Tag: Western Odisha

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Western Odisha sizzles; Mercury soars to 46 degrees in Sonepur, Sundergarh

While the people of coastal Odisha had a temporary relief from the intense heat wave, mercury rose alarmingly in almost all parts of west and central districts of the state today with Sonepur and Sundergarh recording 46 degree Celsius each, the highest temperature recorded in the state this summer

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Heat wave throws life out of gear in western Odisha

Bhubaneswar: An intense heat wave prevailed across the state while the temperature in western Odisha crossed 40 degrees Celsius making life unbearable due to the sweltering heat.

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Battleground western Odisha: BJD, BJP to woo farmers

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to attend the Krukshak Samavesh (farmers' rally) in Bargarh on February 21 and chief minister Naveen Patnaik scheduled to visit Balangir and Kalahandi districts tomorrow, the political theatre has now shifted to Western Odisha with the ruling BJD and the BJP locked in a show of strength to woo the farmers

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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After Paradip, BJP eyes western Odisha

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Claimed to have made the IOCL function a great success, the BJP has focussed western Odisha, where a mega farmers rally is going to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 21. “The PM’s farmers’ rally, which is going to be organised in Bargarh, will be the biggest one”, BJP’s Odisha’s in-charge […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Normal life hit in Western Odisha due to farmers’ ‘chakka jam’

Normal life was disrupted in the districts of the Western Odisha due to a three-hour strike called by farmers’ organizations demanding fulfillment of 12-point charter of demands

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
Bandh hits normal life in Western Odisha

Sambalpur: As per its earlier decision, Western Odisha Central Action Committee (CAC) of lawyers kicked off a 12-hour bandh in the entire western region of the state paralysing normal life today. The lawyers resorted to roar blockade in Deogarh, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh and Padampur towns. The activists have shut down all government offices […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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OMEGA initiative checks distress migration in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: It wasn’t long ago that villages in western Odisha would wear a deserted look for much of the year due to distress migration of adults to other parts of the country in search of livelihood. Tens of thousands of workers would move to states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi and even […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Heat wave condition in western Odisha abates

Bhubaneswar: The long spell of heat wave condition across the western region of Odisha began abating today. The heat wave condition in coastal and southern region has already subsided due to rainfall and it was now the turn of the western region, a senior Met official said. The places which recorded the temperatures over 40 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Heat wave in western Odisha, sultry elsewhere

Bhubaneswar: Intense heat wave swept western Odisha today and the coastal belt reeled under sultry weather conditions with humidity level crossing 90 per cent mark. At least eight places recorded their respective maximums above 40 degrees mark. Bolangir was the hottest place in the state at 43.2 degrees, the MeT office said. Bhawani Patna sizzled […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Bolangir bandh over HC bench: 4 trains cancelled, many diverted. Here’s the list

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: Many trains were either cancelled, partially cancelled or diverted by the East Coast Railway (ECoR) in view of the 24-hour bandh observed by the Bolangir lawyers’ association on Monday demanding establishment of the permanent High Court bench in the district. As the agitating lawyers resorted to ‘rail roko’ agitation at Bolangir railway station, as […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Bolangir lawyers observe 24-hour bandh for establishment of HC bench in district

Bolangir: The Bolangir lawyers’ association and Central Action Committee (CAC) today observed 24-hour bandh in Bolangir demanding establishment of a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court in the district. Various political and social organisations of the district have extended support to the bandh. Normal life came to a grinding halt in the region due […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Protests rear head for HC bench in northern Odisha

Balasore: Amid the ongoing letter-war between Centre and the Odisha government, the demand for establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court has now gained momentum in northern Odisha. Lawyers of western and southern Odisha have been agitating for establishment of high court benches in their respective regions. A protest was staged by Balasore […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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Demand for High Court bench in Western Odisha grows louder

Sambalpur: It is now almost two months that the lawyers are on a cease-work agitation pressing for a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in Western Odisha. The situation is likely to worsen things on the ground as the Central Action Committee (CAC) of the All Western Odisha Bar Association has already threatened to continue […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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‘Chakada’ pest menace assuming crisis proportion in Western Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in three districts of Western Odisha are now grappling with Brown Plant Hoppers (Chakada) which are now posing a serious threat to standing crops in several hectares of agricultural land. What has compounded the misery of farmers is the ‘inefficiency’ of the Odisha Agriculture department which is yet to act even though the […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Naveen seeks steps to resolve W Odisha stir over HC bench

Amid closure of state and central government offices since February three in western Odisha to demand setting up of a permanent high court bench, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to expedite the process of fulfilling the long-standing demand....

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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