Tag: Protest

Jayanarayan Mishra-lady IIC scuffle: BJD demands action, stages protest in Bhubaneswar   
Jayanarayan Mishra-lady IIC scuffle: BJD demands action, stages protest in Bhubaneswar   

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Mahila Morcha demanded action against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly, Jayanarayan Mishra. 

  • Thursday, 16 February 2023
Odisha village turns battlefield as locals oppose fertilizer company
Odisha village turns battlefield as locals oppose fertilizer company

Anticipating more violence, at least 21 platoons of police have been deployed in the village. Meanwhile, irate locals continued the protest and demanded immediate release of the detainees.

  • Wednesday, 15 February 2023
BJP Rally In Sambalpur
LoP Jayanarayan Mishra & lady Police IIC scuffle during protest in Odisha

The incident occurred when BJP members led by the Leader of Opposition, Mishra took out a huge rally from Ashapali School protesting deterioration in law and order situation in the State.

  • Wednesday, 15 February 2023
BJD-BJP Protests
Bhubaneswar witnesses BJP’s hartal over law and order, BJD protest against Centre's policies

The State Health Minister and senior BJD leader Naba Das was killed by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and the people of Odisha are unsafe under BJD rule, alleged the protesting BJP leaders.

  • Tuesday, 14 February 2023
CMC tussle over ‘officer raj’ escalates as corporators hold night-long protest
CMC tussle over ‘officer raj’ escalates as corporators hold night-long protest

Cuttack-Barabati MLA Mohammad Moquim joined the protesting corporators and alleged monopoly of officers in the civic body. 

  • Tuesday, 14 February 2023
'Lapses in PMAY': BJP's protests spread across Odisha, BJD hits back
'Lapses in PMAY': BJP's protests spread across Odisha, BJD hits back

Amid the allegations of the BJP, the ruling BJD has counter-attacked the saffron party on the same issue. 

  • Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Pathaan Movie
Pathaan protests swell in Odisha as Shah Rukh Khan starrer faces wrath of Kalinga Sena

In Odisha, the activists of Kalinga Sena staged a demonstration in front of several theatres in Bhubaneswar to protest against the movie.

  • Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Protest By Art Teachers, PETs
Protesting school teachers put up unique show to draw Odisha govt's attention

Demanding regularization of their contractual jobs, the teachers staged dharna and raised slogans against the State government through music. Being art teachers, they put their skills to use hoping to make their demands reach the ears of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

  • Friday, 06 January 2023
3 teachers for 8 classes! Students stage protest in Odisha over teacher appointment 
3 teachers for 8 classes! Students stage protest in Odisha over teacher appointment 

Students and their parents have launched an indefinite dharana demanding appointment of teachers.

  • Friday, 06 January 2023
Agitating teachers in Bhubaneswar
Agitating teachers scuffle with police during rally in Bhubaneswar

The incident happened when the agitating teachers were marching in the rally to press for their 8-point charter of demands.

  • Tuesday, 27 December 2022
BJP
BJP stages state-wide protest against 'criminalisation of politics' in Odisha

The Opposition BJP on Monday staged sit-in demonstrations across Odisha to protest the "criminalisation of politics" in the state.

  • Monday, 26 December 2022
Deprived of justice, 30 Odisha families hold unique protest in Puri
Deprived of justice, 30 Odisha families hold unique protest in Puri

Families of missing minor girl Pihu, Nayagarh's Pari, Manab Premi Aditya Dash and ACF Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and many such victim families were part of the protest and alleged deprivation of justice.

  • Monday, 26 December 2022
Odisha youth climbs atop hoarding after failing to meet CM, rescued
Odisha youth climbs atop hoarding after failing to meet CM, rescued; warns of fast unto death if arrested

Muktikant Biswal, who reached Bhubaneswar on padyatra from Rourkela by covering a distance of 530 km last week to press for his unfulfilled demands, climbed the hoarding installed at Sishu Bhawan Square in the capital city.

  • Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Supreme Court
Supreme Court nips Orissa HC bench demand in the bud, comes down heavily on striking lawyers   

A bench comprising Justices SK Kaul and Abhay S Oka passed the order while hearing a plea relating to protests by lawyers in the State demanding a permanent High Court bench in Sambalpur district.

  • Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Protest at office of Cuttack Municipal Corporation
Corporators lock Cuttack civic office alleging misbehavior by CMC commissioner

The corporators in Cuttack alleged that they were meted out with ill behaviour by the CMC commissioner.

  • Friday, 09 December 2022
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