Tag: Protest

The students of the Central University of Odisha in Koraput district staged a protest on Thursday seeking the fulfillment of various demands.

In a symbolic act of dissent, the students expressed their frustration by discarding the government-provided school uniforms on the school premises.

The slum dwellers from Salia Sahi staged a massive protest and marched to gherao the Odisha Assembly demanding land record rights from the Odisha government.

As guardians of the children got to know about the incident, they trooped to the school and locked up the school gate in protest, demanding action against the school authorities. They also staged a sit-in for some time.

The ongoing discord between Odisha Government and All Odisha Private Bus Owners Association has spurred. The association on Wednesday threatened to go on a state-wide strike by keeping their buses off roads from December 1st. Bus owners have also decided to stage an agitation in front of Odisha Assembly on November 22nd in Bhubaneswar.

An unusual scene unfolded near Lalsingh panchayat office under Bhanjanagar block of Ganjam district on Monday. A curious crowd thronged the place where an elderly person was sitting alone with some documents under a tattered roof of a black polythene sheet supported by three poles.

Even though the local MLA had announced to start the medical college by the end of October 2023, the promise seems hollow.

In an ongoing protest that has captivated the attention of Odisha's capital city,The Gaon Sathi workers have been protesting at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar for the past six days fighting for their rights.

Thousands of Anganwadi workers hit the streets in Bhubaneswar on Friday to press for their 9-point charter of demands.As monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly kicked off, the Anganwadi workers under the banner of All Odisha Anganwadi Workers Association, assembled at Lower PMG area and staged a massive protest seeking fulfillment of their demands.

“Governments of all other states have hiked the salary of Anganwadi workers, but the Odisha government has been playing with us,” she added.

Student groups affiliated with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is also from Thane, demonstrated outside the Joshi Bedekar College where the incident took place.

Wearing black clothes, the Opposition members entered into the Well of the House, displaying placards and shouting slogans, seeking the Prime Minister's response to the violence in Manipur.

The Traders’ Association has further alleged that BMC is not trying to solve the issue though the Market Building has been closed for the past one week.

Hundreds of protesters demanding government grant marched toward the Assembly and tried to jump the police cordon. A scuffle erupted when the police obstructed their advances.

Several Congress leaders slammed Mayor Subhash Singh and other CMC officials for alleged lapses and negligence in discharging their duty resulting in mishaps at several construction sites in the city and the loss of precious lives.