Balasore

Maneka Gandhi saddened by the recent Odisha incidents

Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said she was saddened by two incidents in Odisha where a man carried his wife's body on his shoulders and two policemen used a bamboo pole to carry a corpse due to alleged lack of ambulances and stressed the need for making ambulances available in all the districts

Odisha horror once again: Now woman's dead body broken in parts and carried on a bamboo pole

Coming hot-on-the-heels of the Kalahandi incident, the Odisha administration was left red-faced again after news emerged of a broken dead body of an 80-year-old woman being slung to pole and carried back to Balasore

Odisha wakes up after tribal man walks 10 km with wife's body, starts Mahaprayan scheme

After a tribal man's 10-km walk with his wife's body on his shoulder drew widespread flak, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched "Mahaprayan" scheme to help the bereaved transport the bodies of their kin from hospitals to their residences .

Day after IB alert of possible terror attacks, ISI agent arrested in Odisha

. A day after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) sounded an alert about a possible terror strike in four states, including Odisha, by Pakistan based jihadi groups, a cameraperson employed with the Interim Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur in Balasore district has been arrested on charges of passing on sensitive information about missile tests to Pakistani spy agency ISI.

India successfully test fires N-capable cruise missile Nirbhay

India's indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which can strike targets more than 700 kms away, was today test-fired from a test range at Chandipur near Balasore.

Heavy rains pound Odisha, 12 districts on alert

Train services were affected in Koraput-Rayagada section of East Coast Railway since yesterday due to incessant heavy rains leaving many passengers stranded for hours.

Odisha floods: How the state govt has failed after Phailin

Even two full days after the rains stopped, a population of nearly 68, 000 spread over 647 villages in Balasore still remain marooned.

One lifeboat and a mobile: How 18 sailors survived Phailin's fury

All rescue efforts failed to trace the 18 men who were squeezed into one lifeboat.

Heavy rain triggers floods in Odisha, thousands evacuated

Heavy rain brought by cyclone Phailin on Sunday triggered floods in Odisha, forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of people after rain water entered their homes, officials said on Monday.

Odisha: Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile test fired

India on Monday test-fired its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha, a senior defence official said.