Tag: Students Union Election

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Unrest continued on campuses of different colleges across the Odisha today after the final list of candidates for ensuing students’ union election was declared. Following rejection of nomination papers of some candidates, unrest surfaced at Deba Ray College in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, some unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at the Deba Ray College campus […]

Bhubaneswar: Students unrest once again gripped the Utkal University here a few hours after the university reopened today after more than 20 days of sine die. Demanding election to the students’ union, the activists gheraoed the office of the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik. They also gheraoed Patnaik while he was coming out of his […]

Bhubaneswar: Barring sporadic instances of minor disturbances, student elections at colleges and universities across Odisha ended peacefully. Soon after results were announced, rapturous scenes engulfed campuses with winning candidates and their supporters dancing to drum beats and distributing sweets. Some were also seen taking out rallies to celebrate their win. “I would thank everyone who […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the students’ union elections in Odisha, violence erupted in many colleges across the State with BJB College here announcing sine die while Brahmagiri college witnessed unruly scenes after bombs were hurled on campus. Tension erupted in BJB College here after the college authorities declared sine die and cancelled students’ union election. Staging […]

Bhubaneswar: As most colleges and varsities of the state get set for the much-awaited Students’ union elections, some other campuses remain under the clouds over incidences of poll related violence. However, irrespective of disturbances, the process of nominations for elections will kick off tomorrow. While some colleges have already declared polls cancelled over tension, many […]

Puri/Balasore: Tension prevailed in Alarnath Vocational College at Brahmagiri after two groups of students clashed during election campaigning here on Monday. According to sources, two students of one group got critically injured in the fight after the rival group stabbed them with sharp weapons. Both of them are undergoing treatment at a hospital and their […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at Rajdhani college after an aspirant candidate in the upcoming students’ union election was injured in a pre-poll violence here on Saturday. According to reports, Biswajit Swain, a +3 second year student was allegedly attacked by a group of non-students. In his complaint lodged at Khandagiri police station, Swain has claimed that few […]

Bhubaneswar:  Campus activities in several colleges are all set to get heated up as the Higher Education Department on Friday announced the schedule for the students’ union elections across the State. As per the notification, election to students’ union in several colleges and universities will be held on September 23 while the process is likely […]

Bhubaneswar: The PG council of Utkal University on Wednesday decided to conduct students’ union election in the university this year. Informing this to media, PG council chairman Ranjan Bal, said, “We have formally issued a notice to hold the students’ union election on September 28. Besides, we have also decided to cancel the elections in […]

Twenty seven and counting. That is the number of colleges where elections have been cancelled after a wave of violence swept campuses across the state in the past few days. Add to this list five universities – Utkal, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Ravenshaw and North Odisha – and you get an idea of the extent of the […]

Berhampur: Immediately after cancelling the students’ union election for the ongoing academic year, the authorities of Berhampur University closed the varsity sine die today and ordered the hostel boarders to vacate with immediate effect. As per sources, the boarders of both boys’ and girls’ hostels have been asked to vacate before 10 AM today. The […]