Kalinga Institute Of Social Science
KIIT issue: Unhappy with reply, BJD, Cong stage walkout in Odisha Assembly
The opposition BJD and Congress on Friday staged a walkout in the Odisha Assembly expressing dissatisfaction with the state Higher Education minister Suryabanshi Suraj's reply to the debate on the KIIT issue. Members cutting across party lines expressed disappointment with what happened at KIIT after the death of a Nepalese student in her hostel room. The BJD and Congress demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter but the state government did not respond to their request. The minister said law will take its course and whoever is guilty will be punished. The unrest in KIIT began after the alleged suicide of 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal, a student from Nepal, on Sunday afternoon. Other Nepalese students staged agitation and demanded justice. However, the KIIT authorities issued suspension notices to about 1,000 Nepalese students and asked them to leave the campus on Monday. Following the intervention of the Centre and the state government, the KIIT authorities had tendered an apolog
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KIIT suicide row: Nepal PM steps in; accused held - what we know so far
A third-year BTech student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room, with allegations surfacing that she was harassed and blackmailed by her 21-year-old batchmate from Lucknow, Advik Srivastava
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Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences wins UNESCO's Int'l Literacy Prize
KISS became the fifth recipient from India and the only one in Odisha till date to receive the recognition
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Kalinga Institute of Social Science to set up branches in 10 states
The institute's founder will be meeting J Jayalalithaa to discuss possibilities of setung up a branch in Tamil Nadu
