Farmers stop polling parties from visiting booths in Odisha, arrested

Cuttack: Demanding scrapping of elections, a large number of farmers, including women under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Sunday staged demonstration in front of Bhubananada Engineering College in a bid to stop the movement of polling party officials to different booths. The NNKS has been agitating in Odisha demanding price, prestige […]

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Day-long Odisha bandh called by farmers begins

Bhubaneswar: A dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan, a farmers’ organisation over the alleged apathetic attitude of the State Government towards the farmers, began today across Odisha amid tight security with Opposition parties, including the Congress and BJP, supporting it. The NNKS has given the call for the bandh demanding proper minimum support […]

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Odisha Govt urges farmers’ body to desist from Odisha bandh in view of Matric Exam

Bhubaneswar: Even as opposition Congress and BJP decided to extend support to the shutdown called in the State by Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers’ organisation, over pension and other demands on Thursday, the State Government on Tuesday urged the Sangathan, to call off the proposed bandh in view of the Matriculation examination beginning […]

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