Odisha Bandh Today Over Student's Self-Immolation: What's Open & What's Closed

Odisha Bandh Today Over Student's Self-Immolation: What's Open & What's Closed

Transport services were hit and shops remained shut in Bhubaneswar on Thursday as several opposition parties called for Odisha bandh.

BJP, BJD trade barbs over student's self-immolation death

Bhubaneswar, Jul 17 (PTI) Odisha's opposition BJD and ruling BJP on Thursday traded barbs over the 20-year-old college student's death by self-immolation over alleged sexual harassment by a teacher.While the saffron party accused the BJP and Congress of disturbing the deceased's family, the BJD alleged that the authorities did not do anything when the student was running from pillar to post with her complaint. The second-year B.Ed student of Fa…

BJD workers stage massive protests outside Odisha Assembly in Bhubaneswar - Kashmir Media Service

Bhubaneswar: Tensions gripped Odisha as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers staged massive protests outside the Odisha Assembly in Bhubaneswar, seeking justice for a Balasore college student who died after setting herself ablaze. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protests, part of the broader Balasore bandh, witnessed chaotic scenes with police deploying tear gas and water cannons to control the agitated crowd. The student, in second-year (B.Ed)…

BJD leader Bobby Das hospitalized after clash during protest in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, July 16: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former minister Pranab Prakash Das, popularly known as Bobby Das, was hospitalized on Wednesday after sustaining serious injuries during a protest in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. The protest was organized by the BJD in response to the tragic death of a Fakir Mohan (FM) College student, Soumyashree Bisi, who died after a self-immolation attempt over alleged sexual harassment.Das was injur…

BJD leaders Pranab Das, Pritiranjan Gharai hospitalised as police use tear gas, rubber bullets against party workers

Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pranab Prakash Das today reportedly sustained injuries as police used rubber bullets and tear gas against the party workers while they were trying to gherao the Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, protesting the alleged harassment of Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College student Soumyashree Bisi, who died after attempting self-immolation. As per reports, a tear gas shell hit one of the legs of Das, leav…

Naveen Patnaik Slams ‘Heavy-Handed’ Repose To BJD’s ‘Peaceful’ Protest; Police Deny Use Of Rubber Bullets

Bhubaneswar: Hours after several BJD leaders were injured during massive protest over death of FM College student by self-immolation, party president and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday condemned the use of ‘heavy-handed tactics’ by police and Odisha government to sabotage the ‘peaceful’ march.  “The right to democratic protest is under grave threat in Odisha. Today, the BJD exercised its constitutional right to hold a peaceful…