Tag: Soro

Balasore: Odisha excise sleuths Saturday seized huge amount of country-made liquor near Matiapalli under Soro block of the district and arrested seven persons involved in transporting the liquor. The sleuths informed that the illegal liquor business had been on a rise on National Highway-16 in the area. However, acting on a tip-off, the officials conducted […]

Balasore: In yet another instance of sheer disrespect to the dead, which in many ways also reflects the failure of government schemes in Odisha, body of an ‘unidentified’ elderly person was carried on a garbage trolley from Soro hospital to the burial ground today. According to reports, the elderly man had died while undergoing treatment […]

Normal life was affected at various places in Soro today after the district unit of BJP observed a 12-hour bandh demanding sub-division status for the Soro-Simulia block.The bandh was observed from morning 6 am to 6 pm.

Balasore: Normal life has been affected at various places in Soro and Bahanaga blocks of Balasore district today due to a 12-hour dawn to dusk bandh being observed by BJP demanding sub-division status to Soro. Besides, Government and private offices, shops and other business establishments and educational institutions have remained closed due to the bandh. […]

  Balasore: Balasore Sadar police today arrested 6 highway robbers and seized 2 four-wheelers, 2 two-wheelers, 5 mobile phones and sharp weapons from their possession. While two persons were arrested in connection with a robbery executed on May 12 near National Highway 60, others were arrested in two different incidents near Soro. According to sources, […]

  Balasore: A seven-year-old girl has been allegedly raped under Soro police limits in Balasore district. The incident occurred when the minor girl had gone to attend a marriage function in the village, police said on Sunday. The accused Manindra Mallick from Purushotampur village allegedly abducted the minor girl and raped her near a lift […]

Balasore: Tension prevailed in Soro after members of a marriage party allegedly misbehaved and attacked some women passengers travelling in a bus on Friday night. Trouble erupted after three members from the groom’s side allegedly refused to give way to a bus during the marriage procession. There was a heated argument between passengers of the […]

Balasore: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth after she rejected his love advances in Soro of Balasore district. The incident came to the fore after the parents of the survivor filed a complaint at Soro police station on Saturday. According to reports, the youth identified as Anup Behera of Simulia area in […]

Balasore: In another case of gender disparity, a man dumped his one-year-old daughter under a tree at Mendhagadia village under Soro block in Balasore block on Saturday evening. The man identified as Kailash Chandra Sahoo of Itua village was married to daughter of one Mayadhar Dey of Mendhagadia village. Kailash was staying with his in-laws […]

Soro: Even though the State government is spending crores of rupees for setting up water tanks at several places, people are still facing problems due to water crisis in Soro block of Balasore district. Several water supply projects have become defunct after a few days of its inauguration at a few places while some projects […]

Balasore: Unidentified miscreants have reportedly set an ATM of Bank of India on fire at Uttereswar market in Soro last night. As per sources, a police patrol team saw the ATM on fire and called the fire brigade unit, which doused the flames within minutes. Meanwhile, Inspector-in-Charge of Soro police station has initiated a probe. […]

Balasore: Police today rescued 12 minor migrant labourers from Soro railway station in Balasore district while they were being transported to Hyderabad on Monday. As per sources, all the minors belong to Thakuramunda area of Mayurbhanj district. Police said they were all waiting to board a train at the Soro station in which they were […]

Puri/Balasore: A major fire broke out at a multi-storeyed star hotel on VIP road in Puri late Monday night. However, no casualties were reported in the incident. Getting information, fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. Though the exact cause of fire is still unclear, it is suspected that the mishap occurred […]

Balasore: Tension erupted in Digibhanra village under Gopinathpur panchayat in Soro block of Balasore district after locals detained a police vehicle which had arrived to arrest two persons accused of looting ornaments from a woman here on Thursday. As per sources, two bike-borne miscreants intercepted one Rangabati Mallick in the village when she was on […]

Soro: A man was arrested on Monday for tying a mentally challenged minor girl with a rope and beating her up in Sajanpur village under Soro block of the district. The arrested person, identified as Bipin Sahoo along with some others tortured the minor girl, Rachana Lenka, for allegedly stealing firewood from the house of […]