Topic: Rohith Vemula
On Rohith Vemula’s 9th death anniversary, Bengaluru convention renews call for Rohith Act
A public convention under the banner of ‘People’s Movement for Rohith Act’ to redress caste discrimination faced by Dalit students in university spaces was held in Bangalore on Sunday at St. Joseph’s College of Law, where families and friends of Radhika Vemula were present.
“Never forgetting”: Rohith Vemula remembered on 9th Shahadat Din at University of Hyderabad
“As the culprits escape every step of culpability, the Justice for Rohith Vemula movement at the University of Hyderabad continues to resist by never forgetting,” say the students of the University of Hyderabad.
Casteism in universities: SC seeks data from UGC on equal opportunity cells, action On complaints received
In a public interest litigation filed by the mothers of Rohit Vemula and Payal Tadvi assailing caste discrimination in higher educational institutions (HEIs), the Supreme Court on Friday directed the University Grants Commission to collate the total number of complaints of caste discrimination received under its 2012 regulations in universities and higher educational institutions in the country.
Anil Xavier, sculptor of Rohith Vemula’s statue at UoH, Malayalam cinema assistant director, dies at 39
Anil Xavier (39), a sculptor and assistant director of critically acclaimed Malayalam films such as Jaan-E-Man, Thallumaala, Manjummal Boys, and Thekku Vadakku has breathed his last today. He was undergoing treatment following a heart attack.
Rohith Vemula case: As students and family protested dubious closure report, CM, DJP promise reinvestigation
Protest erupted at the University of Hyderabad, after the Telangana Police closed the investigation in Rohith Vemula’s death with a report absolving then Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreya, Member of Legislative Council N Ramachander Rao, Vice Chancellor Appa Rao, ABVP leaders, and Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.
Telangana DGP orders further probe after closure report into Rohith Vemula death case sparks outrage
Following outrage from family and the Dalit community after the Telangana police's closure report claimed that University of Hyderabad PhD scholar and Dalit leader Rohith Vemula, who died in January 2016, was not Dalit and dismissed casteism in the case, the state Director General of Police announced further investigations will be conducted.
