Tag: Demonstration

Bhubaneswar: Traffic movement on the main road connecting Vani Vihar and Master Canteen was disrupted today after students of the Rama Devi (RD) Women’s University blocked road demanding retention of autonomous status for the varsity’s Plus-II and Plus-III colleges. Holding placards and shouting slogans, the students blocked the road by burning tyres. The students argued […]

Puri: Tension prevailed during a protest by Kanas Nagarika Manch demanding immediate transfer of the tehsildar. According to reports, a scuffle ensued between the agitators and police after the former tried to storm into the tehsildar’s office by breaking security barricades that were put up by cops keeping in view the demonstration today. The Kanas […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at Sishu Bhawan square here as Brahmana Mahasangha intensified its protest against sacked Minister Damodar Rout demanding his ouster from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for his derogatory remarks against Brahmin community. The Brahmins who also demanded unconditional apology from the former minister are scheduled to take the rally to his residence. In […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could be seen, more than anything else, as a step to curb the voices of people, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that people staging demonstration in Bhubaneswar will have to pay taxes henceforth. In a press meet held today, BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena informed that protestors sitting on ‘dharna’ […]

Balasore:  Protesting unscheduled power cuts, locals along with some traders staged a demonstration in front of NESCO office at Gopalpur under Bahanaga block in Balasore district today. Nearly a hundred activists gheraoed the office and later sat on a dharna demanding a solution to the issue at the earliest. It is alleged that locals have […]

Bhubaneswar: Medical services have been partly affected following demonstration by employees at Apollo Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Nearly 1,700 employees reportedly staged a dharna demanding hike in salary and bonus. According to employees, the hospital authorities had arbitrarily considerably reduced their bonus and have not increased the salary since long. The agitation by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting violence during the BJD’s Hak Pain Hartal against fuel price hike on Monday, the BJP Yuva Morcha staged demonstration at various places across the state today. The party demanded immediate arrest of protestors involved in vandalism during the protest. “Activists of the ruling party beat up the public and even misbehaved with women […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Mahila Congress on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the Raj Bhavan here against Central Government’s decision to withdraw LPG subsidy. The agitation was led by the Mahila Congress president Sasmita Behera, along with other members and workers of the party. The protest gradually stirred up after the members burnt the […]

Cuttack: The students of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) today gathered under the banner of United BPUT Students’ Association and staged demonstration here at Press Chhak protesting irregularities in different by the institution. Alleging discrepancies in evaluation of answer papers, delay in publication of results and glitches in the institution’s website, the member students […]

Cuttack: Aiming to turn educational institutions of Cuttack into ragging free environment, State BJP staged demonstration at various college campuses highlighting the issue here on Tuesday. Many colleges including Emarti Devi Women’s College, Sailabala Women’s College and Indira Gandhi Women’s College witnessed picketing by the State BJP members. “Institutions campuses are a part of the […]

Balaosore: Hundreds of mass education teachers (Gana Sikhyaks) today staged a demonstration in front of the DPC office here today protesting slash in their salary. Terming the decision of the government to cut their salaries as undemocratic, the teachers under the banner of Gana Sikhyaka Mahasangha sat on dharna demanding payback of the deductions. “In […]

Bhubaneswar: Activists of the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS), a farmers’ organisation, took to the streets today and staged a demonstration here at the Master Canteen Square protesting the death of five farmers in the Mandasaur district of Madhya Pradesh. The activists marched from Master Canteen to Lower PMG here shouting slogans against the Central government […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at the Neelachal Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here today as the B.Sc Nursing students ransacked property in protest of non-issuance of marksheet. Alleging inordinate delay on part of authorities in providing marksheet, the students staged a demonstration in the college. Later, the irate students ransacked the college notice board and smashed […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed in the Nayapalli area of the capital city today when hundreds of women activists under the banner of BJP Mahila Morcha took to the streets protesting operation of a liquor shop near a government hospital and a school. As a mark of protest, they burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Sambalpur: After Bhubaneswar and Berhampur, the ruling BJD will be staging a demonstration in front of the office of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) here today, protesting slashing of State’s kerosene quota. Earlier on Tuesday, the party leaders including ministers, MLAs and other activists staged a dharna, led by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay […]