Kathmandu, Feb. 20 -- Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba has stated that the government is taking the death of a Nepali student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha and the subsequent developments seriously, resolving the matter through diplomatic means.

Upon her return from the 8th Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat, Oman, on Thursday, Minister Deuba informed the media that she had spoken to Odisha's Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj, urging a fair investigation into Prakriti Lamsal's death and legal action against those responsible.

The minister also stressed the importance of ensuring a safe environment for Nepali students at KIIT, to which the Indian minister responded by assuring that Odisha aut...