Balasore: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Friday broke open the office of the Saradha Group in Balasore and seized certain documents relating to alleged duping of gullible investors in the district. The officials of the EOW with the help of the local police and in presence of a magistrate broke open the doors of Saradha Group's main office at Fakir Mohan Gole, the busy market place in this district headquarters town.
Refusing to divulge on the materials seized from the Saradha Group's office, an official of the EOW said that they have got certain materials confirming cheating of the people. The official, however, said that the EOW would cross check the documents with the statements given by the investors.
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03:02 AM, May 04, 2013
On the eve of a Balasore court taking up bail petition of former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife for consideration, their daughter-in-law on Monday demanded the arrest of the two other accused in the dowry torture case slapped by her. Mohanty and his wife Pritilata, arrested from Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday and produced in the court at Balasore, were sent to jail till Tuesday....
02:45 AM, Apr 02, 2013
A woman died after being raped and burnt by a man in Odisha's Balasore district November, 2012, her mother alleged on Sunday. The daily wage earner, a resident of Soro, 170 km from Bhubaneswar, said her 20-year-old daughter had gone to the house of a family friend at Teliaganj, a nearby village on an invitation on November 4. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 20, 2013
Balasore: A former Odisha minister was taken into preventive custody on Thursday for threatening self immolation on the demand for establishment of a government medical college, police sources said. According to sources, the former minister, Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra, had threatened self immolation before the Balasore district collector's office. Mahapatra was a minister of state for forest and environment and later labour & employment between 1985 and 1990 during Congress rule....
05:22 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Balasore: India on Wednesday test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km from a test range off Odisha coast. It was test launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch complex-4 of ITR at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, at about 1145 hours, defence sources said. A high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and high speed reliable communication...
01:23 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police on Tuesday said it was taking "appropriate steps" to counter any possible terror attack after receiving intelligence inputs about such attack in the state. "We have been taking precautionary steps in Puri where lakhs of devotees congregate for the annual car festival of Lord Jagannth," Director General of Police (DGP) Manmohan Praharaj told PTI. Praharaj, however, said the state government had no information regarding terrorists plan to...
11:30 PM, Jun 26, 2012
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....
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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
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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
New Delhi: Over the last few days the Indian psyche has turned fretful. It has been biting its nails over Rahul Dravid's retirement and almost chewed its finger off when VVS Laxman followed suit. But, with no disrespect meant towards the two legends, we are barking up the wrong tree. If anything, Indian cricket's men who matter need to train their focus on the team's bowling, not batting. A sense...
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
