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VIMSAR stir intensifies as students desist from talks

Sambalpur: The Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) campus controversy here at Burla  intensified  today after agitating students resisted meeting and discussing the issues with director Aswini Pujahari. The students raised slogans against the director while he tried to discuss the issues with them at the dharna spot on the campus. […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
BJB college students protest poor quality food at hostel

Bhubaneswar: Students of the girls’ hostel of BJB College here staged a demonstration against college management for providing unhygienic and substandard food to them. Aggrieved students gathered in front of their hostel gate and raised slogans against the college management and the mess committee for ignoring hostel inmates’ complaint from time to time. They alleged […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Khapuria ITI students stage protest against biometric system failure

Cuttack: Tension prevailed at Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) of Khapuria today after students locked the main gate of the institution. The students staged a protest against biometric system failure at the institution alleging it to be the reason for shortage of attendance. The ITI students alleged that due to the glitch in the system […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Fight for Farmers: BJD cries hoarse on MSP, BJP rants about loan waiver

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD and the BJP, on Friday, took to the streets taking up various famer issues, including hike in paddy MSP and farm loan waiver. Protesting the hike of Rs 80 in paddy minimum support price (MSP) by the Centre, BJD party activists staged a demonstration and held a protest meeting in front […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Gana Sikshyaks stage demo protesting pay cut in Balasore

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 […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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BJP calls for Sundargarh bandh tomorrow

Sundargarh: To protest against the egg attack on Union Minister Jual Oram’s vehicle by BJD activists in Kendrapara district, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a seven-hour bandh in Sundargarh tomorrow. The bandh is called from 7 am to 1 pm. However, emergency services like healthcare and bank services will remain unaffected. Activists […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Locals block NH, demand arrest of teacher accused of rape

Kalahandi: Vehicular movement was disrupted at Amapani under Dharmagada sub-division in Kalahandi district today as locals staged a road blockade at Amapani Square demanding arrest of a teacher who had allegedly raped a woman in the district last month. The locals under the banner of Zilla Mali Samaj also held a protest meeting alleging failure […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Patient’s death sparks tension at Nayagarh CHC

Nayagarh: The Saranakul Community Health Centre (CHC) of Nayagarh district witnessed protests following death of a patient due to alleged medical negligence. The deceased has been identified as Bansidhar Gahana of Sikharpur. However, the protestors were pacified only after police and district administration officials held discussion with the local villagers and family members. According to […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Congress youth, student wings hit roads 

Bhubaneswar: The student and youth wings of the Congress today took to the streets here demanding action in many issues, including the ITER fake placement row. Around a hundred activists of the youth Congress staged a demonstration at Master Canteen square here protesting discrepancies in the poll affidavit of Law Minister Pratap Jena during the […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Locals ransack PHC protesting suspension order of pharmacist

Kendrapara: Protests broke out at Babara village in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapara district today against the suspension order of pharmacist Chaturbhuja Nayak of Babara Primary Health Centre (PHC). The centre was ransacked by irate locals and tyres were burnt on the roads. Nayak had become a scapegoat for the absence of proper health care facilities […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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AAP activists demand reopening of Deogaon sugar mill

Bolangir: Activists of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) staged a demonstration in front of the Bolangir district Collectorate today demanding restoration of Bijayananda Sugar Mill in Deogaon of the district. The activists along with the agitating sugarcane growers gheraoed the Collector office and burnt sugarcanes as a mark of protest. The party activists alleged that […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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CBSE Class 12 results fiasco: Student Congress demands to resolve issue in 24 hrs

Bhubaneswar: Student Congress has joined the protest of students and parents against the CBSE Class 12 results fiasco and has demanded the state government to resolve the issue in 24 hours. Though the two central officials deputed by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to resolve the issue received the allegations of nearly 600 students and […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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CBSE Class 12 results fiasco: CM speaks to Union HRD minister Javadekar

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today spoke to Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadékar apprising him about CBSE results fiasco and asked him to urgently resolve the issue. The Union Minister has assured to depute another team to inspect the matter. Earlier, on Wednesday, two central officials who were deputed to consult with the regional board authorities […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Lower Suktel displaced stall project work

Bolangir: Tension prevailed at the Lower Suktel project site in the district today after the displaced people, mostly women, staged a dharna halting the on-going construction work of the dam demanding immediate rehabilitation and a revision of the compensation package. They went in a rally to the site and demanded shut down of construction activities […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Villagers detain 7 demanding closure of aluminium factory in Nayagarh

Nayagarh: Demanding closure of an aluminium factory at Nabaghanpur village under Town Police limits in Nayagarh district, locals today detained seven persons including the owner of the factory, following which tension is prevailing in the area. Alleging the aluminium factory is illegal the villagers have been demanding closure of the factory since many labourers have […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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