
Balasore (Odisha): For the third time in five days, India test-fired two indigenously developed surface-to-air anti-aircraft 'Akash' missiles from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. The double test-fire came after trials of the missile, with a range of 25 km and capable of carrying a warhead of 60 kg to neutralise aerial targets, on May 24 and 26. "The flight trial of two Akash missiles were...

12:33 PM, May 28, 2012

Kolkata: An upgraded version of the 155mm Bofors gun, the Indian Army's most potent artillery weapon, will be ready for field trials in January 2013, a top official of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) said on Tuesday. "We are working on this upgraded version. This has been tried out in PXE (Proof and Experimental Establishment), Balasore," OFB chairperson Sashi Dhar Dimri said on the sidelines of its 210th anniversary here....

01:30 PM, Mar 20, 2012

New Delhi: Six persons were killed and 20 others injured as a tourist bus from Uttar Pradesh met with an accident in Balasore District of Odisha. Sources said that the accident happened due to fog. "Balasore accident due to heavy fog and it's a tourist bus from Uttar Pradesh," they said. ...

07:40 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to conduct trial of new indigenously developed quick reaction, short-range Prahaar missile on Thursday from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea. "Ground preparation for the test-flight of a short range ballistic missile is complete and it would be taken up tomorrow any time between 9 am to 5 pm depending on weather condition," a DRDO official said in Balasore....

06:59 PM, Jul 20, 2011

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02:58 PM, Jan 07, 2011

Bhubaneswar: India on Thursday test fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a military base in Orissa, defence sources said. The missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in Balasore, about 230 km from here, the sources said. India and Russia are jointly designing the BrahMos missile, which is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 200-300 kg and has a range of 290 km. The missile...

11:23 AM, Dec 02, 2010

Balasore (Orissa): India's indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile failed to take off during a user trial from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast on Friday apparently due to a technical problem, defence sources said. Though the ITR authorities were not immediately available for comment, defence sources said the sophisticated missile could not take off during the planned trial from the launch complex-III of the...

12:05 PM, Sep 24, 2010

The incident reportedly took place in a busy market place of village Soro. ...

10:36 AM, Oct 17, 2009

Landmine found in Lanji sub-district, about 450 km from Bhopal. ...

09:55 AM, Apr 23, 2009

M A Kharabela Swain is sending personally signed postcards to voters. ...

03:35 PM, Mar 19, 2009

The research assistant now has a severed arm and a fractured leg. ...

03:00 PM, Dec 03, 2008

A depression in the Bay of Bengal has led to floods in Orissa. ...

01:09 PM, Jun 18, 2008

New Delhi: Foxed, deceived and bamboozled. That's what happened to the West Indies batsmen when they faced the Indian spin duo of Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin on Saturday, the final day of the third Test. Though Ashwin tricked the Caribbean batsmen with his guile, it was Ojha who enticed them with his tossed-up deliveries which resulted in false strokes and wickets on a platter. The 25-year-old spinner yet again...

03:00 AM, Mar 25, 2008

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming on Friday said that it won't be a cakewalk for his side to defend their Champions League Twenty20 title as they have been placed in a tough group in this edition of the tournament. Title holders CSK have been clubbed alongside fellow IPL side Mumbai Indians, 2009 champions New South Wales, South Africa's Cape Cobras and Trinidad and Tobago from the West Indies...

01:13 PM, Mar 03, 2008

Maunabati was chained to a pillar as her parents couldn't afford her treatment. ...

08:27 AM, Nov 12, 2007