Hyderabad University: Rohith Vemula memorial may be pulled down
Mar 31, 2016, at 05:27 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (IBNS) The authorities of the Hyderabad Central University are likely to pull down a makeshift memorial erected by students, who have been pouring their hearts for Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar, whose suicide in January has snowballed into a major political issue across the country.
Kanhaiya Kumar arrives Hyderabad, university authorities put ban on his entry
Mar 23, 2016, at 07:01 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 23 (IBNS) Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNU student leader who was arrested on sedition charges, reached Hyderabad on Wednesday to visit the university while a was already put on his entry, reports said.
Rohith Vemula suicide : Hyderabad Central University students ransack VC's office
Mar 22, 2016, at 06:28 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 22 (IBNS) Students of Hyderabad Central University on Tuesday ransacked the office and residence of vice chancellor Appa Rao to protest his return to work-two moths after Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide under controversial circumstances, reports said.
Modi govt is targeting weak and poor: Gandhi
Mar 07, 2016, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Central government and said it should try to 'attack' him but not the poor people of the nation.
Afzal Guru is not my icon, Rohit is: Kanhaiya
Mar 04, 2016, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who walked out of jail on an interim bail on Thursday after being interned for three weeks on sedition charges, said hanged Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is not his icon, but Dalit student Rohit Vemula, who committed suicide in Hyderabad, is.
Do not politicize education: Irani
Feb 25, 2016, at 01:43 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) The Lok Sabha turned into a battlefield on Wednesday with politicians debating over the JNU row and the suicide Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula as an emotional Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani urged lawmakers not to 'politicize' education.
Arvind Kejriwal joins students' march in Delhi, slams Centre
Feb 23, 2016, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Joining students, who are demonstrating in the national capital to demand justice for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula and JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the people of the country are not satisfied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Protesting students say govt. anti-student, worst in history of India
Feb 23, 2016, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS) Protesting against the death of Hyderabad University dalit student Rohith Vemula, a large crowd swept the streets of the capital, calling the incumbent government anti-student friendly.
Delhi CM to meet Rohith Vemula's family today
Feb 23, 2016, at 04:53 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be visiting Rohit Vemula's family on Tuesday afternoon apart from meeting students.
FB post of IIMC student against Dalits roils campus
Feb 04, 2016, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS) A Facebook post of a Delhi IIMC student criticising his Dalit friends for protesting the death of Rohit Vemula, a discarded Hyderabad University student, who committed suicide last month, triggered fresh row, according to reports.
Women's Commission and Delhi Governor issue summons to Delhi police
Feb 02, 2016, at 10:39 pm
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): Delhi Police on Tuesday received two summons, one from the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) for failing to submit data pertaining to crimes committed against women in the past five months and the other from the office of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, regarding the alleged beating up of students while they were protesting against the death of Hyderabad's Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.
Rohith death: Rahul Gandhi may rejoin hunger strike
Jan 30, 2016, at 02:53 pm
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IBNS): Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi is likely to join protesters who are on a hunger strike to demonstrate against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.
Nationwide strike over Rohith Vemula's suicide
Jan 27, 2016, at 07:55 pm
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IBNS) As protests continue to intensify even week after the suicide of Hyderabad University research scholar Rohith Vemula, students have called for a nationwide strike across all universities on Wednesday.
Smriti Irani telling one lie after another : Arvind Kejriwal on Rohith Vemula's suicide
Jan 21, 2016, at 08:20 pm
Hyderabad, Jan. 21 (IBNS) As the suicide of Rohith Vemula, a dalit research scholar of Hyderabad Central University, snowballed into a political fight, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday slammed union minister Smriti Irani over her statement on the death and alleged that she spoke "one lie after another."