The Higher Education Department on Wednesday opened a 24X7 dedicated helpdesk for the students of KIIT University and issued helpline numbers to ensure the safety and security of students affected by the incident,

KIIT University apologised for the incident and said two security officials were also suspended, and a control room had been set up to facilitate the return of the Nepali students.

Indian police have arrested Advik Shrivastava, the main accused in the case involving a death of Nepali student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Bhubaneswar: Tensions at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, escalated following the death of a Nepali engineering student in the hostel campus. Cuttack Police have arrested a student in connection with the incident, charging him with alleged abetment of suicide.

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured that peace and normalcy would be restored on the campus, and urged Nepali students to return to campus and resume their studies

The Nepalese government warned yesterday, Tuesday, January 18, that if the situation surrounding the death of a student at a Bhubaneswar university is not resolved properly and legally, it may discontinue granting no-objection certificates to students seeking to study in educational establishments in India's Odisha.

Describing the deceased engineering student as a "daughter of Odisha," the state government on Wednesday assured Nepal that justice would be done to the victim and other students allegedly tortured by

Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba in a telephonic conversation with Odisha's Higher Education Minister Surjya Narayan Patro, urged him to act against those involved in the death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal.

Councillors from the Nepal Embassy, Sanjib Sharma Das & Nabin Raj Adhikari, held a meeting with Odisha Ministers Mukesh Mahaling & Suryabanshi Suraj over the death of a Nepali student at KIIT. Following the alleged suicide of a Nepali student at KIIT University in Odisha,