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New Delhi, Jul 15: The death of a 20-year-old B.Ed. student in Odisha, who self-immolated after weeks of alleged sexual harassment and administrative inaction, has ignited a fierce political row, with opposition leaders accusing the BJP-led state government of systemic failure and "institutional betrayal." The ruling party has dismissed the charges as politically motivated. According to The Times of India, the student succumbed to her burn injuries on Tuesday, three days after she set herself o ...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 >
Bhubaneswar, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday, expressed deep sorrow and anguish over the death of the Balasore FM College girl student, Soumyashree Bisi, who succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, on Monday night. In a heartfelt post on X on Tuesday, Patnaik conveyed his condolences and demanded accountability from those in power who failed to act despite repeated appeals ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 15 (PTI) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday demanded a judicial inquiry into the "planned injustice" which led to the death of a college student in the state and asked the Odisha government to publicly tender an apology for "failure of the system". The second year B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who set herself on fire following inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against a professor died on Monday night at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The demands ...Read More >
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 15 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday heavily criticised the Odisha government, calling their administration a 'failed system' and blamed their inaction for the death of a Balasore college student, who self-immolated herself in protest over sexual harassment by her teacher. Patnaik said that her death 'was not an accident' but a result of system that 'remained silent instead of helping.' 'It is even more disturbing to think how a failed s ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 14 (UNI) With the undergraduate girl student of Government-run Fakir Mohan Autonomous College still battling for life after resorting to self-immolation for allegedly being denied justice over 'sexual harassment' by an assistant professor, Odisha police today arrested the principal of the higher educational institution on the charge of allegedly abetting the suicide. While controversy over the unsavory incident is not showing signs of dying down, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kamb ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Monday lodged a strong protest with the Canadian govt regarding alleged disrespect to Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra in Toronto. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) intervened following reports that eggs were hurled on a chariot during Rath Yatra in Toronto on Sunday.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have seen reports regarding disruption created by mischievous elements during the Rath Yatra procession in Toronto. Such despicable acts are regrettable and are a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) India on Monday described as "despicable" the disruption of a Rath Yatra in the Canadian city of Toronto over the weekend and said the matter had been strongly taken up with Canadian authorities. The procession in Toronto over the weekend was disrupted by some people who hurled eggs, according to media reports. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the disruption was caused by "mischievous elements". "Such despicable acts are regrettable and are a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): India on Monday strongly condemned the disruption caused during the Rath Yatra procession in Toronto, calling the act despicable and urging the Canadian authorities to take action against those responsible. In response to media queries on the incident, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, We have seen reports regarding disruption created by mischievous elements during the Rath Yatra procession in Toronto. Such despicab ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on 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 at devotees during #RathaJatra celebrations in Toronto, Canada. Such incidents not only grievously hurt the sentiments of Lord Jagannatha's devotees worldwide, but also cause deep anguish to the people of #Odisha, for whom ...Read More >
Balasore: Police personnel investigate after a female student allegedly set herself on fire over sexual harassment at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, in Balasore district, Odisha, Saturday, July 12, 2025.Source : PTI Odisha police confirmed on Monday that Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore principal Dillip Kumar Ghose has been arrested after being suspended by the Higher Education Department. Earlier, the department had also suspended Head of Department Samira Kumar Sahu, who was arre ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (PTI) Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on 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 Assembly Naveen Patnaik sought the governor's intervention into the matter that led to a second-year integrated BEd student attempting self-immolation on the campus of Fakir M ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. The dramatic scene unfolded a day after Abdullah and several leaders of the National Conference and opposition parties were put under house arrest to prevent them from going to the graveyard to mark Martyrs' Day. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah took an autorickshaw from the Khanya ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (PTI) BJD president Naveen Patnaik on 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 at devotees during #RathaJatra celebrations in Toronto, Canada. Such incidents not only grievously hurt the sentiments of Lord Jagannatha's devotees worldwide, but also cause deep anguish to the people of #Odi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (PTI) The condition of the 20-year-old college student who set herself on fire for allegedly being denied justice over "sexual harassment" by a teacher, remained critical for the third consecutive day on Monday, hospital sources here said. Briefing reporters on the latest health condition of the college student, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Superintendent Dr Dillip Parida said: "The patient is certainly critical, but stable. We are saying stable because her health condition has remaine ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (PTI) The condition of the 20-year-old college student who set herself on fire for allegedly being denied justice over "sexual harassment" by a teacher, remained critical for the third consecutive day on Monday, hospital sources here said. The student's father, a resident of Balasore district, in an appeal to all people of Odisha, urged them to pray to Lord Jagannath for the recovery of his daughter as the doctors have already informed that there were no signs of improvement ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Leader of opposition and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday appealed to governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, who is also chancellor of state universities, to intervene in the case of a 20-year-old college student who set herself ablaze over alleged sexual harassment by a faculty member in Balasore on Saturday.The incident prompted the opposition BJD and Congress to hold separate protests in Bhubaneswar, criticising the govt's handling of her grievance. They demanded the resig ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (UNI) The self-immolation bid by undergraduate girl student after her complaint of prolonged sexual harassment by a teacher was not addressed to in a government-run autonomous college in Odisha's Balasore district has triggered a massive political controversy, even though the accused teacher has been arrested and government has constituted a probe committee. The unsavory episode, which brought to the fore unsafe campus environs for girl students in higher educational instit ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 13 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday said the government is ensuring the "best possible treatment" for the 20-year-old student who set herself on fire on college campus in Balasore after allegedly being denied justice in a sexual harassment complaint. The student, admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar, remains on ventilator support with 95 per cent burn injuries, and her condition is described as "highly critical" by hospital authorities. Majhi, who was on a tou ...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 >
Bhubaneswar: A student of Fakir Mohan College in Balasore, who set herself on fire on the campus over alleged sexual harassment on Saturday, has been put on ventilator support at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after she sustained 95 per cent burn injuries. A 12-member team of doctors is closely monitoring her health condition. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi along with his deputy Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo visited AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Sunday to inquire about her condition. Majhi interacted with doctors and s ...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: Leader of the Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati's intervention to ensure justice for the 20-year-old girl student of FM College in Balasore who allegedly faced sexual harassment from a teacher who repeatedly demanded sexual favours. In a post on X, the former chief minister said that the Governor serves as the chancellor of key government-run universities, including the FM College. "I urge the Governor to intervene and ensure ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continued to remain net buyers in Indian stock markets well into the fourth month of July. Latest data made available by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) showed that FPIs had cumulatively bought domestic stocks worth Rs 3,839 crore in July so far. Also Read | FM College Student Self-Immolation Case: Naveen Patnaik Says 'Deeply Distressing', Seeks Governor's Intervention. In April, May, and June, the FPIs had acc ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kolkata Police have formed a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a woman on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta campus, officials said on Sunday. The SIT has been constituted under the Deputy Commissioner of the South West Division to ensure a thorough investigation into the case. Also Read | FM College Student Self-Immolation Case: Naveen Patnaik Says 'Deeply Distressing', Seeks Governor's Interv ...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 (Odisha) [India], July 12 (ANI): Odisha Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik returned to Bhubaneswar on Saturday after undergoing a medical procedure for cervical arthritis in Mumbai. He arrived at his residence, Naveen Niwas, to a rousing welcome from supporters and well-wishers who gathered along the route from the airport. He underwent a medical procedure for cervical arthritis in Mumbai on June 22. Also Read | Maharashtra Bandh on July 14: Bars and Perm ...Read More >
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