Rohith Vemula Protests

Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case.

Three elderly women, who have come to be known as the "dadis of Shaheen Bagh" for leading the anti-CAA agitation there, and the mother of Rohith Vemula, a hyderabad University student who allegedly committed suicide in 2016, hoisted the tricolour at the protest venue on Sunday to mark the country's 71st Republic Day.

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.

Kavyasree Raghunath and Manasi MS, MPhil students at the Centre for Translation Studies at University of Hyderabad have been denied permission to attend entrance exam of PhD in of English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) by the administration.

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.

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.

Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.

Radhika Vemula, whose young son Rohith committed suicide at a university in Hyderabad in January, held top honours as she unfurled the national flag this morning at the grounds of a large state-run school in Una.

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

The Hyderabad University students' group, which has been leading demonstrations against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, has said that a former leader of the movement who resigned claiming corruption in the group had been "threatened" or "lured" away.

A leader of the Left-affiliated student's union SFI at the Hyderabad Central University, has resigned alleging that the agitation over the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula is funded by political parties and has "become opportunistic."

The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...

The family of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, whose suicide at Hyderbad Central University in January created a firestorm of protest, would be converting to Buddhism here tomorrow, Babasaheb Ambedkar's grandson Prakash Ambedkar said today.

Protests erupted again this morning at the Hyderabad Central University which has been tense for months since the suicide of PhD student Rohith Vemula in January.

A 10-foot cement "stupa" and a tent with photographs and messages represent the 'Rohith Vemula' memorial at the Hyderabad Central University, the axis of massive student protests since the research scholar's suicide in January.

Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case.

Three elderly women, who have come to be known as the "dadis of Shaheen Bagh" for leading the anti-CAA agitation there, and the mother of Rohith Vemula, a hyderabad University student who allegedly committed suicide in 2016, hoisted the tricolour at the protest venue on Sunday to mark the country's 71st Republic Day.

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.

Kavyasree Raghunath and Manasi MS, MPhil students at the Centre for Translation Studies at University of Hyderabad have been denied permission to attend entrance exam of PhD in of English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) by the administration.

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.

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.

Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.

Radhika Vemula, whose young son Rohith committed suicide at a university in Hyderabad in January, held top honours as she unfurled the national flag this morning at the grounds of a large state-run school in Una.

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

The Hyderabad University students' group, which has been leading demonstrations against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, has said that a former leader of the movement who resigned claiming corruption in the group had been "threatened" or "lured" away.

A leader of the Left-affiliated student's union SFI at the Hyderabad Central University, has resigned alleging that the agitation over the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula is funded by political parties and has "become opportunistic."

The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...

The family of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, whose suicide at Hyderbad Central University in January created a firestorm of protest, would be converting to Buddhism here tomorrow, Babasaheb Ambedkar's grandson Prakash Ambedkar said today.

Protests erupted again this morning at the Hyderabad Central University which has been tense for months since the suicide of PhD student Rohith Vemula in January.

A 10-foot cement "stupa" and a tent with photographs and messages represent the 'Rohith Vemula' memorial at the Hyderabad Central University, the axis of massive student protests since the research scholar's suicide in January.