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Bhubaneswar: Balasore suicide victim's father demanded that all those responsible for her death should be booked for conspiracy and murder. "Everyone in the college conspired and compelled my daughter to kill herself. Isn't that murder? It was a conspiracy because she used to raise her voice in college, and the authorities there didn't like it," said her father, who is a clerk in a local college.He alleged that a 'conspiracy' was hatched in the principal's room on Saturday, the day she immolated ...Read More >
BITS Pilani has announced a major expansion, including a new AI+ campus in Amaravati and a ₹1,219 crore investment to upgrade facilities across its existing campuses. The institute also formally launched BITS Pilani Digital, its online education platform, to extend its academic offerings to a wider audience. BITS Pilani on Sunday announced an expansion of its academic and digital infrastructure, unveiling plans for a new AI+ campus in Amaravati, a ₹1,219 crore investment to upgrade facilitie ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The same state that celebrated when one of its daughters, Droupadi Murmu, rose to become the President of India, is now gripped by a wave of outrage after losing another daughter, Soumyashree Bisi, a student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore, who succumbed to 95 percent burn injuries following a self-immolation attempt. Rushed through the front gate of AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical condition on Saturday, the 20-year-old was released through the back gate when she wa ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) Edible oil refiners are expected to witness a 2-3 per cent year-on-year decline in revenue to Rs 2.6 lakh crore in FY26 due to lower realisations, a report said on Tuesday. However, volumes are likely to grow 2.8-3.0 per cent year-on-year, Crisil Ratings said in the report. As a result, operating margin is expected to shrink 30-50 basis points to 3.3-3.5 per cent. But stable working capital requirements and lower capital expenditure (capex) will keep credit profiles stable ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai are among the world's top 130 cities for students with the national capital being ranked as the most affordable city globally for students, according to QS rankings announced on Tuesday. All four Indian metropolises featured in the 2026 QS Best Student Cities ranking -- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai -- have improved their positions, reflecting growing momentum in India's higher education appeal. According to prestigious rankin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai are among the world's top 130 cities for students with the national capital being ranked as the most affordable city globally for students, according to QS rankings announced on Tuesday. All four Indian metropolises featured in the 2026 QS Best Student Cities ranking -- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai -- have improved their positions, reflecting growing momentum in India's higher education appeal. Also Read | Aadhaar Free Update ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 15 (PTI) The ManipalCigna Health Insurance Company Ltd has planned to expand its footprint in Tamil Nadu with 10 more branches and add over 10,000 advisors across South India. ManipalCigna Health Insurance Company Ltd is a joint venture between Manipal Group, an eminent player in healthcare delivery and higher education and global health services company Cigna Healthcare. Also Read | Aadhaar Free Update: Government Requests Parents to Update Children's Aadhaar Biometrics Between A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, despite geo-political tensions and trade policy uncertainties, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Dev further said that domestic growth will be driven by low inflation, resulting from good monsoon and benign interest rate regime, triggered by three back-to-back rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India ...Read More >
Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE) has officially declared the results for the May-June 2025 semester examinations. Students who appeared for the diploma and polytechnic exams can now check their results on the official website. HSBTE May-June Exam Result 2025: Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE) has officially declared the results for the May-June 2025 semester examinations. Students who appeared for the diploma and polytechnic exams can now check their results o ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking his immediate intervention in an incident of alleged religious discrimination faced by Kashmiri female students at a nursing college in Bengaluru. The students, who wear the hijab or burkha in accordance with their religious beliefs, have reportedly been barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion by the managem ...Read More >
Chennai: In a first, Tamil Nadu govt has named four senior IAS officers as its official spokespersons empowered to communicate timely and accurate updates on govt schemes and departmental initiatives through the media. They are: Tangedco MD J Radhakrishnan, rural development secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi, secretary of home, prohibition and excise Dheeraj Kumar and revenue and disaster management secretary P Amudha.Dr Radhakrishnan will be the spokesperson for departments such as energy, health, ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the appointment of 1,158 assistant professors and librarians in Punjab observing "total arbitrariness" in the selection process. A Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran set aside the September 2024 decision of the division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which upheld the appointments. The process began in October 2021, when the Punjab Director of Higher Education issued a public notice inviting online applications for assistant ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In view of the self-immolation attempt by a 20-year-old student over alleged sexual harassment at a college in Balasore district on Saturday, state govt on Monday asked heads of all higher education institutes to submit compliance reports on instructions related to internal complaints committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, within 24 hours.The higher education department, in an urgent letter, asked the coll ...Read More >
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 are not safe in BJP-ruled Odisha, both the opposition BJD and Congress held multiple demonstrations in Bhubaneswar and Balasore. Odisha Mahila Congress president Meenakshi B ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (PTI) As a 20-year-old college student fights for her life in AIIMS Bhubaneswar following 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 are not safe in BJP-ruled Odisha, both the opposition BJD and Congress held multiple demonstrations in Bhubaneswar and Balasore. Odisha Mahila Congress president ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 14 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it appointed four senior bureaucrats as its official spokespersons to disseminate information on government schemes and initiatives to the members of the public through the media. This is the first time the state government has drafted the services of senior IAS officials. Also Read | How To Check Lottery Sambad Results: A Comprehensive Guide for Indian Lottery Enthusiasts. The move would not only ensure the dissemination of infor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) About one in every five women in the WHO Southeast Asia Region, including India, are covered under a health insurance, a study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia has estimated. One in eight women in the region -- defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- were enrolled in social security schemes. At the same time, only one in thirteen had privately purchased or commercial insurance, the analysis reveals. The 'WHO Southeast Asia Region' include ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Marking a significant leap in its mission to redefine higher education, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, has announced the launch of a futuristic AI+ Campus in Amaravati, alongside a series of transformative initiatives unveiled during its 2025 convocation. Spearheaded by Chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla, BITS Pilani has announced a Rs 1,219 crore investment under Project Vistaar to expand and modernise existing campuses, and the formal rollout of BITS Pilani Digita ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major boost to higher education and technology in India, Aditya Birla Group Chairman and BITS Pilani Chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla on Sunday announced a Rs 2,200 crore investment for three key initiatives. These include the launch of a cutting-edge AI campus in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, the expansion and modernisation of existing BITS campuses under Project Vistaar, and the introduction of a new edtech platform -- BITS Pilani Digital. The announcemen ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJD President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Governor Hari Babu Kambhamapati to ensure that the student, who set herself afire over alleged sexual harassment by her teacher, receives justice. On Saturday, a young student of Fakir Mohan University (FMU) in Balasore set herself on fire outside the principal's office, following months of relentless "sexual harassment" by her Head of Department. The student, who sustained grievous burn i ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): Congress leader and Barabati-Cuttack MLA Sofia Firdous has criticised the Odisha State government over its handling of the self-immolation bid by a woman student at the FM (Autonomous) College in Balasore following alleged harassment that went unaddressed. The state government has been completely deflecting the criticism and allegations that are being levied against it. Time and again, this innocent girl has been raising the complaint...The authoriti ...Read More >
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik on Sunday voiced his concern over the attempted self-immolation of a college student in Balasore, stating that the tragic incident revealed the stark reality of how she was denied justice by the administration despite repeatedly raising grievances. In a post on X, the former Odisha CM said that she posted her grievance on social media but as no action was taken she tragically resorted to self-immolation to end he ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Governor Hari Babu Kambhamapati to ensure that the student, who set herself afire over alleged sexual harassment by her teacher, receives justice. On Saturday, a young student of Fakir Mohan University (FMU) in Balasore set herself on fire outside the principal's office, following months of relentless "sexual harassment" by her Head of Department. The student, who sustained grievous ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13: Terming the female student of a college in Balasore resorting to self-immolation on the campus of the educational institute as "shocking and deeply distressing", Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sought Governor's intervention to ensure justice to the victim. Patnaik, who returned to Odisha on Saturday after his successful spine surgery, expressed deep anguish over the Balasore incident where a 20-year old college woman student set herself on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Govt has ordered a probe into the series of developments leading to the self-immolation by a girl student outside a govt college in Balasore. The committee will be led by the director of higher education.Higher education minister Suryabanshi Suraj on Saturday announced the formation of the probe committee, which includes a female joint secretary and a senior female educator.The committee will try to ascertain the circumstances leading to the self-immolation, the involvement of a tea ...Read More >
Balasore (Odisha), Jul 12 (PTI) A woman student of a college in Odisha's Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday allegedly set herself on fire on the institute's campus and sustained 90 per cent burn injuries, police said. Another male student, who attempted to save her, also suffered injuries and both were rushed to the district headquarters hospital here. Later, she was referred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for advanced treatment. A 12-member do ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The state government has suspended the Principal of Balasore's Fakir Mohan Autonomous College and arrested Head of the Department of Educational Studies in connection with the self-immolation bid by a college girl student on the campus on Saturday. As per reports, the girl student, pursuing Integrated BEd at FM College, was allegedly misbehaved with and sexually harassed by an Assistant Professor. While the investigation was underway, the victim attempted to end her life b ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 12 (Maxim News): Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has called for urgent reforms in the Indian judicial system, citing persistent challenges such as delayed trials, prolonged incarceration, and systemic inefficiencies. Speaking at the convocation ceremony of NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, the CJI emphasized the need for a radical transformation to ensure timely justice and uphold the rule of law. "Our judicial system is facing serious challenges. Trials in many cases ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: An assistant professor of an autonomous college in Balasore district of Odisha was arrested and its principal suspended on Saturday, hours after an undergraduate girl student attempted to die by suicide, protesting the inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against him. Police arrested assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu, who heads the education department in Fakir Mohan autonomous college, hours after the girl student attempted to die by suicide inside the college campus, ...Read More >
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