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Balasore: A fact-finding team of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Friday went to the college in Odisha's Balasore to probe into the circumstances that led a student to set herself afire on the campus. The UGC is one of the agencies that have been probing...

New Delhi: Reacting to the US designating The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar lauded the decision and termed it a strong affirmation of India-US...

New Delhi: In a firm response to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's threat of secondary sanctions over New Delhi's ties with Moscow, India on Thursday cautioned against ‘double standards’ on the matter and asserted that its energy procurement from Russia is based on national interests...

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was partially affected in Odisha Thursday as opposition Congress and seven other political parties enforced a 12-hour bandh across the state over the death of a college student who set herself on fire after being denied justice in an alleged sexual harassment...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Wednesday took over the probe into the death of a woman student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who allegedly set herself on fire on the campus. Director General of Police, CID-CB, Vinaytosh Mishra, in an order deputed...

Bhubaneswar: Several BJD workers and leaders, including two former ministers, were reportedly injured in a scuffle with police personnel in Bhubaneswar Wednesday during the party's protest over the death of a college student, who set herself on fire in Odisha's Balasore district. The BJD's demonstration...

New York: US President Donald Trump stated that India is working on a trade deal along the same lines as the one he announced with Indonesia, which will provide the US with greater access to the Indian market. Under the deal with Jakarta, there will...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The 20-year-old college student from Odisha's Balasore district who set herself ablaze over an alleged sexual harassment by a professor died Monday night, triggering nationwide outrage. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the student's death by self-immolation and announced that all culprits...

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: 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...