Dalit scholar News
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that there was "an emergency like situation" in the University of Hyderabad, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Human Resource Development ministry, Telangana government and Hyderabad police commissioner.
The mother of deceased Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula on Wednesday went on a sit-in protest in front of the main entrance of Hyderabad Central University after she was denied entry inside the campus to meet students who were injured in a police lathicharge yesterday.
Hours after Congress vice president's speech in the Lok Sabha, BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley took on Rahul Gandhi.
One of the six JNU students accused of shouting seditious slogans has told HRD Minister Smriti Irani that he was not a child.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday re-tweeted the links of speeches made in Parliament by some BJP leaders.
The President said being a member of parliament bestows great honour as well as important responsibilities.
The conclave will be chaired by NSUI President Roji M John while Gandhi, who supported the students' protest over Vemula's death in Hyderabad recently.
Dalit scholar Rohith Vemulla's suicide: HCU acting VC says students ready to allow classes to resume
Keeping up the offensive on the suicide issue, Congress blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to take any action against HRD Minister Smriti Irani and Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.
External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that the scholar Rohith Vemula, who has committed suicide at Hyderabad Central University, was not Dalit.
The ABVP contends that Vemula belongs to the Vaddera community and certificates which claim that he is a Dalit are false.
There seems to be no end in sight to politics over Hyderabad University's Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide.
Senior HRD ministry officials said that Justice (retd) Roopanwal will review the entire sequence of events, the circumstances and establish facts and correctives in connection with the incident.
Four persons have been detained in connection with the suicide case of three girls in Tamil Nadu.
Radhika Vemula, the mother of Rohith Vemula, was on Sunday night shifted to a hospital in view of her health conditions.
Three students of the varsity -- Suchishree, Lenin Kumar and Shubhanshu -- have decided to sit on the fast to express solidarity.
Various student groups have been protesting over the issue in the national capital since last week.
The Hyderabad Central University (HCU) had on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs eight lakh to the family of Rohith Vemula.
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Saturday refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide: Subramanian Swamy stokes controversy, terms protesters 'dogs'
In a fresh development which can further add fuel to the fire, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday, in a controversial tweet, termed the protesters who are agitating against the suicide of the dalit scholar Rohith Vemula as 'dogs'.
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