Radhika Vemula

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Pune Police questions Elgar Parishad organisers, summons members of Kabir Kala Manch, Bhim Army

Pune police, probing the alleged "Maoist link" to the Elgar Parishad, questioned members of organisations who were part of the committee of the event.

Bhima-Koregaon clashes have their roots in 200-year-old history: All you need to know about its significance to Dalits

Monday will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon, where the Marathas led by Peshwa Bajirao II clashed with the British East India company.

Rohith Vemula and mother Radhika are OBCs, not Dalits, says Andhra Pradesh government

The Andhra Pradesh government has declared Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of University of Hyderabad whose suicide in January 2016 triggered a nationwide uproar, as belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and not a Dalit.

Rohith Vemula's family reject commission report, claim caste discussion diverts investigation

Rohith Vemula's brother, Raja Vemula on Friday alleged that the report of the commission, constituted by the HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death, was aimed at saving the BJP Union Ministers, Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University and ABVP members.

Radhika Vemula takes on HRD Min: It is a David versus Goliath confrontation

They also took journalists step by step through the process which led to Rohith’s suicide and showed how Smriti Irani, Bandaru Dattatreya and the ABVP students joined hands to punish the Dalit students. "It is these ministers and the BJP whose political interference and the casteist attitude of the VC and other complicit administrators that led to the politicisation and death of Rohith,’’ the students said.

Rohith Vemula's mother meets Kejriwal, demands job for younger son

Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's mother on Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence and requested a job for her younger son