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Rohit Vemula suicide : Hyderabad central university VC resumes office after two months

Rohit Vemula suicide : Hyderabad central university VC resumes office after two months

Mar 22, 2016, at 05:51 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 22 (IBNS) Vice chancellor of Hyderabad Central University VC Apparao resumed office on Tuesday, ending a two-month leave he was forced to go on after Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide kicked up a storm, reports said.

Rohit Vemula was not Dalit: Police Report

Rohit Vemula was not Dalit: Police Report

Feb 26, 2016, at 09:20 pm

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Hyderabad university student Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide triggering a nationwide debate on whether he had to end his life after a witch hunt for his social status, was not a Dalit but an OBC, according to reports in media quoting police sources.

ST/SC panel chief Punia certifies Vemula as a dalit

ST/SC panel chief Punia certifies Vemula as a dalit

Feb 01, 2016, at 05:13 pm

Lucknow, Feb 1 (IBNS) Contrary to claims made by India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, ST/SC commission chairman PL Punia said on Sunday that Rohit Vemula, the scholar who hanged himself after being discarded by the University of Hyderabad, was indeed a Dalit (backward caste).

Union Minister Bangaru Dattatreya booked after Hyderabad Dalit student's suicide

Union Minister Bangaru Dattatreya booked after Hyderabad Dalit student's suicide

Jan 18, 2016, at 07:48 pm

Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IBNS) Police on Monday filed an FIR against Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya after students alleged that he had written to the HRD ministry demanding the suspension of five research scholars studying in Hyderabad Central University-a move that reportedly resulted in the suicide of Vermula Rohit.