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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The illegal and unlawful activities by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneshwar led to the suicides of two Nepalese students and the actions of the administration amount to criminal liability, a fact-finding panel set up the UGC has found. The panel...

Balasore: A mathematics teacher of a state-run high school in Odisha's Balasore district was detained for allegedly sexually harassing a Class-IX student, police said Monday. The headmaster of the high school was also detained for allegedly failing to act on the student’s complaint. Both were...

Bhubaneswar: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha Police has arrested two persons from Rajasthan for creating a fake website of a hotel to dupe tourists in Puri, officials said Monday. The arrested persons have been identified as Aamir Khan (24) and Yusuf (27). Earlier, Anshuman...

Bhubaneswar: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Monday suspended its Odisha unit president, Udit Pradhan, following his arrest in connection with an alleged rape case involving a 19-year-old engineering student. The incident reportedly occurred March 18 at a hotel in Bhubaneswar but came to...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Amit Malviya Monday targeted the Opposition BJD and Congress, accusing them of shielding criminals. His statement came in the wake of the arrest of Udit Pradhan, the Odisha State President of Congress’s student wing, on charges of raping a 19-year-old engineering...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move towards strengthening the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 -- commonly known as the POSH Act -- the Women and Child Development department has directed all departments and institutions to prominently display...

Paralakhemundi: Nestled between the ancient Mahendragiri hills in the east and Devagiri hill range in the north, Gajapati district has 129 landslide-prone zones. Home to many tribal communities, the district has long been vulnerable to landslides as these hill ranges are very old and have...

Balasore: The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police, which is investigating the self-immolation death of a college student in Balasore, Sunday said the 20-year-old woman had set herself on fire as her complaint of sexual harassment was not validated by an internal enquiry committee of...

Daringbadi: The state government has launched a new initiative to develop homestays in the tribal villages of Kandhamal district, aiming to promote eco-cultural tourism while boosting rural livelihoods. As part of the project, a joint survey by the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) and the...

Baripada/Bangiriposhi: A girl studying in Class VIII was found two months pregnant at the hostel of a state-run residential school under Bangiriposhi police limits in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, police said Sunday. The incident has sent shockwaves in the area as the news spread after the...