Tag: Soro

Balasore: After heated altercation over payment in coins, three youths were beaten up and forced down on knees for hours allegedly by some staff of Uttareswar Petrol Pump in Soro block of Balasore district. Th three youths in two motorbikes were travelling to Balasore from Markona area when they picked up a quarrel with the […]

Balasore: Armed miscreants looted silver and gold ornaments from a businessman at gunpoint near Bhogapur in Soro area of Balasore district late on Saturday night. The victim identified as Mahesh Prasad, a native of Miripur in Balsore, runs a jewellery shop in Soro. According to sources, three armed miscreants intercepted Mahesh while he was returning […]

Balasore: In a bizarre incident, a minor boy was detained and beaten black and blue by locals of Soro on suspicion of being a thief. The incident reportedly took place near Uttareswar market on Monday. A few days back, the villagers of Singakhunta had lodged a complaint with police regarding theft of money and cycle […]

Balasore: A labourer lost his life after falling into a machine engaged in road construction work in Nuahata area under Soro police limits of Balasore. The deceased has been identified as Sashikanta Sahoo, a resident of Balikatirana village of the district, who was engaged in the work under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) As […]

Sonepur/Balsore: One person was killed while 11 others sustained injuries in separate road mishaps in Sonepur and Balasore districts today. In Sonepur, one person was killed while another person sustained critical  injuries after the two-wheeler they were riding collided with a car on the bridge over Anga river near Binika. The deceased has been identified […]

Balasore: A youth allegedly killed his father at Tentei Behera Sahi in the district over family feud on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Jayakrushna Mallick. As per reports, there was a heated altercation between Jayakrushna and his son Sarat after he returned home in an inebriated condition last night.  Sarat attacked his father […]

Balasore: Despite passage of the Triple Talaq bill in the Parliament, several such cases continue to surface from different parts of Odisha. In one such case, a man allegedly divorced his wife by pronouncing talaq thrice in Pathan Mohalla area of Soro in Balasore district. The victim has alleged that since her marriage three years […]

Balasore: After meeting each other on Facebook, a young couple in Balasore fell in love, but they were completely unaware of the consequences. In Soro area of the district, the youth from Babupatna area was forced by locals to marry his Facebook friend, whom he had come to meet last night. As per reports, after […]

Balasore: The working of Balasore Police has now come under scanner after it registered a case against an undertrial prisoner. According to reports, Khaira Police had arrested one Ranjit Nayak of Chintamanipada village in Balasore district in connection with a case on January 19, 2019. After staying in jail for nearly seven months, Nayak was […]

Balasore: Police today claimed to have arrested five persons in connection with a gold loot incident that took place on November 5 in Soro of Balasore district. Police also seized 400 gram gold, two bikes, 10 mobile phones and sharp weapons from their possession. All the accused have been produced before a local court, police […]

Balasore: A brawl took place between a gang of dacoits and local residents at Pitapalia square on NH 16 near Soro in Balasore district on Sunday. Four persons of Pitapalia sustained critical injuries in the scuffle. They have been admitted to Soro Community Health Centre. The injured have been identified as Sudam Charan Bauli, Ajay […]

Soro: A group of miscreants allegedly broke open two ATMs here in Balasore district on late Wednesday night and looted lakhs of rupees from the dispensers. One ATM is of Axix Bank while another was of a private finance company at Bagudi Bazar in Soro. The miscreants used gas cutters to break open the machines […]

Balasore: Three unidentified miscreants attacked a youth inside an ATM counter and looted Rs 35,000 from him in Soro area of Balasore district on Sunday. The victim, Ajay Barik of Saud area in the district, lodged a complaint in this regard at Soro police station following which an investigation has been launched. According to the […]

Balasore: A man from the district has allegedly been held captive by some miscreants at gun-point in Kolkata for ransom. The miscreants allegedly have demanded Rs 8 lakh ransom from the family members of the victim, identified as Tapas Mohanty of Keshapur under Soro Police station in the district. Sukanti Mohanty, wife of the victim […]

Balasore: Over 20 passengers sustained injuries, some of them critically after a bus they were travelling in overturned on NH-16 near Soro in the district on Sunday. The bus -Chakadola- carrying around 40 passengers including children was coming to Balasore from Bhubaneswar. The speeding vehicle lost control over the wheels and skidded off the road […]