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BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has submitted a revised project of Rs 441 crore to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to tackle soil erosion along the coast and strengthen cyclone mitigation measures.

BALASORE: Even as the district veterinary officials have culled nearly 4,000 chicks here, that were illegaly transported from West Bengal, locals are hardly scared of the possible outbreak of bird flu.

BALASORE: After successfully test-firing nuke-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from underwater, defence scientists are now planning a test from land next month.

Sources at Chandipur defence base Wednesday said for the first time the missile will be test-fired from a land-based launcher in the Integrated Test Range ( ), next month.

Children being trained by a PECUC member at a children rights club in Bhogarai area of Balasore district. Hemant Kumar Rout I ENSFirst Published : 13 Oct 2008 09:21:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 13 Oct 2008 11:13:32 AM IST

Choppy sea today nearly swallowed many villages while heavy rains battered the coastal belt amidst squally wind conditions as the deep depression over Bay of Bengal made its landfall near Chandbali on

BALASORE: North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) has urged Ratan Tata to set up the ancillary complex of its Tata Nano-Auto at Balasore.

The request came days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rolled out red carpet for the Nano project in the State.

BALASORE: Panic gripped Balasore after news of wide cracks in ward no. 1 of the town spread like wild fire on Wednesday.

Thousands of people rushed to the spot to have a glimpse of numerous fissures that were visible in an area of over a km with a width of two to three feet. People residing in the area were alerted after these fissures led to rumours of an imminent earthquake.

Sources said, due to the wide cracks in the land, house of one Baidyanath Sethi has been completely damaged while three houses of Baidhar Majhi, Raju Behera and Nabin Majhi have developed cracks.

It's not the NH-60 for which people residing in northern region of Balasore have to face flood fury time and again, but the bridges on the NH, which have proved more a bane than a boon for people.