Western Odisha
Lawyers Call for Western Odisha Bandh Today
The Central Action Committee (CAC) of All Western Odisha Bar Association (AWOBA) has decided to go ahead with their Western Odisha bandh call on Wednesday with the State Government remaining silent over their demand. They have been demanding a complete and comprehensive proposal to the Central Government over setting up of High Court Bench in
Odisha law minister to meet lawyers on stir today
A solution to lawyers’ agitation in western Odisha seemed imminent on Saturday after law minister Maheswar Mohanty on Friday invited them for a discussion. The agitating lawyers are demanding a high court bench in western parts of the state. The minister in a letter requested the Central Action Committee (CAC), spearheading the protest, to have
West Odisha ryots seek pro-farmer policy
Thousands of farmers under the banner of Sambalpur Zilla Krushak Surakhya Sangathan turned up at the ‘Chetawani Samabesh’ here in protest against State Government’s indifference towards them on Wednesday. They came in a rally to the Town Hall ground where a public meeting was held. The farmers accused the Government of taking them for a
Sambalpur University puts off convocation for lawyers’ strike
Sambalpur University has postponed its convocation scheduled to be held on September 25 till further notice. “Due to unavoidable circumstances, the 26th Convocation of Sambalpur University scheduled to be held on September 25, 2013, is postponed until further notification. The inconvenience caused is highly regretted,” PRO and political science lecturer Rajat Kujur said on Saturday.
Stir over HC bench: 15-day relief for state government offices
The Central Action Committee (CAC) of All Western Odisha Bar Association (AWOBA) at a meeting on Thursday issued a fresh ultimatum to the State Government and resolved to continue the agitation demanding setting up of a High Court bench in the region. In view of Nuakhai, the agrarian festival of Western Odisha, on September 10
Six Western Odisha districts to shut down from today
Lawyers in six districts of western Odisha will close down the Government offices and courts during the monsoon session of the State Assembly beginning Tuesday. Under the aegis of All Western Odisha Bar Association (AWOBA), the agitation is being held to mark their protest against silence of the State Government on establishment of a permanent
Congress hits out at government for delaying HC bench
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has criticised the State Government for the delay in recommending to the Centre for setting up a permanent bench of the High Court in western Odisha districts. Even though the people of western Odisha are resorting to different types of agitation during the last several years and courts are
NCC treated as an optional subject in colleges
To attract students to join NCC, the government has decided to make it an optional subject at the college-level. On an experimental basis, NCC will be made a subject for college students at Khariar College in Western Odisha this year. Group commander of the NCC, Sambalpur Col. Vikas Goswami on Wednesday disclosed this information while
Mahatma Gandhi Temple in Bhatra, Sambalpur
This is not your regular shrine. The deity who stands leaning on a walking stick with the tricolour beside him is not drawn from Hindu mythology. But the setting and rituals are no less different from any regular temple. How can it be when for scores of people at Salangapalayam about 25km from Erode, Bapu