#RohithVemulaSuicide

Centre says No Action Required Against Anyone in Rohith Vemula case

The Central government is of the view that no action is required against anyone in the Rohith Vemula suicide case, as the Justice AK Roopanwal Commission report on the incident has concluded that no one was responsible for the death of the University of Hyderabad (UoH)research scholar.

Union HRD Ministry Rejects RTI Plea On Rohith Vemula’s Death Probe Report

The central human resource ministry (HRD) has out-rightly rejected an RTI plea for making public a panel’s report on the death of research scholar Rohith

Vemula To Be Tagged As OBC By AP Govt In Its Report To Centre, Says Media Reports

If all goes as per the order Andhra Pradesh will soon give other backward class (OBC) status to Rohit Vemula, a 26-year-old PhD student whose suicide

Full text: Recommendations made in Rohith Vemula suicide inquiry report

Kept under wraps so far by the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, the report of the two member Fact Finding Committee on the Rohith Vemula suicide at the Central University of Hyderabad ...

Full Text of Speech of Raja Vemula, Rohith Vemula’s brother, after he embraces to Bhuddism

The family of Dalit PhD scholar Rohith Vemula, whose suicide at Hyderbad Central University in January created a firestorm of protest across the country, converted to Buddhism in Mumbai on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar.

No hope of justice from Centre, says Rohith Vemula’s mother

Rohith Vemula’s mother Radhika and brother Raja met Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati in New Delhi today. A press release by BSP says that the family members expressed gratitude to Mayavati for “fighting to provide justice” to the Dalit scholar.

Hyderabad Central University professors write Open Letter to Smriti Irani

In the aftermath of Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's speech on Rohith Vemula suicide, professors from the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe community at Hyderabad Central University, in an open letter, have rubbished her remarks.

Rise of Fascism in Indian subcontinent under Hindutva regime [S. Ajmer Singh on JNU and Rohith Vemula cases]

Hyderabad Central University (HoU) scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide and registration of sedition charges against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leaders have triggered heated debate about Nationalism and alleged rise of Fascist tendencies in Indian sub-continent.

Sikh Youth of Punjab calls for eradication of caste system [Conference Report]

Reopening the dialogue with the vast Dalit Samaj of Punjab, the Sikh Youth of Punjab (SYP) today gave a call for eradication of caste system from the society as it not only disturbs the social fabric but is also a blow to the fundamental tenets of castless society propagated by our Gurus.

We had no weapons but candles… They fear the light; Delhi Police Disrupts Candle Light Vigil For Rohith Vemula

The Delhi police reportedly prevented Rohith Vemula's mother and Hyderabad Central University students from holding a candle light vigil at India Gate in memory of Rohith. Around 100 students were detained by the police along with mother of Rohith Vemula.

ABVP Attacks Rohith Vemula Bus Yatra In Telengana

Joint Action Committee for Social Justice (UoH) has condemned ABVP’s attack on members of Joint Action Committee in Bus Yatra in Telangana.

Rohith Vemula Suicide: Sikh students protest at Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

Students of Government College Hoshiarpur - led by activists and leaders of the Sikh Youth of Punjab, held a protest at Hoshiarpur, Punjab in wake of suicide by a Hyderabad University Ph. D. student Rohith Vemula. Rohith Vemula was a Moolniwasi (also called as Dalit) and his suicide has highlighted social and political injustices of the caste system.

Minority Groups Plan Protest at Indian Consulate Over #RohithVemulaSuicide

Community leaders from various diaspora groups of Indian minorities will gather at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco for a protest at noon on Friday.