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rohith vemula news

10 years on, how Vemula’s death forced policy shifts

PREMIUM
Rohith Vemula, a PHD student, died by suicide at the University of Hyderabad following months of caste discrimination. (Hindustan Times)
india news
Published on Jan 17, 2026 08:58 am IST

Caste discrimination in university campuses

PREMIUM
Students from poorer families, marginalised castes and first-generation learner backgrounds often find it difficult to survive on campuses — not only because they fail to get adequate help but also due to hostility
editorials
Published on Jan 06, 2025 07:56 am IST

Revanth assures fresh probe into Vemula case

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy with University of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula and brother Raja Vemula and others during a meeting, in Hyderabad, on Saturday. (PTI)
india news
Updated on May 05, 2024 07:22 am IST

Rahul Gandhi should apologise for politicising Rohith Vemula’s death, says Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman (C) was speaking at an event in city. Also seen are BJP MP Medha Kulkarni (R) and leader Shaina NC. (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on May 05, 2024 07:04 am IST

Rahul Gandhi should apologise for politicising Rohith Vemula’s death: Sitharaman

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke at the Decan college in Pune on Saturday.
india news
Updated on May 05, 2024 03:26 am IST

Rohith Vemula's mother meets T'gana CM Revanth Reddy, seeks 'justice'

Rohith Vemula's mother meets T'gana CM Revanth Reddy, seeks 'justice'
india news
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 12:07 pm IST

On Rohith Vemula case, Nirmala Sitharaman takes ‘Mohabbat ki dukaan’ jibe

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on May 04, 2024 06:40 pm IST

Rohith Vemula's family to challenge police's ‘not Dalit’ closure report

Telangana Police closed Rohith Vemula suicide case and said there was not abutment to his suicide.
india news
Updated on May 04, 2024 09:11 am IST

‘No case of suicide abetment’: What BJP said on Rohith Vemula death case closure

Telangana police files closure report on Rohith Vemula death case (Hindustan Times)
india news
Updated on May 04, 2024 01:24 am IST

Rohith Vemula was not Dalit, Telangana Police closes case; protest at HCU campus

Telangana Police closed Rohith Vemula suicide case and said there was not abutment to his suicide.
india news
Updated on May 04, 2024 01:25 am IST

Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop: Check out original voices from young India

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Rappers Menime from Kashmir and Saniya MQ from Mumbai.
art culture
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 09:13 pm IST

Vemula and the new political wave

PREMIUM
Universities are meant to be nurturing spaces that mold the intellectual capacity of students. Caste is the anti-thesis of this paradigm because, as Vemula eloquently wrote in his suicide note, it is based on the accident of birth. For India to progress, all of her people have to come together. After all, as Carl Sagan said ( and Vemula noted), we are all made of star dust. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
editorials
Updated on Jan 18, 2022 07:13 am IST

Hathras will shape Dalit discourse. Whether it affects their political choices is to be seen

Members of the Valmiki community stage a protest against the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, Moradabad, October 1, 2020
editorials
Updated on Oct 03, 2020 05:54 am IST

Republic at 70 | BR Ambedkar’s legacy: Hope, defiance, critique

BR Ambedkar, May 1946. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty images
india news
Updated on Jan 30, 2020 11:50 pm IST

‘Met Arnab Goswami again’, tweets Kunal Kamra banned by three airlines

File photo of stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.
india news
Updated on Sept 06, 2020 09:26 pm IST

Rohith Vemula’s mother to campaign against CAA, Najeeb Ahmed’s mother to join

Recalling the suicide note of Vemula, Radhika said her son had said four years ago that a citizen was reduced to a vote and a number. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jan 17, 2020 09:41 pm IST

Supreme Court to hear pleas filed by Payal Tadvi, Rohith Vemula’s mothers

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a petition filed by the mothers of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide over purported caste bias.
india news
Published on Sept 21, 2019 02:32 am IST

SC notice to Centre on plea of mothers of Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi

File photo of Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika at a protest in New Delhi.
india news
Published on Sept 20, 2019 12:56 pm IST

Battling caste injustice on campuses | HT editorial

These formidable women are bound together by the tragic deaths of their children, Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who ended their lives in 2016 and 2019 respectively
editorials
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 09:47 pm IST

What the Rohith Vemula stir taught Dalit students

Vijaya Kumar Pedapudi, a doctoral student at Hyderabad University and BSP’s Parchur candidate, says little changed in contours of caste bias.
india news
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 08:55 am IST

SC/ST activists oppose reservation for economically weaker sections

Activists said the basis of reservation was historical inequality and underrepresentation, not poverty.
india news
Updated on Jan 08, 2019 05:22 pm IST

BJP says Muslim League used Rohith Vemula family for political gains, slams Rahul Gandhi

Union minister and BJP leader Piyush Goyal addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday.
india news
Updated on Jun 20, 2018 09:15 pm IST

Four years of Modi govt: Welfare crucial to capping Dalit anger

Dalit groups protesting at the Thane railway station during the Maharashtra Bandh after clashes erupted between in Bhima Koregaon near Pune, in Mumbai in January 2018.
india news
Updated on May 26, 2018 08:29 am IST

Dalit movements across India will be a front against hegemonic nationalism

Dalit mobilisation is at an all-time spontaneous high, and this is the time to foster lateral pan-Indian networks of Dalit resistance (Representative Photo)
opinion
Published on Apr 18, 2018 12:02 pm IST

From politics to talks by anti-caste thinkers: Dalit students resist bias

Members of student organisations gather at the North Campus to express solidarity with University of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula, whose suicide on the campus had triggered nationwide outrage on Dalit and minority-related issues.
india news
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 10:19 am IST
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