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Rohith Vemula's suicide: One year later, not much has changed at the University of Hyderabad
Tssudhir • 9 years agoIf you analyse how events panned out post Rohith Vemula's suicide, you realise it was like a cat-and-mouse game being played out.
Rohith Vemula aftermath: 12 recommendations from HRD ministry and Podile stays on as V-C
Vishnupriya • 9 years agoA year ago, on 18 December 2015, Rohith Vemula — Dalit PhD scholar from the University of Hyderabad — wrote a letter dripping with sarcasm to the vice chancellor of the university, Dr V Appa Rao Podile, about the discrimination being meted out to Dalit students.
Rohith Vemula's death: Centre refuses to release probe report in public domain
• 9 years agoThe Centre has declined to make public a panel's report on the death of research scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University.
Rohith Vemula's death due to 'personal frustration', not discrimination, says judiciary panel report
Fp Staff • 9 years agoThe one-man committee, constituted 11 days after Vemula's suicide by the then HRD minister is based on the deposition of close to 50 people, most of whom are University staff and teachers
Rohith Vemula suicide: HRD ministry panel gives authorities clean chit, suggests grievance redressal system
• 9 years agoThe government will not go into those aspects of the report which were not in the commission's terms of reference including determination of Vemula's caste, sources added.
Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit, says HRD Ministry appointed panel
Fp Staff • 9 years agoThe one-member commission appointed by the HRD Ministry stated that research scholar Rohith Vemula did not belong to the Scheduled Caste community and was not a Dalit
Rohith Vemula suicide: Roopanwal commission gives clean chit to senior varsity officials
• 9 years agoSources said the one-member Commission has submitted its report to UGC officials, though there was no official confirmation.
Your Nagpur versus my Nagpur: To counter BJP and RSS, Congress turns to Ambedkar
Debobrat Ghose • 9 years agoThe battle over the legacy of Dr BR Ambedkar just got more intense. The Congress has decided to counter the aggressive bid of the BJP and its ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Hyderabad University: Students demanding VC Appa Rao's removal taken into protective custody
• 9 years agoTension prevailed near Hyderabad Univeristy after scores of students held protests demanding arrest of the VC and tried to forcibly enter the varsity
FTII, JNU, HCU and now NIT: Here are the protests across universities that have shaken India
Fp Staff • 9 years agoAs the NIT row now escalates, here is a look at some of the major agitations at universities which raise questions about the Indian education system.