Varsity probe team

Cuttack: Authorities of the Ravenshaw University on Monday formed a fact-finding committee to conduct an internal inquiry into the alleged harassment and mental torture levelled by two women faculty members of the varsity. A lecturer in the Hindi department, Anjuman Ara, had reported various forms of harassments by her colleagues. In her statement, Ara has alleged that two lecturers of her department had instigated students, who subsequently verbally abused and made caste-based remarks against her.

Ravenshaw officials, of the other hand, said that so far the varsity had not received any specific sexual abuse or harassment allegation against anyone. "We have formed a three-member committee headed by chairperson of the Council of Deans Smarapriya Mishra, to collect information about the allegations brought by women faculty members," said vice-chancellor Prakash Chandra Sarangi.

Repair work

Puri: The Jagannath Temple Administration will begin renovation of the Jagmohan section of the main temple from Wednesday. The administration has formed two committees to oversee the rituals and monitor the maintenance work. 

Liquor arrest

Jagatsinghpur: Police on Tuesday took two bootleggers into custody and seized 150 litres of illicit country liquor from their possession. The duo were booked under Bihar-Odisha Excise Act and sent to jail after a local court rejected their bail plea.

Suspended

Kendrapada: A class-III government employee has been suspended for embezzling public utility project grants in Charigaon gram panchayat in Kendrapada district. A departmental inquiry substantiated fiscal bungling charges against the accused, Krushna Mohan Acharya, which led to his suspension.

Protest

Rourkela: The Khandadhara Sangharsa Samiti on Tuesday held an agitation near the Khandadhar waterfall to protest against the move to lease out the Khandadhar iron ore mines. The samiti has planned to hold major agitation from Thursday.