The Latest Breaking News from Balasore

At least 207 killed, over 900 injured in train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district

This breaking news article by The Hindu reports on the Coromandel Express derailment in the Balasore district after a head-on collision with a goods train on June 2, 2023.

The Hindu · Jun 2, 2023

FM University launches Sachetanata Ratha to sensitize people on lightning

BHUBANESWAR: Fakir Mohan University Balasore has launched district level lightning monitoring and awareness programme by reaching almost every household in the district of Balasore with an aim to make the fatalities due to lightning zero.

The Times of India · Mar 26, 2023

DRDO official arrested for passing information to Pak spy sent to 4-day police remand

The DRDO officer arrested over allegations of sharing secret defence information with a Pakistani woman spy has been remanded to police custody for four days on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 26, 2023

Fingers crossed in Odisha in wake of heavy rain predicted by IMD

IMD has predicted heavy rain for four districts of the State - Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore and Keonjhar

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2022

Odisha: After exchange of marriage vows, wife turns out to be a man

BALASORE: When Alok Kumar Mistri met his lady love on social media, little did he know that he would end up marrying a man and not even realise about it, long after exchanging the sacred vows and completing the seven pheras.

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

Odisha: Church in Bhadrak sealed after reports of religious conversions

BALASORE: Authorities in Bhadrak sealed the gates of a church located following complaints of religious conversions since May 17.

The Times of India · May 25, 2022

Missile Test: Indian Navy successfully test fires Anti-ship Version

Indian Navy with DRDO successfully undertook maiden firing of the first indigenously developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile from Seaking 42B helicopter on Wednesday at Interested Test Range (ITR), Balasore, Odisha. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 18, 2022

Odisha: One missing, 11 rescued after boat capsizes in Chilika Lake

A boat carrying 12 persons, including nine tourists from Balasore, two small shopkeepers and a boatman, sank in Chilika lake in the Khurda district in Odisha due to heavy westerly winds, said District Magistrate Sangramjeet Mohapatra. More on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 6, 2022

Human rights commission calls for report on Odisha journalist who was chained to bed

The Odisha Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a case where an Odisha journalist was chained in handcuffs to a bed in a hospital in Balasore, after allegedly being assaulted by the police, the Indian Express reported.

Newslaundry · Apr 9, 2022

Editors Guild urges MHA to act after journalists stripped in MP, chained in Odisha

The Editors Guild of India has expressed shock over the manner in which police arrested, stripped, and humiliated a local journalist in Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, and chained another journalist in Balasore, Odisha.

Newslaundry · Apr 8, 2022