Baripada: A six-hour bandh called by Kudumi Sena demanding Scheduled Tribe Status for the community disrupted life in Mayurbhanj district on Monday.
While educational institutions, banks and business establishments remained closed, vehicles stayed off the road during the bandh hours.
Though government offices functioned as usual, the attendance was thin at most places. Train and bus services were badly affected with the agitators staging rail roko at different stations and blocking several major roads at Karanjia, Udala and Rairangpur.
The bandh supporters also staged a blockade on the busy National Highway-16 by burning tyres. Following which, hundreds of vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the highway for several hours.
The agitators threatened to intensify the stir in the days to come, if the state government failed to pay any heed to their longstanding demand.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister on Tuesday issued direction to provide rice of three months' quota…
Mumbai: In the wake of a fresh death threat by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, actor…
Mumbai: Rumours about Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s divorce have been doing the rounds for…
New Delhi: Hospitals across Delhi are witnessing a spike in the number of patients with…
Bhubaneswar: Facing a strong opposition from the devotees of Lord Jagannath and Puri Gajapati Maharaja…
Mumbai: The trailer of the highly-anticipated Abhishek Bachchan starrer ‘I Want to Talk’ was unveiled…
Berhampur: One person was killed and two others were injured in a collision between a…
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon’s beautiful daughter Rasha Thadani is all set to make her…