Odisha Bandh

Opposition Congress and BJP workers gheraoed Odisha Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu and kept her confined for hours in a government bungalow at Kuchinda township in Sambalpur on Wednesday during a 12-hour shutdown.

The Odisha government has announced that all the state schools and other educational institutions under the Skill Development and Technical Education Department will remain closed tomorrow due to Bharat Bandh.

A Congress worker in Odisha on Monday resorted to a unique way of protest against fuel price rise by going around on a bullock cart asking people whether petrol prices have come down or not.

Odisha Bandh: All the schools, colleges and universities across Odisha will remain closed on Monday for the safety of students during a six-hour statewide shutdown.

The Civil Services main exam has been rescheduled in view of the nationwide strike "Bharat Bandh" called on December 8," the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has notified.

Bharat Bandh: Ten central trade unions are participating in the nationwide Bharat Bandh today. They are protesting the new labour and farm laws of the central government. In West Bengal protesters blocked trains in some areas while in Kerala markets are closed in Kochi.

Bharat Bandh Today: More than ten national trade unions have called for a nationwide protest against the growing impact of economic slowdown on jobs, Foreign Direct Investment or FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies.

Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...

"The Odisha bandh did not have any impact on the dispatch of question papers for matric exams," said Pradipta Mohapatra, Principal Secretary of School and Mass Education department.

The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country yesterday. The bandh enters its second day today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala yesterday.

The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala. Tyres were burnt and buses were vandalised at many places in Bengal. Protesters blocked roads and obstructed train services in all the three states. Around 20 crore workers o...

Nine policemen were injured as violence broke out in Puri today during a 12-hour bandh called by a socio-cultural organisation protesting introduction of a queue system for devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple, the police said.

Normal life was completely paralysed in Odisha as Congress-led opposition held protest marches, blocked roads and railways and closure of shops as part of the nationwide Bharat Bandh demonstrations against the steep rise in petrol and diesel prices on Monday.

Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi kickstarted the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat as part of the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the party.

Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday said it will not support the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress against fuel price rise on Monday. The party had however said it was against the hike in fuel prices.

Opposition Congress and BJP workers gheraoed Odisha Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu and kept her confined for hours in a government bungalow at Kuchinda township in Sambalpur on Wednesday during a 12-hour shutdown.

The Odisha government has announced that all the state schools and other educational institutions under the Skill Development and Technical Education Department will remain closed tomorrow due to Bharat Bandh.

A Congress worker in Odisha on Monday resorted to a unique way of protest against fuel price rise by going around on a bullock cart asking people whether petrol prices have come down or not.

Odisha Bandh: All the schools, colleges and universities across Odisha will remain closed on Monday for the safety of students during a six-hour statewide shutdown.

The Civil Services main exam has been rescheduled in view of the nationwide strike "Bharat Bandh" called on December 8," the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has notified.

Bharat Bandh: Ten central trade unions are participating in the nationwide Bharat Bandh today. They are protesting the new labour and farm laws of the central government. In West Bengal protesters blocked trains in some areas while in Kerala markets are closed in Kochi.

Bharat Bandh Today: More than ten national trade unions have called for a nationwide protest against the growing impact of economic slowdown on jobs, Foreign Direct Investment or FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies.

Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...

"The Odisha bandh did not have any impact on the dispatch of question papers for matric exams," said Pradipta Mohapatra, Principal Secretary of School and Mass Education department.

The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country yesterday. The bandh enters its second day today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala yesterday.

The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala. Tyres were burnt and buses were vandalised at many places in Bengal. Protesters blocked roads and obstructed train services in all the three states. Around 20 crore workers o...

Nine policemen were injured as violence broke out in Puri today during a 12-hour bandh called by a socio-cultural organisation protesting introduction of a queue system for devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple, the police said.

Normal life was completely paralysed in Odisha as Congress-led opposition held protest marches, blocked roads and railways and closure of shops as part of the nationwide Bharat Bandh demonstrations against the steep rise in petrol and diesel prices on Monday.

Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi kickstarted the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat as part of the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the party.

Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday said it will not support the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress against fuel price rise on Monday. The party had however said it was against the hike in fuel prices.