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New Delhi: As a university in Odisha was celebrating its three-day annual fest, a student’s body was discovered in her hostel room. Within hours, the discovery led to embassy-level talks between two countries. The death of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar set off a storm…
Bhubaneswar: Tension erupted on the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus in Odisha yesterday after a third-year student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room. BTech student Prakristi Lamsal died by suicide, authorities said. Dozens of Nepali students assembled last night and staged a protest, after which they claimed they were evicted…
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Bhubaneswar: A 65-year-old woman was on Saturday found to have been living with the corpses of three of her family members for at least two days in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, a police officer said. Decomposed bodies of the three – the woman’s husband, her daughter and grandson – were found hanging in their residence at…
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Jajpur: A class 4 student died after falling off a swing on the school premises in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday, police said. The deceased boy was identified as Soumyaranjan Sahu of Bagapatia Upper Primary school under Danagadi block. The 10-year-old boy was playing on a swing with some of his friends during school hours…
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Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Police on Monday said it arrested a couple on charges of defrauding people by impersonating themselves as the daughter and son-in-law of PK Mishra, the principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The couple, identified as Hansita Abhilipsa (38) and her accomplice Anil Kumar Mohanty, believed to be her husband, were accused of…
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Balasore: A couple in Odisha’s Balasore district allegedly sold their newborn boy to a childless couple in neighbouring Mayurbhanj district, police said on Sunday. The matter came to light when locals could not find the nine-day-old baby in the home of Dharmu Behera and his wife Shantilata in Hadamouda village under the Basta Police Station…
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According to the minister, 3,351 people were killed in 2021-22 (Representational) Bhubaneswar: More than 10,300 people lost their lives due to drowning, snakebites and natural disasters in Odisha over the past three years, revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari informed the assembly on Thursday. In a statement, Pujari said 10,302 lives were lost and…
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The man was convicted under IPC section 376 (AB) (Representational) Balasore: A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Odisha’s Balasore district on Saturday for raping a five-year-old girl when she was going to a shop near her house to buy soap. The incident happened on May 3…
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Further investigation into the matter is underway. (Representational) Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a 4-year-old girl was rescued by Badagada police in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar after being sold by her parents for Rs 40,000. The accused couple, who are from Bihar, along with four other individuals involved, have been arrested, according to the police. According to…
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Further investigation is underway, say cops (Representational) Hyderabad: A 25-year-old woman from Odisha, who had come to Hyderabad for surrogacy, died under mysterious circumstances after reportedly “falling” from a residential apartment, police said on Wednesday. The woman’s husband alleged that she was sexually harassed by a 54-year-old businessman who had hired her for surrogacy, leading…
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