Tag: Rally

Youth Congress launched ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ rally outside Ramlila Maidan in Delhi in protest against price rise, GST and unemployment.

The rally was in no way inferior to any political victory rally. 

Bhubaneswar: Members of the Indian Youth Congress today organised a rally in Bhubaneswar alleging central government’s failure to resolve farmers’ issues and provide employment to youths. A bike rally was also carried out by the Youth Congress members under “Yuva Adhikaar Samavesh” during which a scuffle broke out between the Police and members of the […]

Bhubaneswar: As expected, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is eyeing to turn the tides ahead of the upcoming Bijepur bypolls by projecting the recent ‘Ideal Chief Minister’ award won by party supremo Naveen Patnaik at MIT World Peace University as a great achievement. The CM was conferred with the award in Pune yesterday. The […]

Athgarh: A family was allegedly beaten up and later ostracised by villagers at Kumarpur under Gurudijhatia police station here in Cuttack district for not taking part in a rally held in Bhubaneswar recently to protest elimination of subsidy on cooking gas. According to an FIR filed by Babaji Padhan, a local BJD leader Ranjan Acharya […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of a mega farmers’ convention to be held in the State Capital today, hundreds of members of Navnirman Krushak Sanghathan have been detained by police at various places of the State today and prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC was clamped at the Hitech square here, which is the venue of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress and BJP today created heavy noise soon after the question hour began in the Assembly over the CM’s rally in Sundergarh yesterday where, they alleged, police showed disregard to women participants by forcing them to take off black colour stawls and shawls. The members of the Opposition bench also demanded an […]

Pipili: Even as the prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC was clamped in Pipili market area, tension gripped the urban local body after a man hurled eggs at the meeting of BJP activists near the toll plaza here. The saffron activists blocked national high way near the toll gate soon after the incident. However, […]

Bhubaneswar: The panchayati Raj department is organising a mega women rally at the Exhibition Ground here today. Around 20000 women from across the State are scheduled to attend the big event. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will address the gathering about their empowerment. The panchayati Raj department earlier written to all Road Transport officers to make […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in western region of the State on Friday hit streets alleging the Odisha government’s anti-farmer policy. While hundreds of peasants of Sadar Block in Kalahandi district demanded the State government must announce their region drought-hit, farmers in Bargarh district have sought payment of pending crop insurance and bonus for paddy crop. Farmers in […]

Sambalpur: Thousands of agitating farmers on Thursday locked up Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC)’s office here demanding input subsidy and Rs 100 per quintal bonus for the paddy cultivators. Staging a sit-in in front of the office of RDC, farmers of the region held the official responsible for non-implementation of the policies of the State government […]

Koraput: Demanding a CBI probe into the links of senior Congress leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradip Majhi and his family with the Seashore Group, a chit fund company and their arrest, the ruling BJD today staged demonstrations in several areas in the undivided Koraput district. While Commerce and Transport minister and Jharigan MLA Ramesh […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of farmers from across Odisha will stage a demonstration under the banner of Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) at Lower PMG Square here on Wednesday demanding fulfillment of their various demands.

Malda (West Bengal): The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers of vandalising posters and decorative gates ahead of party chief Amit Shah’s rally here. “Gates, welcome arches, posters, cut-outs, festoons have been vandalised ahead of our national president’s rally. Gates have set on […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania to bolster support for state Representative Rick Saccone who will contest in Tuesday’s special congressional election to secure a House seat, the media reported. “This guy should win easily… I hate to put pressure on you, Rick,” Trump said on Saturday night at the rally […]