Bhubaneswar: At least five individuals, including three directors and two security guards, have been arrested in connection with escalating tensions at KIIT University following the death of a Nepali student. The arrested individuals include Director General of HR Sibananda Mishra, Director of Administration Pratap Kumar...
Bhubaneswar: The annual Class-12 examinations conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, began across the state Tuesday. More than 1.14 lakh science stream students appeared for the Odia (MIL) paper at 1,276 examination centres Tuesday. The test was conducted from 10 am...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday constituted a high-level fact-finding committee to investigate the death of a Nepalese female student at KIIT University. According to an official press release, the committee will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Home Department. Other members...
Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar has come under scrutiny following the death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal and allegations of misconduct by university staff, which have sparked widespread criticism and tarnished the institution’s reputation. Amid the growing controversy, viral videos...
Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) issued an official apology Tuesday, expressing regret over the alleged misconduct of its employees during protests following the reported suicide of a third-year BTech student from Nepal. Also Read: KIIT student death case: Student wing of Nepali...
Bhubaneswar: Days after a Nepali student died at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, protests erupted Tuesday in Kathmandu, where members of the student wing of the Nepali Congress party were seen demonstrating in a viral video. Protesters were seen holding banners with...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Bhakta Charan Das Tuesday began a 60-km Sankalp Padayatra from Bhubaneswar to Puri’s Jagannath Temple. After arriving at Biju Patnaik International Airport for the first time since being appointed state Congress president, Das received a rousing welcome from...
Bhubaneswar: Days after the death of a Nepali student at KIIT University, new allegations have surfaced, with a viral audio clip claiming that “local goons assaulted students in the hostel following the protests”. However, OrissaPOST could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio clip....
Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi had a heated exchange with a CBI team that searched his official residence Tuesday to investigate a Rs 10 lakh bribery case. "The CBI officials searched my residence, even though there is no FIR against me. They are unnecessarily...
Bhubaneswar: The father of the Nepali student, whose body was found in her hostel on the KIIT campus in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, Tuesday alleged that the private engineering institute "mistreated" undergraduates from the neighbouring country. His comment comes after the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)...
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