Tag: Protest

Contractual Employees Up In Arms Against Odisha Govt, Protest Erupts In Bhubaneswar

Former External Affairs Minister and MP Patiala Preneet Kaur on Thursday held a protest along with women from various constituencies of Punjab before handing over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala.

Amid protests during Odisha Bandh (strike), scuffle was reported between agitators and police in laxmi Sagar chhak, Bhubaneswar.40 persons including president of Naba Nirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan were detained following face-off with police.

PG council authorities allowed the students to sit in the examination following a discussion with the Vice Chancellor of the varsity. 

A number of non-student miscreants arrived near the office of the Vice Chancellor (VC) inside the varsity campus and threatened the students by pointing swords.

The protesters demanded to include the 192 acre land at Phase-3 in Gopal Prasad under the rehabilitation scheme and provide jobs to each member from the 140 families evicted from the land for mining.

The scheme involves recruitment of the jawans into the army, the navy and the air force for a four-year-period followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits.

Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi added, “Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is the legislative head of the State and it is his duty to protect an elected representative of people. Today I think he is doing his duty,” she said while taking a veiled dig at the administration’s failure in preventing the spate of attacks on her recently.

The ruling-BJD on Monday began its 3 days state wide protest against rising LPG and fuel prices.

“The central government has been claiming that the use of cylinder has increased by 98 percent. But the National Family Health Survey report says the increase is only 20 per cent which is a normal process,” Chandbali MLA Byomakesh Ray said.

Members of the Odisha Junior Teacher Aspirants' Association (OJTAA) continued the stir on Thursday demanding immediate filling up of vacant junior teacher posts in the State

Bhubaneswar: Palpable tension prevailed on Mayfair-Jaydev Vihar road in the capital city today as locals and family members of a woman who died at the ESI Hospital while undergoing treatment blocked the road alleging medical negligence. The family members of the woman alleged that doctors did not treat her properly which led to her death.Demanding […]

Keonjhar: Protesting distress sale, enraged farmers dumped tomatoes in front of the Telkoi Block Office in Keonjhar today. The farmers resorted to the protest alleging that even at Rs 1 per kilogram, their tomatoes have remained unsold. According to sources, there was a bumper harvest of tomatoes this year. However, the demand has not kept […]

Kalahandi: Protest by Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) employees continues in Kalahandi adversely affecting various administrative works in the district. As all the employees have taken part in the protest, the District Project Coordinator’s office has remained closed. “We are doing a lot of government’s work including election work. We are being sent on […]

Kalahandi: Residents of Basantpada village in Lanjigarh of Kalahandi staged demonstration in front of the main gate of Vedanta Alumina plant today protesting discharge of red mud powder (RMP) by the industry. The protesters alleged that local residents are suffering from different types of diseases because of RMP discharge. They also alleged that despite repeated […]