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TN college sealed after furore over suicide of three medical students
25-Jan-2016
• 25 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • KV Lakshmana klakshmana@hindustantimes.com THE PARENTS ALLEGED THAT IT IS A CASE OF MURDER, BUT THE STATE POLICE HAVE REGISTERED A CASE OF SUICIDE AND STARTED INVESTIGATION CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday sealed a private medical college in Villupuram after huge protests by parents of…
Rohith family rejects relief
24-Jan-2016
Jan 24, 2016 | PTI| Hyderabad Agitating students term Modi’s remarks ‘insulting’ Agitating students of Hyderabad central Univers-ity on Saturday termed as “insulting” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks over the suicide of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula even as the student’s distraught family rejected the Rs 8 lakh ex-gratia relief offered by the institution. The students…
Tamil Nadu suicide: Post-mortem of one student underway, investigation team seal Medical college
24-Jan-2016
Three girl students of SVS Yoga Medical College at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Saturday evening accusing the administration of charging excess fees and “torture”. By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 24, 2016 8:28 pm The post-mortem on the body of one of the three girl students…
V K Singh: Award wapsi was a conspiracy
24-Jan-2016
Earlier, when repeatedly asked about his comment on Johar’s remark, he reportedly admonished media to go and beat up Johar instead of chasing him for answer By Press Trust of India on January 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM Jodhpur, Jan 23 Union Minister V K Singh today termed as conspiracy the return of the awards…
Hyderabad scholar death: HRD to set up judicial commission on suicide
23-Jan-2016
Jan 23, 2016 – Namrata Biji Ahuja and Nitin Mahajan | New Delhi State government confirms Rohith was a dalit Trouble is brewing for the Narendra Modi government as the Telangana government report sent to the Centre has reaffirmed that the deceased student, who committed suicide at Hyderabad Central University, was a dalit and the…
Pune: Son was burnt alive after he said he was Hindu, alleges teen’s father
23-Jan-2016
Jan 23, 2016 | • pune Sawan sustained severe burns when accused set him ablaze with petrol. Pune: Days after a 17-year-old ragpicker was allegedly murdered by three persons here after setting him afire, his father and some right-wing activists claimed he was killed because he was a ‘Hindu’ and the brutality meted out to…
Case on VC for harassing dalit student
23-Jan-2016
Jan 23, 2016 – Sanjay Bohra | • Jaipur Close on the heels of Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, yet another dalit student, this time in Rajasthan, has complained of harassment by the vice-chancellor and some senior professors. On the direction of a local court, the police has registered a case against them for…
Food for children in beef packaging, probe ordered
22-Jan-2016
State Women and Child Development Minister Anita Bhadel said it was only a “packaging mistake”. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Published:January 22, 2016 1:31 am A mistake by a self-help group created a scare in some villages in Bharatpur, when nutrition supplement under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was distributed in discarded…
Pune: Teenager’s father alleges his son was burnt alive after he said he was Hindu
22-Jan-2016
On Thursday, members of Rathod’s Banjara community and Hindutva groups met senior police officers and threatened to launch an agitation on January 27 over the death. Written by Chandan Haygunde | Pune | Updated: January 22, 2016 10:49 am The death of a teenager who was set on fire by three people, including two brothers,…
Man gets triple life imprisonment for rape of minor girl in Pune
22-Jan-2016
Police said that the convict identified as Rajesh Natha Chouhan (30) had raped the girl at Sadashiv Mangal Karyalay in Wadgaon Maval on July 7, 2013. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:January 22, 2016 3:13 am A special court on Thursday awarded triple life imprisonment to a convict for the rape of a…