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Rohith Vemula News
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Vemula, a PhD scholar at the Hyderabad Central University, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel room on January 17, 2016. He was allegedly upset over disciplinary actions taken against him by the university.
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There had been allegations that disciplinary action against Rohith and other Dalit students was taken at the behest of the then Union labour minister Dattatreya.
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The students were a member of Maoist party
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Mevani called the death of Rohith "an institutional murder"
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The second year Dalit scholar was found hanging in his friend's hostel room last year.
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Rohith Vemula hanged himself in a hostel room on January 17 last year as he was allegedly upset over disciplinary action taken against him by the University of Hyderabad.
Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of any pressure exerted by union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya or university`s Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile and that it was a decision "of his own", an inquiry commission has found.
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Rohith Vemula’s suicide had triggered a huge political furore with the then HRD minister Smriti Irani coming under attack
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Meenakshi Lekhi alleged that the political opponents were being killed in "Talibani style" in the state and even workers of Congress, CPI and Muslim League have been targetted.
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On Tuesday, the family members of J Muthukrishnan, who was found hanging on Monday from the ceiling fan in his friend's room, suspected foul play and demanded a probe.
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The Dalit JNU scholar who allegedly committed suicide had previously been a student of the Hyderabad University and was at the forefront of the movement against the varsity's administration following the suicide of Rohith Vemula.
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Earlier this month, the Andhra Pradesh government declared that Rohith Vemula belonged to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and was not a Dalit.
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Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of University of Hyderabad whose suicide in January 2016 triggered a nationwide uproar, was not a Dalit.
Protests rocked the University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as police stopped students and activists from entering the campus on the first anniversary of research scholar Rohith Vemula`s suicide.
In an effort to prevent incidents of suicide on campuses, the HRD ministry will ask universities to establish local guardian systems for outstation students, while the Vice Chancellors would closely monitor the departmental issues.
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Accusing Justice Roopanwal panel, which went into Rohith Vemula's suicide, of not performing the task in accordance with its terms of reference but those set by BJP and RSS, a group of students Friday held a protest against the "atrocious" report submitted by it.
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A first-year student of Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Hyderabad has allegedly committed suicide in the hostel room by hanging himself.
The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, an umbrella body of students' groups at University of Hyderabad, has condemned the report by a one-man judicial commission that research scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide early this year, was not a Dalit.
Sources said the one-member Commission has submitted its report to UGC officials, though there was no official confirmation.
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It seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to stop atrocities against Dalits have fallen on deaf ears.
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