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Bhubaneswar: The Opposition, including the Congress and several Left parties, will stage a mass protest July 18 in front of Lok Seva Bhawan, demanding justice in the self-immolation case involving a student of Fakir Mohan College, Balasore. A joint meeting in this regard held at...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over the back-to-back incidents of tribal couples being tied to a yoke and publicly humiliated by villagers for ‘violating’ customs, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said stringent legal action would be taken against those operating such ‘kangaroo courts’. Terming the acts as...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The self-immolation bid by a second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore has triggered a storm of protests, grief, and rage across Odisha’s student and parent communities. The alleged cause: persistent harassment by an assistant professor, and the...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The 20-year-old Odisha college student who set herself ablaze over an alleged sexual harassment by a professor died, triggering nationwide outrage. The father of the deceased held members of her college's Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) "solely responsible" for his daughter's death, accusing them of...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Monday said that depression and obesity were becoming a matter of concern. Addressing the 5th convocation of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, Murmu said that apart from medicine, awareness is also necessary to treat depression. "A lifestyle change can provide mental peace. Yoga and pranayama...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Monday visited the burn unit at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and enquired about the health condition of a 20-year-old college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor, an official said. Murmu, who hailed from Odisha, was at the...

Bhubaneswar: As a 20-year-old college student fights for her life in AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a self-immolation bid over an alleged incident of 'sexual harassment', political tensions in Odisha have reached a boiling point, with opposition parties staging demonstrations and holding press conferences. Alleging that women...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday visited the Burn Centre at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and met the family members of the victim student pursuing B.Ed at FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who attempted self-immolation Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD), Samir Kumar...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday sought a report from the state government on the circumstances under which a 20-year-old woman college student resorted to self-immolation and steps taken to address the situation. Kambhampati's action came a day after Leader of Opposition in Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday expressed concern over an alleged incident of egg hurling at devotees during the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Toronto, Canada. In a post on X, Patnaik said, "Deeply disturbed to know about the reports of eggs being hurled...