Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that his government has taken cognizance of the death of a student from Nepal at a private college in Bhubaneswar, which sparked protests, and is pursuing the matter with India through diplomatic channels.

"It has come to our attention through media and social media that a Nepali student has died in the hostel of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Odisha, India, and that Nepali students have been forcibly evicted from the hostel," Oli said in a statement posted on his Facebook account.

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"Our Embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in Odisha," Oli sa...