Balasore

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Odisha Police arrested wanted drug mafia kingpin Sheikh Raja (29) from Bhubaneswar. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch raided an area in the state capital…

Bhadrak: Efforts are on to trace a fisherman, who went missing after a boat capsized near the sea mouth at Chudamani in Odisha’s Bhadrak district on Friday evening. According to reports, three fishermen Badal Mallik, Jadunath Mallik,…

Balasore: Police have detained five persons for allegedly beating some pilgrims from Bihar at a toll gate at Jaleswar in Balasore district. The incident took place after a bus carrying pilgrims was detained at Laxmananath toll gate on…

Balasore: Headmistress of Mahavir Nodal Upper Primary School Shanti Pratima Mohapatra was place under suspension following a hue and cry over a Class I student being left locked in a school building. The matter came to light on Thursday…

Balasore: The School and Mass Education department on Thursday ordered a probe into the incident of a Class I boy being locked in a nodal school in Balasore district. Following the order, a team led by the Cluster Resource Centre…

Balasore: Police on Tuesday arrested another person in connection with the alleged stripping of a college girl on Talasari beach on August 1. The accused has been identified as Daitari Changei. The police had arrested one accused in…

Bhubaneswar: A special squad of the Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested a brown sugar dealer from Khandagiri here and seized about 250 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 25 lakh from his possession. The arrested dealer used to supply…

Balasore: The three minor boys, who had been missing since Saturday, were traced to Dublagadi in Balasore district. According to sources, some fishermen found the boy and later handed them over to Remuna Police. Siba Narayan Das,…

Balasore: Police seized several jars of acetic acid from a private bus near Basta in Balasore district late on Friday. Police said they raided the Dhamara-bound bus 'Nigam' (OD 01 X 1575) on NH-60 following a tip off and arrested three…

Bhubaneswar: Water levels in all the major rivers of Odisha have gone up following heavy rainfall in the past three days under the influence of a cyclonic circulation formed over the north-west Bay of Bengal. Meanwhile, the threat o flood…