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 […]
Sambalpur/Jharsuguda: Normal life was adversely affected following the four-hour hartal observed by the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) here on Saturday against the closure of Kalma barrage gates by Chhattisgarh. Most of the shops and other business establishments in four districts– Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda and Sonepur districts remained closed today. Vehicular traffic on NH-49 running […]
Angul: Protesting Centre’s disinvestment plan, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) employees today launched a 24-hour strike bringing the operations to a grinding halt. The operations at smelter plant and the captive power plant of profit-making Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) have been virtually paralysed as workers, engineers and executives belonging to different unions of the company […]
Bhubaneswar: Closure of medicine stores since last midnight following a 24-hour nationwide strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists has affected health care in the state. The country-wide agitation call was given to draw attention of the Central government against the e-pharmacy regulations that the Central government is deliberating upon in support […]
Bhubaneswar: Hours after the State wide stir, the ‘108’ Ambulance Service Workers’ Association has called off the strike after payment of their pending dues. Employees of ambulance services were on strike since last mid-night demanding better and timely payment of their remuneration. The emergency health care was affected for quite sometimes due to the agitation. […]
Bhubaneswar: Healthcare services in many parts of Odisha likely to be get affected as the employees of 108 ambulance services go on a strike from Friday midnight demanding better and timely payment. According to reports, the drivers of 108 ambulance, emergency medical technicians and attendants across the state have gone for an indefinite ceasework demanding […]
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