Tag: Cease Work

Koraput: Labour unrest continues to mar the operations of Bilt paper mill in Jeypore of Koraput district as workers of the factory are on a hunger strike since last five days. According to sources, employees of the Bilt paper mill situated at Gaganpur have resorted to cease work stir protesting harassment including pay cuts and […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of clerks under the banner of Odisha Rajaswa Amala Sangha (ORAS) staged a mass demonstration in the Capital city on Friday protesting the Naveen Patnaik-led government’s apathy towards their longstanding 4-point charter of demands. The clerical staff of Odisha Revenue department gathered at the Lower PMG square here demanding fulfilment of various demands […]

Balasore: Intensifying their demand for setting up of a permanent Orissa High Court (HC) bench in North Odisha, members of Balasore Bar Association resorted to a cease-work agitation disrupting functioning of court works here on Saturday. The Bar Association has decided to continue their agitation till Monday. The association is also demanding for filling up […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Odisha unit joined the 12-hour cease-work stir by the IMA and observed Black Day here today protesting the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill seeking to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a new body. Wearing black badges and holding banners, over 100 medical students took out a […]

Bhubaneswar: The cease-work agitation by contractual staff nurses appointed under the National Health Mission (NHM) entered eighth day today affecting health care services in several government-run hospitals. On Sunday, the Odisha Nursing Employees Association expressed its solidarity to the strike staged by thousands of contractual nurses in demand of job regularization and hike in salary. […]

Bhubaneswar: Distressed over the unending protest of the nurses at the capital city, National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit today gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the agitating nurses to resume their duties. The nurses today refused to call off their stir even after their union secretary urged them to postpone it for two months. […]

Bhubaneswar: Lodging a stiff protest against suspension of five doctors for dereliction of duty, the Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) today demanded immediate revocation of the suspension order threatening that it would resort to cease-work strike from December 13. The medicos association informed that doctors in Jagatsinghpur district will wear black badges on duty as […]

Cuttack: High court lawyers have staged cease-work demanding recruitment of judges for the posts lying vacant in the High Court here on Friday. According to reports, they ceased their work from lunch session on Thursday and have not joined back work yet. As per the allegation of the protesting lawyers, the number of judges in […]

Bhubaneswar: Clerical staff of Odisha Revenue department put their agitation on hold today following government assurance to look into their demands. The clerks have been protesting under the banner of Odisha Rajashwa Amala Sangha (ORAS) since August 11 demanding fulfilment of nine-point charter of demands which includes pay hike and abolition of contractual recruitment. Moreover, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sikshya Sahayak Association (OSSA) today began indefinite hunger strike at the lower PMG protesting government’s decision to recruit teachers on ad hoc basis and delay in appointment of more than 14 thousand teachers on regular basis. Alleging gross negligence in appointment in as many as 14,087 Sikshya Sahayak posts, OSSA has demanded […]

Bhubaneswar: The members of the Odisha Rajaswa Amala Sangha (ORAS), who were protesting by wearing black badges since last two days over their 4-point charter of demands, will cease work from today. Earlier on Wednesday and Thursday the clerical staff of the revenue department showed up at work wearing black badges. When the demands were […]

Bhubaneswar: The standoff between Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) Director and students of the medical institute today came to an end after a meeting between the State health minister Pratap Jena, hospital administration and representatives of junior doctors association (JDA). Speaking to media persons after the meeting Jena said, “We […]

Sambalpur: After four days of logjam owing to the indefinite cease-work stir by students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) put stir on hold after a general body meeting today. The move came after the doctors’ body held a telephonic conversation with Health Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: In support of the call of the Bar Council of India, the Odisha State Bar Council today observed a state wide cease work stir protesting against the proposed Advocates’ (Amendment) Bill-2017 by the Law Commission of India (LCI). As part of the protest, lawyers across the state refrained from court works and burnt the […]

Bhubaneswar: Bus service from Puri to the twin cities and other places of the state came to a grinding halt today as private bus staffs of Puri staged a cease-work stir causing hardship to large number of daily commuters. The Nilagiri Motor Employees Association resorted to the strike protesting torture on a Puri bus staff […]