Tag: Bandh

Balasore: Normal life has been affected at various places in Soro and Bahanaga blocks of Balasore district today due to a 12-hour dawn to dusk bandh being observed by BJP demanding sub-division status to Soro. Besides, Government and private offices, shops and other business establishments and educational institutions have remained closed due to the bandh. […]

Phulbani: A 24-hour bandh call, given by the KKBN Division of CPI (Maoist) in four districts of the state including Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Boudh and Nayagarh turned out to be a damp squib today with virtually no impact on the ground. The bandh call by the outfit was meant to protest killing of five Maoists in […]

Phulbani: Making their presence felt once again in tribal-dominated Kandhamal district, Maoists today blocked the Baliguda-Kantamala road near Sudra village in  Baliguda area of the district by placing trees on the road. Vehicular movement on the road was abruptly disrupted due to the road blockade. Posters claiming to have been released by the KKBN Division […]

  Nuapada: A 12-hour bandh was observed today in Nuapada’s Boden block demanding 4G services in the area. According to sources, the cellular company that provides services in the Left Wing Extremism-affected district doesn’t have 4G services. Hence, the locals staged a protest today demanding such services at the earliest. Sources informed that normal life […]

Normal life was affected following a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the Angul Janajiban Suraksha Samiti in the district today. The outfit is observing the bandh to press for fulfillment of its four-point charter of demands, including upgradation of the Angul District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) into a super specialty hospital.

Balasore: Protesting the spurt in crime incidents in Balasore town and the lack of security measures by police, the Trade Union Association Committee here is observing a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh from 6 am to 6 pm today. The association members informed that all the shops and other business establishments are closed. Normal life has been […]

Berhampur: The Utkal Chemists and Druggists Association (UCDA) has called for a district wide bandh of all medicine shops in Ganjam  protesting  the closure of three medicine shops on the premises of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur. The association has asked all the chemists in the district to shut down their shops on […]

Jharsuguda: Normal life has been paralysed in Jharsuguda town today due to a 12-hour bandh being observed by locals under aegis of the Hanuman Seva Samiti over relocation of the district headquarters hospital. Shops remained closed and vehicular traffic has been affected during the bandh. On the other hand, the district administration has tightened security […]

Chitrakonda: Congress activists led by former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi are observing a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Chitrakonda today and have staged dharna in front of the office of tehsildar demanding speedy redressal of their grievances related to issuance of caste certificate, land rights to forest dwellers and house plot to homeless tribals. Vehicular traffic in […]

Rayagada: Normal life was affected today in Gudari area here in the district due to a 12-hour bandh called by members of Akhil Bharat Janamancha, Vansadhara Krusaka Sangharsa Samiti and Akhil Bharat Krusaka Mahasabha over a charter of demands. The demands include accordance of district status to Gunupur and construction of a project at Panidangar […]

Bolangir: Normal life has been affected in Bolangir and Sonepur districts today due to a 12-hour bandh called by the Kosal State Coordination Committee demanding a separate Kosal State. Schools, colleges and government offices remain closed due to the bandh. Besides, vehicles have been off the roads in view of the bandh since 6 am today. Pramod […]

Bolangir: The demand for formation of a separate Koshal state grew stronger again with the Koshal State Coordination Committee calling for a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Sonepur and Bolangir  districts tomorrow. To create awareness about the demand at grassroots level, the body has decided to observed the bandh  at parliamentary constituency level in the first phase. […]

Nayagarh: Locals, under the banner of Anchalik Swasthya Sewa Samiti, have called for a bandh in Sarankul of Nayagarh district demanding better healthcare facilities in the area. According to sources, the Samiti is staging dharna since long in front of the Community Health Centre (CHC), Sarankul over their 4-point-charter of demands. They alleged that there […]

Puri: Vehicular traffic between Puri and other parts of the State came to a grinding halt while business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices remained shut today due to 12-hour bandh observed by Puri Bar Association. Up in arms over murder of advocate Laxmidhar Mohapatra, the fellow lawyers also halted several trains at the railway […]

Bhubaneswar: Observing a bandh in five districts of the State today, Maoists killed a villager of Lahidi village located in the border between Kandhamal and Kalahandi. As per sources, Maoists killed Mohan Majhi, suspecting him to be a police informer. Villagers said that a group of armed rebels had arrived at around 1 am and forcibly […]