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New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a fact-finding committee to look into consecutive student suicides at KIIT-Bhubaneshwar, officials said Friday. The panel was constituted after a 20-year-old Nepalese student of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha's Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday approved 19 projects worth Rs 3,898 crore, which are expected to generate employment for over 7,400 people. According to an official statement, the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, has given its nod...

Cuttack: More than 96 per cent of the students who appeared for the Matriculation (Class-X) examinations-2025 under the Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) cleared the examinations, School Mass Education Minister Nityananda Ganda said Friday. The 10th Board examinations in Odisha are conducted under three...

Bhubaneswar: Eight scientists from different institutions in Odisha are among thousands of researchers at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland who recently received the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognised the collaborative work of researchers...

Cuttack: Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha announced the Class X (matriculation) examination results Friday at 4pm, including results for the State Open School Certificate Examination and the Madhyama Examination for Sanskrit students. Notably, students will be able to access their scores from 6pm onwards...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday extended heartfelt condolences on the tragic demise of a female Nepali student of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar, stating that the Indian government takes the safety, security, and well-being of all international students...

Bhubaneswar: Nepal Friday launched diplomatic initiatives to probe the death of one of its students at a premier technology institute here, a day after she was found hanging in her hostel room, the country's foreign ministry said. The body of the 18-year-old B.Tech computer science...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday chaired a high-level meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar to review aviation and network infrastructure development across the state, with a focus on strengthening air connectivity and modernising existing facilities. The meeting covered proposals for a...

Bhubaneswar: A strong resentment is brewing among devotees of Lord Jagannath in Odisha over the West Bengal government's portrayal of the newly inaugurated Digha temple as 'Jagannath Dham', with at least two former members of the 12th-century Puri shrine's managing committee demanding the withdrawal of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday inaugurated two waiting centres for labourers in Bhubaneswar and announced that more such facilities would be opened across the state for the welfare of workers. During the state-level International Workers' Day-2025 function here, he unveiled the two...