Mrinali Mariam Fernandez With Inputs From Agencies

When Bharathi Veerath joined Uber two years ago as a a cab driver in Bengaluru, she made the front pages. Last evening, she was discovered hanging in the home where she lived alone. Her death is being treated as a case of suicide, though no suicide letter has been found.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who had joined student protesters in a mass hunger strike at the Hyderabad Central University, likened Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula - who committed suicide earlier this month - to Mahatma Gandhi. It is Rohith's birthday today and also the day Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.

Hassled by a long commute to his school, eight-year-old Abhinav from Bengaluru wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi complaining about an under-construction flyover that if completed, could make lives easier for many in the area.

When Bharathi Veerath joined Uber two years ago as a a cab driver in Bengaluru, she made the front pages. Last evening, she was discovered hanging in the home where she lived alone. Her death is being treated as a case of suicide, though no suicide letter has been found.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who had joined student protesters in a mass hunger strike at the Hyderabad Central University, likened Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula - who committed suicide earlier this month - to Mahatma Gandhi. It is Rohith's birthday today and also the day Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.

Hassled by a long commute to his school, eight-year-old Abhinav from Bengaluru wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi complaining about an under-construction flyover that if completed, could make lives easier for many in the area.