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Bar Members Must Learn To Behave: Supreme Court On Odisha Lawyers' Protest
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not accept the apologies by members of some bar associations at this stage in a contempt matter related to protests in Odisha and stressed they "must learn to behave".
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Lawyers Fight Lawyers As Orissa High Court Turns Battlefield
The premises of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack virtually turned into a battlefield today as hundreds of advocates jostled with each other amid an ongoing strike against the assault of a lawyer by police two months ago. Lawyers of the Odisha high court, who have been protesting since the incident occurred in Cuttack on August 28, have demanded the...
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Rahul Gandhi Reminds PM Modi Of Promise After Man's 1,300 Km Protest Walk
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of failing to keep a promise that he made to the people of Odisha's Rourkela three years ago.
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Maoist bandh in Andhra-Orissa Border area fails to evoke response
The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.
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Tension escalates at Posco site
There is tension at the proposed Posco site in Orissa over the construction of a new road that would connect the site with Paradeep port. Hundreds of people including women and children marched to the site and stalled the construction work.
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Posco project: Work halted, villagers claim police excess
Work at the proposed Posco steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district could not be taken up today due to protest by locals who chased the police leading to a brief scuffle between them.
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Student dies in school, headmaster beaten up
A class nine student died allegedly due to corporal punishment by a teacher today, sparking violent protests from local people who beat up the headmaster in Keonjhar district of Orissa, police said.
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POSCO project: Orissa govt ready to hear villagers' voice
After fresh trouble at the proposed POSCO plant in Orissa, the ruling BJD has told NDTV it is ready for a referendum in villages around the site to find out what the people want. Speaking on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here, BJD MP Jay Panda said that "Orissa government has learnt its lessons from West Bengal." India's largest Foreign Direc...
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Fresh trouble as police reach POSCO protest site
The tension over POSCO land acquisition is once again simmering. The police force has marched into Govindpur, the area where protests against the land acquisition for setting up of the steel plant have been going on, asking the agitators to leave.Twelve platoons of police have been deployed and the administration has declared the human barricade fo...
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POSCO agitation intensifies; women, kids at forefront
Protests continue to intensify against land acquisition for the proposed 12 billion dollar POSCO plant in Govindpur in Orissa. After warning the government of dire consequences in a statement on Friday, five political parties including the CPI, CPM and even civil society activists reached Govindpur on Saturday to express solidarity with the protest...
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Bar Members Must Learn To Behave: Supreme Court On Odisha Lawyers' Protest
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not accept the apologies by members of some bar associations at this stage in a contempt matter related to protests in Odisha and stressed they "must learn to behave".
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Lawyers Fight Lawyers As Orissa High Court Turns Battlefield
The premises of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack virtually turned into a battlefield today as hundreds of advocates jostled with each other amid an ongoing strike against the assault of a lawyer by police two months ago. Lawyers of the Odisha high court, who have been protesting since the incident occurred in Cuttack on August 28, have demanded the...
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Rahul Gandhi Reminds PM Modi Of Promise After Man's 1,300 Km Protest Walk
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of failing to keep a promise that he made to the people of Odisha's Rourkela three years ago.
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Maoist bandh in Andhra-Orissa Border area fails to evoke response
The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.
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Tension escalates at Posco site
There is tension at the proposed Posco site in Orissa over the construction of a new road that would connect the site with Paradeep port. Hundreds of people including women and children marched to the site and stalled the construction work.
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Posco project: Work halted, villagers claim police excess
Work at the proposed Posco steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district could not be taken up today due to protest by locals who chased the police leading to a brief scuffle between them.
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Student dies in school, headmaster beaten up
A class nine student died allegedly due to corporal punishment by a teacher today, sparking violent protests from local people who beat up the headmaster in Keonjhar district of Orissa, police said.
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POSCO project: Orissa govt ready to hear villagers' voice
After fresh trouble at the proposed POSCO plant in Orissa, the ruling BJD has told NDTV it is ready for a referendum in villages around the site to find out what the people want. Speaking on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here, BJD MP Jay Panda said that "Orissa government has learnt its lessons from West Bengal." India's largest Foreign Direc...
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Fresh trouble as police reach POSCO protest site
The tension over POSCO land acquisition is once again simmering. The police force has marched into Govindpur, the area where protests against the land acquisition for setting up of the steel plant have been going on, asking the agitators to leave.Twelve platoons of police have been deployed and the administration has declared the human barricade fo...
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POSCO agitation intensifies; women, kids at forefront
Protests continue to intensify against land acquisition for the proposed 12 billion dollar POSCO plant in Govindpur in Orissa. After warning the government of dire consequences in a statement on Friday, five political parties including the CPI, CPM and even civil society activists reached Govindpur on Saturday to express solidarity with the protest...
