Dalit Scholar Rohith Vemula

Radhika Vemula, mother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, today offered her condolences to former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya after his 21-year-old son died of cardiac arrest.

Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide because he was frustrated over personal reasons, says a judicial commission after investigating the death that led to massive campus protests by students last year.

Guntur district collector has issued a notice to mother of Rohith Vemula, the University of Hyderabad research scholar who committed suicide in January last, asking her to prove she belonged to the Scheduled Caste.

On the first death anniversary of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday, his mother Radhika Vemula alleged that governments were desperate to declare him as OBC.

Nearly 300 students, protesting in Delhi to mark the first death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were detained on Tuesday when they blocked the crucial Janpath road in central Delhi, police said.

A stage seems to have set for confrontation between students of University of Hyderabad and its authorities over organisation of "Shahadat Din" today in memory of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula whose alleged suicide last year had raised a political firestorm.

"My name is Rohith Vemula... I'm a Dalit from Guntur district," asserted the PhD scholar in a video that his friends say they shot days before he hanged himself in his hostel room at the Hyderabad Central University in January this year.

Students at University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday staged a protest against the report of Justice Ashok Kumar Rupanwala Commission, terming it an attempt to shield two Union ministers and the Vice Chancellor in Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide case.

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

Raising questions on Rohith Vemula's Dalit status, a commission constituted by HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death has said the material on record did not establish it and attributed his suicide to personal reasons.

A first-year student was found hanging in his hostel room early this morning at the Hyderabad Central University, where Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula had killed himself in January this year.

The Struggle and Solidarity Committee for Justice for deceased Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula will hold its meeting at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad today after Telangana police denied them permission to stage a 'maha dharna' at Indira Park.

The Justice (retd) A K Roopanwal Commission, which was constituted by the Human Resource Development Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University, is learnt to have submitted its report.

Students back from summer vacations in Hyderabad University were shocked to find the memories of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula wiped out.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiyar Kumar today welcomed the exit of Smriti Irani from the Human Resource Development Ministry but said this was no "punishment" for the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Radhika Vemula, mother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, today offered her condolences to former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya after his 21-year-old son died of cardiac arrest.

Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide because he was frustrated over personal reasons, says a judicial commission after investigating the death that led to massive campus protests by students last year.

Guntur district collector has issued a notice to mother of Rohith Vemula, the University of Hyderabad research scholar who committed suicide in January last, asking her to prove she belonged to the Scheduled Caste.

On the first death anniversary of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday, his mother Radhika Vemula alleged that governments were desperate to declare him as OBC.

Nearly 300 students, protesting in Delhi to mark the first death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were detained on Tuesday when they blocked the crucial Janpath road in central Delhi, police said.

A stage seems to have set for confrontation between students of University of Hyderabad and its authorities over organisation of "Shahadat Din" today in memory of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula whose alleged suicide last year had raised a political firestorm.

"My name is Rohith Vemula... I'm a Dalit from Guntur district," asserted the PhD scholar in a video that his friends say they shot days before he hanged himself in his hostel room at the Hyderabad Central University in January this year.

Students at University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday staged a protest against the report of Justice Ashok Kumar Rupanwala Commission, terming it an attempt to shield two Union ministers and the Vice Chancellor in Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide case.

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

Raising questions on Rohith Vemula's Dalit status, a commission constituted by HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death has said the material on record did not establish it and attributed his suicide to personal reasons.

A first-year student was found hanging in his hostel room early this morning at the Hyderabad Central University, where Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula had killed himself in January this year.

The Struggle and Solidarity Committee for Justice for deceased Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula will hold its meeting at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad today after Telangana police denied them permission to stage a 'maha dharna' at Indira Park.

The Justice (retd) A K Roopanwal Commission, which was constituted by the Human Resource Development Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University, is learnt to have submitted its report.

Students back from summer vacations in Hyderabad University were shocked to find the memories of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula wiped out.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiyar Kumar today welcomed the exit of Smriti Irani from the Human Resource Development Ministry but said this was no "punishment" for the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.