Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hyderabad University student, a fan of Rohith Vemula, goes missing
07-Feb-2016
Suresh is a member of the Ambedkar Students Association, which Rohith was associated with. He had also written glowing tributes about Rohith on his Facebook page. By: Express News Service | Hyderabad | Updated: February 7, 2016 9:01 am A 28-year-old PhD scholar from the University of Hyderabad, Ditty Suresh, who was reportedly suffering from…
Dalit family can’t build toilet due to upper-caste ‘opposition’ in Mehsana
05-Feb-2016
Lakshmipura-Bhandu is a small village of Visnagar taluka in Mehsana, home district of CM Anandiben Patel. Written by Parimal A Dabhi | Mehsana | Updated: February 5, 2016 7:33 am For over two years, a Dalit family at Lakshmipura-Bhandu village in Mehsana district has been struggling to build a toilet for itself but can’t do…
Dalit family can’t build toilet due to upper-caste ‘opposition’ in Mehsana
05-Feb-2016
Lakshmipura-Bhandu is a small village of Visnagar taluka in Mehsana, home district of CM Anandiben Patel. Written by Parimal A Dabhi | Mehsana | Updated: February 5, 2016 7:33 am For over two years, a Dalit family at Lakshmipura-Bhandu village in Mehsana district has been struggling to build a toilet for itself but can’t do…
Rohith was an OBC, parties should not politicise it: Union Min
04-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 3 , 2016, PTI: Another Union Minister today claimed that Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at Hyderabad University, was not a Dalit and parties should stop politicising his death for their own gains. “There is no question of this being a Dalit versus non-Dalit issue as Rohith and his family are an…
IIMC Dalits lodge plaint against `casteist’ peers
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Himanshi Dhawan New Delhi: The controversial suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University has found an echo at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at Delhi. Posts on social media using abusive language against Dalit and tribal students have prompted around 17 IIMC…
Rohith was an OBC, parties should not politicise it: Union Min
04-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 3 , 2016, PTI: Another Union Minister today claimed that Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at Hyderabad University, was not a Dalit and parties should stop politicising his death for their own gains. “There is no question of this being a Dalit versus non-Dalit issue as Rohith and his family are an…
IIMC Dalits lodge plaint against `casteist’ peers
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Himanshi Dhawan New Delhi: The controversial suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University has found an echo at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at Delhi. Posts on social media using abusive language against Dalit and tribal students have prompted around 17 IIMC…
Kottayam: For ‘discriminating’ against Dalit woman scholar, professor removed
03-Feb-2016
The university also served a notice to Prof Nandakumar Kalarikkal to explain why severe action should not be taken against him. Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthpuram | Updated: February 3, 2016 2:36 am The Syndicate of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam has decided to remove the head of a teaching department on charges of…
Kottayam: For ‘discriminating’ against Dalit woman scholar, professor removed
03-Feb-2016
The university also served a notice to Prof Nandakumar Kalarikkal to explain why severe action should not be taken against him. Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthpuram | Updated: February 3, 2016 2:36 am The Syndicate of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam has decided to remove the head of a teaching department on charges of…
IIMC student’s FB post against Dalits stirs disquiet
03-Feb-2016
Anuradha Raman NEW DELHI, February 3, 2016 The post comes in the wake of the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent unrest in the University of Hyderabad. A Facebook post by a student of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here targeting Dalits has led to disquiet on the campus, with administrative…