: Three forest guards were brutally beaten up after locals caught them attempting to rape a woman at Tenda village of Nilagiri in Balasore on Friday night. According to reports, four forest officials allegedly attempted to rape the woman, who was sleeping along with her minor daughter on a scaffolding to watch and protect her […]

Balasore: Odisha police on Monday arrested the accused in the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Nilagiri of Balasore district. Addressing a press conference, Balasore SP, B Jugal Kishore stated that the accused Nityachandan Jena was arrested from Bandha Chhak in Bhadrak this evening. Jena absconded after allegedly raping the 4-year-old minor girl by luring […]

Balasore: At a time when the entire nation is yet to recover from the horror of the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asifa in Kathua, another incident of rape of a 4-year-old in Odisha’s Nilagiri has now sent shock waves. The minor girl was allegedly raped and subjected to torture by a 24-year-old youth who […]

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: A four-year-old boy is now battling for life at a hospital in Nilagiri in Balasore after he was rescued in a critical condition from his house late on Saturday. It is suspected that it could be a case of alleged human sacrifice as a black cloth was wrapped around the minor boy’s neck with […]

Nilagiri: Unidentified miscreants broke open two shops, including a jewelry outlet, and looted valuables and ornaments in Sajanagarh Bazar in Nilagiri Thursday night. As per sources, the incident is said to have been recorded in the CCTV camera of the ATM adjacent to the two shops – Biswakarma Jewelry and Sriram Variety store. However, the […]

Balasore: A youth was tied and thrashed black and blue, allegedly for offensive behaviour towards a family in Dahi Sahi village under Nilagiri block of Balasore district on Tuesday. As per the allegations, the youth, Kapunu Singh, forcibly entered a house in the village and behaved in an indecent manner. Later, Singh was tied using […]

Balasore: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted money from an Indicash ATM at Santaragadia market in Nilagiri area of Balasore district last night. Besides, they decamped with Rs 20,000 and various other items from a grocery and a betel shop in the area. Shop owners who are in a state of panic after the incident, alleged that […]

Balasore: A herd of 90 elephants from neighbouring Jharkhand today sneaked into Nilagiri area of Balasore creating panic among tribal populace of the area by destroying acres of paddy crops. Locals spent sleepless night yesterday fearing that the animals could destroy their huts. The jumbos of various sizes entered Gopalpur village from Dalaki forest under […]