Tag: road blockade

New Delhi: The protesting farmers have called for a countrywide ‘chakka jam’ (road blockade) on February 6. It’s not a daylong bandh, but a temporary road blockade. The blockade will ...

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the growing resentment of Plus II first year students in Odisha against compulsory pass criteria, the state government on Tuesday softened its stand. Talking to the ...

Bhubaneswar: Students of junior colleges staged a road blockade at several places on Monday to protest against the decision of the Odisha government making it compulsory for Plus II students ...

Kendrapara: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a statue of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik at Rajnagar town in Kendrapara district, triggering tension in the area. The statue set up at Biju Smruti ...

Boudh: Life came to a grinding halt in Kantamal block in Boudh district following a 12-hour bandh called by Koshala Samanwaya Samiti on Friday. Samiti activists staged road blockades at ...

Jajpur: Life was thrown out of gear in Jajpur on Monday following a 12-hour bandh call by the BJP demanding a CBI probe into the death of the Panchayat Extension ...

Jeypore: Residents of Bhejaput village under Sunabeda police limits of Koraput district blockaded the Semiliguda-Sunabeda road on Saturday morning after a sand-laden truck rammed into a house killing three sleeping ...

Angul: An old woman was trampled by a wild elephant inside Chhendipada Forest Range in Odisha’s Angul district early on Tuesday. Sources said the woman had gone inside the forest ...

Keonjhar: Members of four-wheeler vehicle owners’ association staged a blockade near Hasanpur toll plaza on National Highway-20 at Anandpur in Keonjhar district on Sunday, demanding reduction in toll tax. Commuters ...

Sambalpur: Hundreds of locals of Korada in Sambalpur district staged a blockade on National Highway-49 on Monday to press for their four-point charter of demands. "The district administration should conduct ...