Tag: Congress Protest

The 11-hour bandh is being observed from 7 am to 6 pm in the town. However, emergency services have been exempted from the bandh.

Bhubaneswar: Massive protests erupted at several places across the State today against senior bureaucrat and Odisha Sports Secretary Vishal Dev for being blatantly disrespectful to a correspondent of OTV during a press meet in his chamber yesterday. Members of the Youth Congress and Odisha unit of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) took to streets […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress today observed protest in front of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) office here as part of the party’s country-wide agitation against the Centre’s interference in affairs of the nation’s premier probing agency. Hundreds of the party workers led by OPCC chief Niranjan Patnaik took out a rally and congregated before the […]

Dozens of Congress workers including the members of its students, youth & women wing led by the Bhubaneswar City Congress Committee President Biswajit Das assembled near the sculpture holding placards and sloganeered against the alleged unilateral decision of the Culture Department.

The Odisha unit of Congress party today staged symbolic demonstration in front of various filling stations across the State as part of party’s call for nationwide protests over the steep hike in the price of petrol and diesel.

New Delhi: To highlight the issues such as unemployment, unprecedented economic slowdown, rise in prices of essential commodities, collapse of the banking system and farmers’ distress, Congress will launch nationwide protests from November 5. Congress General Secretary K. C. Venugopal said that the protests will highlight the plight of the common people. The party will […]

Puri: In a display of strong resentment over Bagala Dharmasala land controversy, Odisha Congress on Tuesday staged a dharna in the town demanding dismissal of the district collector and other officials for their alleged involvement in the ‘illegal’ sale of the land. According to sources, members of youth Congress led by MLA Suresh Routray and […]

Bhubaneswar: With no respite in sight from the increasing fuel prices, public dissatisfaction over the steep rise is growing day-by-day. Adding fuel to the fire, the Odisha Congress on Monday observed a six-hour-long bandh from 7 AM to 1 PM and staged ‘rail roko’ agitation across the State demanding an immediate reduction in fuel rates. […]