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Bhubaneswar: A fire broke out at the Odisha Secretariat Tuesday afternoon, damaging several pieces of critical equipment. The incident occurred around 4:38 p.m. in the upper premises of the Cooperative Department. Upon being alerted, two fire brigade teams rushed to the scene and successfully brought...

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: Legislators cutting across party lines Tuesday expressed grief in the Odisha Assembly over the death of a Nepali student on the KIIT campus in Bhubaneswar and condemned the alleged mistreatment of several other students from the neighbouring country by the private institute's authorities. The...

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...