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Dalit scholar’s suicide: Rahul Gandhi visits University of Hyderabad campus...

Protests escalated over the alleged suicide by a Dalit research scholar with activists of a local outfit protesting outside residence of Bandaru Dattatreya. The post Dalit scholar’s suicide: Rahul...

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Rohith Vemula’s suicide: V-C’s political allegiance poisoned Hyderabad...

Hyderabad Central University (HCU), which is known not only for its world-class education, but even for allowing the free flow of a liberal thought process across its sprawling campus, is now in the...

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‘It’s murder, not suicide’: Here’s what politicians, students said about...

Fresh round of protests erupted on the campus of University of Hyderabad on Tuesday over Rohith Vemula's suicide in the hostel as members of a social outfit tried to hold a demonstration outside the...

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Why irony commits suicide every time Arvind Kejriwal talks and tweets

Kejriwal has turned into a skillful exponent of selective amnesia, exclusive outrage and about turns. Such is his penchant for quickly forgetting his own words and deeds that it is a miracle that...

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Rohith Vemula suicide: BJP slams Rahul Gandhi, terms Hyderabad visit...

The BJP on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of politicising the suicide of a Dalit student at Hyderabad Central University after the Congress leader visited the protest-hit campus,. The post Rohith Vemula...

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Hyderabad University vice-chancellor, minister abetted Rohith Vemula’s...

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that it was the institution which had used "its power to crush" Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula. The post Hyderabad University vice-chancellor, minister abetted Rohith Vemula’s...

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A high-quality academic, Hyderabad varsity VC’s administrative skill under cloud

Vice-Chancellor Prof Appa Rao Podile has a long association with the University of Hyderabad, also known as Hyderabad Central University. His academic excellence has won him several laurels. The post A...

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Rohith Vemula suicide: Protests spread to campuses across the nation

The protest of students’ unions against the alleged role of a union minister in the suicide of Hyderabad-based research scholar Rohith Vemula threatens to get bigger. The post Rohith Vemula suicide:...

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Not campus politics, but Hyderabad University administration’s apathy is the...

Students like Rohith Vemula are expected to become science writers and better minds, but no one decries the suspension that barred his entry from the library and all public spaces The post Not campus...

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A question for a Union minister: Mr Dattatreya, was Rohith Vemula really...

If Rohith Vemula was planning to commit suicide he would have done it anyway, but did he deserve the anti-national tag? The post A question for a Union minister: Mr Dattatreya, was Rohith Vemula...

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Rohith Vemula suicide: Teachers’ body calls V-C a ‘criminal on the run’,...

Seven members of the the Joint Action Committee are on an indefinite hunger strike for fulfilment of its demands following Rohith's suicide. The post Rohith Vemula suicide: Teachers’ body calls V-C a...

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‘Oppression of Dalits intensified under right wing rule’: Prakash Karat

CPI(M) today targeted right-wing outfits alleging oppression of Dalits has "intensified" with their ascent to power as it referred to Hyderabad Central University student's suicide to say that "caste...

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Days after Rohith Vemula’s suicide, Dalit student claims he was unfairly...

Days after the alleged suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemulla in Hyderabad sparked heated protests, Umesh Jonwal, a Dalit student from Ajmer, Rajasthan has claimed he was unfairly expelled...

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Rohith Vemula’s death: As method of political resistance, Dalit student’s...

A passion for a better world combined with Gita-esque detachment is not the only feature of the suicide note of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit student who recently died at the University of Hyderabad, that...

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Suicide is not a trump card: Death at one’s own hands should not be legitimised

We seem to have given suicide a benediction as if it is fine to let go of life in certain circumstances. The post Suicide is not a trump card: Death at one’s own hands should not be legitimised...

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Rohith was driven to commit suicide: PM Modi breaks silence on Dalit...

Even as tensions continue to run high over the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, PM Narendra Modi on Friday broke his silence on the issue, saying that he could understand the agony of his family....

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Missing rule of law: How a district collector got away with defying the...

There could be many more questions such as ‘should the High Court or even the Supreme Court not take suo motu action on this defiance of the orders of a High Court’ but the list of questions has to...

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Modi makes right noises on Rohith Vemula’s suicide, but will it be enough to...

Narendra Modi on Friday made all the right noises on Rohith Vemula and on Babasaheb Ambedkar during a tour of UP, but it remains to be seen if his outreach will be enough to counter the massive damage...

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Commission to probe Rohith Vemula’s suicide, sensitisation programme proposed

The HRD ministry on Friday decided to set up a judicial commission to probe the circumstances which led to the suicide of Rohith Vemula of the Hyderabad University. The post Commission to probe Rohith...

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Rohith Vemula suicide: Don’t shed crocodile tears; sack ministers, V-C,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have finally broken his silence on the suicide of Hyderabad-based research scholar Rohith Vemula on Friday afternoon by saying “Mother India has lost a son”, but the...

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