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Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Tuesday demanded a judicial inquiry into the "planned injustice" which led to the death of a college student in the state and asked the Odisha government to publicly tender an apology for "failure of the system". The second-year B.Ed student...

Cuttack: President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said that India is moving from women’s empowerment to women-led development. Addressing the 13th annual convocation of Ravenshaw University in Cuttack, she said female students outperforming their male classmates in 21 out of 27 departments of the varsity this year...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Police have set up a swift trial initiative team to expedite the probe into the death of the college student who set herself on fire following inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against a professor, an officer said Tuesday. DIG of Police (Eastern Range)...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The body of the college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor was consigned to flames at a crematorium in her village in Odisha's Balasore district Tuesday. The 20-year-old woman's cousin brother lit the funeral pyre at the village...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Eight Opposition parties, led by the Congress, called an Odisha bandh July 17 to protest the death of the college student who set herself on fire following inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against a professor. State Congress president Bhakta Charan Das said the...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said the death of the college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor was due to "failure of the system". Expressing his grief over the death of the college student,...

Bhubaneswar: Attacking the ruling BJP in Odisha over the death of the college student who set herself on fire, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Tuesday alleged it was nothing less than an "organised murder by the system". Gandhi alleged that those...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday announced ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh for the family of the college student who died by setting herself on fire over alleged inaction on her sexual harassment complaint. Majhi directed officers concerned to conduct a proper...

Puri: Braving the rainy weather, 24 heritage enthusiasts from different parts of the state participated in the 12th Puri Heritage Walks (PHW) Sunday. They had come from far-off regions such as Rourkela, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, and Konark. In the first phase of the heritage journey, participants...

Jajpur: Reaffirming its commitment to community-centric development, the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) — the CSR arm of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited (IMFA) — launched two flagship outreach initiatives, Kanya Express and e-Shikshya Express, in Kalinganagar, Jajpur, Monday. The programmes were inaugurated...