Tag: Strike

Kendrapara: Hundreds of women today blocked the Kendrapara-Orat road and staged a hunger strike demanding relocation of two liquor outlets at Angulai Chhak in the district. The outlets have been established illegally and despite repeated appeals to the district administration for their relocation no action has been taken, the agitators alleged. “The shops are located […]

  Khurda: Normal life remained affected in Balugaon and Banpur blocks in the district today due to a six-hour bandh called by the Balugaon-Banpur-Chilika action committee demanding sub-division status for Banpur. As part of the strike, protesters were seen picketing at multiple locations even as government offices, private establishments and shops remained closed. However, vehicular […]

Bhubaneswar: Passengers across the state were seen having a harrowing time as auto-rickshaws and taxis have kept off roads since 6 am today as part of the 12-hour strike called by different associations of auto rickshaw and taxi drivers. More than 1.35 lakh auto-rickshaws and 10,000 taxis have joined the strike demanding social and financial […]

Cuttack: Ravenshaw University students, who were protesting over fee hike and other issues in campus, called off their protests today. According to sources, the students withdrew their strike after discussions with the Vice-Chancellor. Earlier today, Vice-Chancellor, Ishan Patro had said that sine die imposed following student unrest will be lifted only after normalcy returns to […]

Cuttack: Health services at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack continue to get badly affected as the cease-work agitation by junior doctors of Urology department with support from their counterparts at VIMSAR in Burla entered the eighth day. Expressing solidarity, even the PG students in VIMSAR joined duty wearing black badges today. Moreover, as […]

Paradip: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 1.17 crore on Dumper Owners Association on account of the strike held by the association in 2015 that led to disruption of work at Paradip Port in Jagatsinghpur district. The association’s president and secretary have also been slapped with a fine […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced taxes for demonstrators, the Commissionerate Police on Thursday said agitators would have to pay fine if any damage caused to government or private property during their strike with effective from January 1, 2018. In a notification, the Twin City police said any organization or person […]

Rayagada: Normal life was affected today in Gudari area here in the district due to a 12-hour bandh called by members of Akhil Bharat Janamancha, Vansadhara Krusaka Sangharsa Samiti and Akhil Bharat Krusaka Mahasabha over a charter of demands. The demands include accordance of district status to Gunupur and construction of a project at Panidangar […]

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: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association has threatened to launch a state-wide indefinite strike from November 1 if their five-point charter of demands including repeal of government’s decision to reintroduce tax collection at toll gates and police checking are not fulfilled. The association announced its decision to go on cease work at a […]

Keonjhar: A 12 hour bandh has thrown life out of gear in Joda town with a local group, Joda Development Council calling for the strike with a three-point charter of demands regarding the development of the area here in the district on Thursday. According to reports, the demands include setting up of a new bus […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD Supremo Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s claims of a peaceful ‘hartal’ to protest fuel price hike have fallen flat with violence reported from several places by party activists. Public was inconvenienced, several vehicles vandalised, women and journalists misbehaved and even ambulances carrying patients were rerouted. Roads were blocked across the Capital city and all […]

Paradip: The intra-port transport service has been hit since last night as dumper drivers and helpers have staged a strike to press for fulfilment of several demands including on-time payment of salary. Around 1,400 drivers and helpers are demanding payment of employees’ provident fund (EPF) and Employees’ State Insurance (ESI), and their inclusion under the […]

Sambalpur: In what is now being seen as a ‘stop-gap arrangement’, Odisha Government on Tuesday ordered deployment of 116 post graduate doctors to VISMAR on an emergency basis. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing ‘cease work’ agitation by the medicos demanding immediate transfer of VIMSAR director Ashwini Pujahari. As per the Health […]

Mohana: Normalcy was thrown out of gear with shops remained shut and vehicular movement hit in Mohana block of Gajapati district due to a 12-hour bandh call given by the regional development council today. Members of the council staged picketing at different places in the block demanding the revenue subdivision status to Mohana. On the […]