Tag: Clash

The clashes erupted on Sunday afternoon following an argument between the two groups.

Nayagarh: A clash broke out between the supporters of BJD Khandapada MLA Anubhav Patnaik and BJD MP Soumya Ranjan Patnaik during Jana Sampark Padayatra in Banamalipur Panchayat of Nayagarh yesterday. As per reports, the brawl started after Soumya Ranjan’s supporters allegedly raised slogans against the Khandapada MLA using banners and posters which was vehemently opposed […]

Puri: A police van was set afire by locals after clash with cops at Charichhak bazaar near Nimapara in the district today following which prohibitory order under section 144 of Cr PC has been clamped. The market area at Charichhak has turned into a virtual battle ground in the morning when the locals pelted stone […]

Athagarh: Local MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain faced protest from a group of locals at Sasanka village under Chhuagaan panchayat in his own constituency during BJD’s ongoing Jan Sampark Padayatra today. The villagers prevented the MLA from entering their area following which the supporters of Swain clashed with them. A woman was injured in the fight. […]

Balasore: The district administration on Friday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC between Bhujakhia square to IOCL after violence witnessed in the district during Durga idol immersion. According to sources, police has detained six persons for their alleged involvement in the violence. While two cases have been filed with Chandipur police station, three cases […]

Sambalpur: Opponents and supporters of a separate Koshal State clashed violently here on Friday after the latter detained the Sambalpur-Puri Intercity Express during the 12-hour bandh called in the western Odisha. The incident occurred when protesters squatted on the rail tracks and didn’t allow the Sambalpur-Puri Intercity Express to leave the station early in the […]

Angul: A day after many BJP activists were soundly thrashed by BJD workers while showing black flags to Food Supply minister Sanjay Dasburma and Housing and Urban Development minister Pushpendra Singhdeo at Manamunda in Boudh district yesterday, Angul Superintendent of Police (SP) Kabita Jalan was injured during a clash between the workers of the two […]

Bhadrak: The simmering intra-party tensions in the Congress boiled over in the form of a group clash during a party meeting at Bhadrak this morning. According to reports, a constituency-wise panchayat members’ meeting in the presence of PCC president Prasad Harichadan and AICC secretary and Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasad was underway at the Town Hall […]

Niali: Police today clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 in and around a mosque at Madhab village of Niali block in Odisha’s Cuttack district following a clash between two sects of Muslims. Police rushed to the village after the tension between the Deo and Baroli Muslim sects simmering since a clash between them on April […]

Nayagarh: Tension ran high at Godipada area here after irate locals on Saturday ransacked a police van and hurled stones at the Godipada police outpost demanding arrest of the murderer of Ranka Nidhi Mohapatra whose body was found under a bridge on February 16. Police used tear gas and fire rubber bullets to disperse the […]

Sabarimala/Nilackal (Kerala): Protesters opposed to the entry of women in the 10-50 age group to the Sabarimala temple clashed with police and heckled women journalists as the pilgrimage season opened on Wednesday, with no woman in that group making it to the hill shrine despite police assurances. Shortly before the famed temple opened at 5 […]

Srinagar: Clashes erupted between stone pelting youths and the security forces in some parts of the Kashmir Valley immediately after the Eid prayers ended on Wednesday, police said. The security forces used tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters in Srinagar’s Eidgah area. Similar protests occurred in Anantnag, Sopore and Kupwara towns. The police said […]

Srinagar: A young man was killed on Saturday in clashes with security forces post Eid prayers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town, police said. Police sources said Sheraz Ahmad of Barakpora village, who was injured in the street battles in Janglamandi area, succumbed to his critical injuries in a Srinagar hospital. Reports said over a […]

Patna: At least half a dozen persons were injured in a violent clash between RJD and BJP workers in the Bihar capital on Wednesday, a day after IT raids in connection with alleged “benami” property deals involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family. “RJD and BJP workers clashed violently by attacking each other with […]

Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Wednesday due to the separatist called protest shutdown against the killing of three civilians in clashes with security forces. Authorities here and in all other district headquarters made sufficient deployment of police and paramilitary forces to maintain law and order. “Adequate deployments of security forces […]