New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) An NHRC team will visit Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) to investigate the alleged suicide of a Nepali girl student due to harassment by her ex-boyfriend that was ignored by the college staff despite repeated complaints, a representative of the rights panel said on Tuesday. The commission has … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21 (IANS) Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said on Friday said that efforts are on to bring back the Nepali students and also assured them to bear the travel expenses of all the students returning back to their campuses at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. Speaking during the discussion on the adjournment motion … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Thursday arrested five more staffers of the KIIT University on the charges of assaulting Nepali students during their forceful eviction from the University campus in Bhubaneswar on Monday. The accused Persons, Identified as Ajaya Kumar Swain (46), Saroj Kumar Routray (45), Chandan Kumar Swain (29), Sudhansusekhar Behera … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Odisha Higher Education Department on Thursday asked KIIT University founder Achyut Samanta to appear before the High Level Committee on February 21 for enquiry into the alleged suicide of the female Nepali student and subsequent mistreatment meted out against students by the authorities of the University. He has also been … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) The three-member high-level committee, constituted by the Odisha Government to inquire into the alleged mistreatment meted out to Nepali students by KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, began their probe into the unfortunate incident on Wednesday. The committee comprises the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department, Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development … Read more