Tag: Bandh

Aska: Normal life was thrown out of gear in various parts of Aska in Ganjam district as lawyers observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh demanding sub-division status to the town. As part of their protest, the lawyers under the banner of the Lawyers Association and Kriyanusthan Committee staged a road blockade at Badanadi and Rusikulya bridges on […]

Nilagiri: Vehicular traffic was disrupted and shops shut due to a dawn-to-dusk Nilagiri bandh called by the Nilagiri Surakhya Manch over fulfilment of a 14-point-charter of demands on Thursday. Members of the manch blocked roads by burning tyres near the Bypass Chhak and thereby vehicular movement was affected. Among others, the manch demanded transfer of […]

G.Udaygiri: Demand for sub-division status to G.Udaygiri block intensified with a 12-hour bandh call in three blocks including Nuagada, Rayagad and G.Udaygiri of Gajapati district today. United action committee, an outfit which has been spearheading the movement pressing for the demand, staged a road blockade at Mahendragada, Chheligada, R Udaygiri, Khajuripada, Nuagad and Rayagad bringing […]

Mohana: Normalcy was thrown out of gear with shops remained shut and vehicular movement hit in Mohana block of Gajapati district due to a 12-hour bandh call given by the regional development council today. Members of the council staged picketing at different places in the block demanding the revenue subdivision status to Mohana. On the […]

Bhubaneswar: Former captain of the Indian hockey team and Olympian Prabodh Tirkey alleged that police in charge of traffic regulation for Asian Athletes Championship misbehaved with him today at Jayadev Vihar square here near Kalinga Stadium. Driver of a VIP vehicle first ensued arguments with the hockey midfielder at the traffic point. Tirkey brought the […]

Kuchinda: Normal life was affected in Bamara of Sambalpur district today due to a 12-hr bandh observed by locals demanding appointment of permanent doctors at the Gobindpur community health centre (CHC). Buses passing through Bamara were off the roads while residents preferred staying back in house as shops were also shut during the dawn-to-dusk strike. […]

Sundergarh: Vehicular traffic was disrupted due to a seven-hour Sundergarh bandh call given by BJP from 6 am today over egg attack on Union Minister Jual Oram during a visit to Kendrapara district on Wednesday. The party activists have blocked roads and staged pickets at various places in the district demanding immediate arrest of persons […]

Telkoi (Keonjhar): Shops, government offices and other institutions remained closed today in Telkoi block of Keonjhar district due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh being observed by locals protesting frequent long hours of unannounced power cut in the area. The markets and roads in the town wore a deserted look due to the bandh observed by the […]

Baripada: Normal life has been crippled in Mayurbhanj district headquarters town today due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in protest against the police and excise department’s inefficiency to control rampant drugs business. Alleging a stiff rise of crime record in the town due to illegal business of brown sugar and […]

Dhenkanal: Demanding repair of NH 53 and construction of drainage system in the town, Kamakhyanagar Notified Area Council (NAC) councillors are today, observing a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh. The bandh has paralysed normal traffic in the town besides shops and business establishments remaining closed. “The sub-collector and officials of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had […]

Dhenkanal: Normal life has been paralysed following a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh being observed in Khamakhyanagar in the district over several demands on Saturday. Khamakshyanagar Notified Area Council has given the bandh call demanding immediate measures for the repairs of NH 53 and construction of roadside drainage channels from Alatoma to Jiridamali in the region. The […]

Sonepur: A dawn-to-dusk bandh is being observed at Binika in the district in demand of Crime Branch probe into the murder Belar Khandayat. Binika Citizen Forum had called for the bandh alleging police inaction in the ghastly murder. Following the 12-hour long bandh , business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices have remained shut. Adequate […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the bandh call given by Congress and the BJP, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited Malkangiri district today and laid foundation stones and inaugurated various developmental projects worth Rs 224 crore. Patnaik also attended a general meeting held at the Dnk Playground and provided assistance to beneficiaries of various schemes. He also reviewed the […]

Bhubaneswar: Scuffles were ensued between the activists of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and BJP at Ram Mandir square and again at Master Canteen here as two parties hit the streets to oppose each other today. Police commissioner YB Khurania and DCP Satyabrat Bhoi rushed to the spot and intervened into the matter. As per […]

Rourkela: Shops, business establishments, educational institutions remained closed and vehicular communication came to a grinding halt as the Sundergarh district Congress and Rourkela organisational district of the party began a dawn to dusk bandh in the district protesting against the police forcing women to remove black stole at Chief minister’s rally recently. The Congress leader […]