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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of HRD Prakash Javadekar along with Minister of State Satyapal Singh released the All-India Rankings of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital today. Four educational institutions from Odisha found a place in Top 100 educational institutes in India. SOA University, Bhubaneswar was ranked 38 while NIT, Rourkela; […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissonerate Police on Thursday claimed a breakthrough in the ITER Fake Placement scam by arresting an MBA graduate from Gurgaon, taking the number of arrests in the job row to three. The accused has been identified as Vikash Lunayach who was arrested on June 27 and has been brought on a transit remand. Addressing […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the ITER fake placement scam, activists of the Students’ Congress on Tuesday raised questions over State Government’s inaction and demanded immediate arrest of the varsity founder Manoj Nayak. They accused the government of not being serious and not taking any quick and necessary decision regarding the fake placements at the ITER, a constituent […]

Bhubaneswar: Arrested consultant Manas Ranjan Nayak today stated he offered ‘complimentary’ support to the ITER College authorities in getting campus selection at the educational institution in return for a job offer at the Siksha O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University. Talking to media persons at a police station here, Manas said, “I have not taken a single […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of a ‘major placement racket’ behind Siksha O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University’s ITER job scandal, Commissionerate police on Friday nabbed the consultant, who had allegedly acted as a ‘facilitator’. Sources said, the accused Manas Nayak, a consultant had reportedly played a crucial role in acting as a mediator between the ITER management and […]

Bhubaneswar: The SOA row has opened up a can of worms in the fake placement issue as arrested placement dean of the varsity, Rajkumar Hota said that a huge racket is operating in this sector. Commissionerate Police has formed three teams to trace the operatives of the racket. As per police sources, during the questioning, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee today demanded prompt action from the state government in the SOA fake job offer issue. Congress leaders have asked the state government to ensure a secure future for the students who were duped in a fake placement row in the varsity. The party has also demanded probe by state government […]

Bhubaneswar: The students agitating at the SOA University’s ITER college campus have begun an indefinite hunger strike today. The students said they have started fasting unto death as varsity authorities are not responding to their situation though their job offers from campus placement turned out to be fake. “The University vice-chancellor is sitting comfortably in […]

Bhubaneswar: Students who are agitating against the fake placement issue at SOA University have received support of the state government and the Opposition as well. While Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra today said he would raise the issue in the Assembly, Higher Education Minister Ananta Das said the government will take action against culprits. Opposition […]

Bhubaneswar: Four educational institutions from Odisha have made it to the top 100 list of institutes announced by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). According to the ministry’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for higher educational institutions in India, in overall ranking; Sikha ‘O’ Anusandhan University in the State capital has secured 33rd rank […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate police has quizzed Saswati Das and Arati Nayak, trustees of the Siksha O Anusandhan (SOA) Charitable Trust in connection with the SUM Hospital fire mishap that had occurred on October 17. The Trust runs Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital. Sources said, on Sunday night the Khandagiri police went to the […]

In a bid to encourage entrepreneurs, the Odisha government has decided to keep aside two per cent of the annual plan budget for development of the IT sector, a senior official said on Tuesday

Bhubaneswar: Ragging menace grips Odisha acutely. The State figures among the top -10 states that bear the maximum anti-ragging complaints lodged in the UGCs anti-ragging helpline in 2019. The enormity of ragging in Odisha could very well be ascertained from the fact that the State recorded around 35 ragging complaints every year. In the last […]