Bangalore Hostels

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  Man Breaks Into Bengaluru Hostel At Night, Slits Woman's Throat: Cops

  A 24-year-old woman was killed inside her a hostel in Bangalore by a man who slipped into the building late last night, police said on Wednesday.

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  Allegedly Harassed For Money By Hostel-Mates, Student Attempts Suicide in Bengaluru

  A first year BSc nursing student, Thamari Chelvan, was found hanging in his college's hostel room on the morning of 28th January in Bengaluru. Chelvan is still unconscious and hospitalized in Manipal hospital.

• Richard Loitam case: Murder and culpable homicide ruled out, says report

  The police have ruled out murder and culpable homicide as the reason of death of Bangalore student Richard Loitam. The 19-year-old was found dead in his hostel room last month. The police say the cause of Mr Loitam's death remains undetermined.

• Richard Loitam's death: Manipur Chief Minister urges Sadananda Gowda to expedite probe

  Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh has urged his Karnataka counterpart D V Sadananda Gowda to expedite the investigation into the mysterious death of Manipuri student Richard Loitam in a Bangalore college hostel last month. On the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in New Delhi on Friday, he asked ...

• Another Manipuri student hangs himself in front of his girlfriend

  Close on the heels of a Manipuri student who was found dead in "mysterious circumstances" in his college hostel last month, another student from the north-eastern state allegedly committed suicide in Bangalore by hanging.

• Two booked for Bangalore student Richard Loitam's murder

  Two people have been booked for the murder of Bangalore student Richard Loitam, though no arrests have been made yet. Richard, who belongs to Manipur, was found dead in his hostel bed under suspicious circumstances last week.

• Richard Loitam death: Students hold protests in Delhi, Bangalore

  Nearly two weeks after he was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel in Bangalore, protests were held in the city and in New Delhi to seek justice for Manipuri student Richard Loitam.

• College student jumps to death from hostel terrace

  A student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a private college hostel on Monday, the police said. Sonesh, a first year BBM student, hailed from West Bengal.

• Engineering student commits suicide

  A 22-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as R H Devaraju.

• Bangalore student suicide reports anger friends

  Friends and relatives of Pranay Singh, a second semester B E (E&C) student of PES Institute of Technology, staged a protest in the college campus on Wednesday. Pranay had committed suicide in his hostel room on Tuesday, as he allegedly could not handle the academic pressure.The students were upset over media reports in Patna which claimed Pranay wa...

• Bangalore University decides to wash hands of its hostels

  Persistent problems posed by hostels run by Bangalore University may soon end. The varsity has decided to hand over the hostels to the department of social welfare. A university syndicate meeting held on Friday discussed the hostels' issue for a long while, before arriving at the decision. Sources said, "We could not take strikes and protests by ho...

• Sodomy a continuing story in this Bangalore boys hostel

  Several inmates of the Government Boys Hostel situated on Hosur Road are being sodomised by their seniors and a security guard, according to a member of Karnataka State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR)."We have received complaints against a security guard who sodomised boys in the hostel. We raided the hostel a couple of times...