Tag: Strike

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: All Odisha Private Medical Establishment Forum (AOPMEF) today declared to put on hold its strike call from tomorrow for a month. AOPMEF president Ajay Mishra informed the reporters regarding the decision of the forum after a meeting. The office bearers of the private hospitals’ body took the decision after meeting with Health secretary Arti […]

Cuttack: Private buses across the State will stay off the roads for 24 hours- from 6 am Septemebr 29 to 6 am September 30. As a mark protest against the ‘illegal’ arrest of Rishabh Tripathy, owner of the ill-fated ‘Maharaja’ bus of Athamallik, bus owners and staff will work wearing black badges from tomorrow. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitation by teachers under the banner of Block Grant Secondary School Teachers and Employees Association entered third day on Friday with the striking members adamant not to call off the strike until the State government accepts their demands. Around 32,000 teachers and support staff from 2,208 schools across the State are up in […]

Bhubaneswar: Teachers under the banner of Block Grant Teachers’ and Employees’ Association on Friday threatened to hold demonstration in front of the State Assembly on September 22 protesting the state government’s move to introduce ‘Teach on Call’ system. According to sources, as many as 32,000 teachers and employees of 2,208 schools across the state will […]

Bhubaneswar: The nationwide dawn-to-dusk bandh clamped by central trade unions crippled the normal life in many parts across the State today with both Government and private sectors workers joining the strike pressing for a 12-point charter of demands. Members of various trade unions in the State took to the streets protesting the Government’s “indifference” towards […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Medical Service Association (OMSA) on Saturday decided to put its decision to tender mass resignations on hold till September 14 following discussions with Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and Health secretary Arti Ahuja. According to sources, a meeting on the demands of the doctors would held with chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi […]

Bhubaneswar: Teachers under the banner of School Teachers Federation of Odisha (STFO) on Wednesday hit the streets again demanding fulfillment of their various demands. Thousands of teachers took out a rally from Bhubaneswar railway station to Lower PMG square demanding abolition of the block grant system, provision of full aid, permanent appointment and government take-over […]

Bubhaneswar: Students of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) on Monday evening hit the road protesting against assault on OTV scribe Pravat Bisoyi. The students of the university staged a demonstration at Master Canteen square here demanding stringent action against the attackers. Besides, the agitating students demanded to abolish child marriage in the state and […]

Cuttack: Even as the meeting of the probe committee constituted by the authorities of the SCB Medical College and Hospital to resolve the ongoing agitation of the Nursing students began today in the presence of the Hospital Superintendent, Principal, Director, Nursing, Additional Secretary, Health, and Nursing faculties, the agitation took a new turn later in […]

Bhubaneswar: Noraml life was affected in many parts of the state due to a dawn to dusk bandh called by the All Odisha Auto Chalaka Mahasangha protesting against the App-based on-line auto services on Thursday. According to sources, as many as 1.5 lakh auto rickshaws will stay off the roads during the bandh today. The […]