Man hangs self day after lover jumps to deathOctober 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A 25-year-old teacher hung himself here Wednesday evening, officials said. The incident comes a day after a girl who college authorities said was the man's lover committed suicide by jumping off the fourth floor of her college building.
Chained-up pit bull leaps out window after owner during armed robbery in NYC, hangs selfSeptember 19th, 2009 Dog leaps out window during NY robbery, hangs selfNEW YORK — New York City police say two men escaped a gang of armed robbers by jumping out a second-story window, but a pit bull died after he leaped after his owner and hanged himself from his chain. Police say the pit bull had been chained up in the Bronx living room early Friday when three armed men broke down the door.
Four held for molesting girls in Bihar trainSeptember 16th, 2009 PATNA - Four people were arrested for molesting NCC girl cadets in a train in Bihar and four Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, who failed to ensure their safety, were suspended, police said Wednesday. A dozen NCC girl cadets travelling in the Maurya Express on the Hajipur-Muzaffarpur section of the East Central Railway were molested by a group of young men Monday.
Four Varanasi students arrested for raggingSeptember 15th, 2009 VARANASI - Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were arrested Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the varsity campus, police said. The university has also decided to rusticate them.
Police face opposition from Allahabad University studentsSeptember 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Police had to face stiff opposition from students in Allahabad University Thursday when they tried to arrest the 12 students who Wednesday carried out violent protests on the campus while demanding restoration of students' union polls. Owing to the strong opposition of the varsity students, police managed to arrest only two of the 12 students who have been booked for Wednesday's vandalism on the campus.
Utkal University, hit by campus violence, reopens ThursdaySeptember 10th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Twenty days after it was closed following violence, the Utkal University reopened Thursday after the varsity authorities decided to revoke the sine die closure. The decision to resume classes was taken Wednesday.
Two Indian students held for sexual assault in AustraliaSeptember 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Two Indian students have been arrested for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on a train here. The 17-year-old girl (from Gosford) boarded the train in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Body of girl found in bag on train in Uttar PradeshSeptember 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - The body of a teenage girl was found in an unattended bag in a Mumbai-bound train in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday. Panic prevailed in an AC coach of the Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express after a large unattended bag was found underneath a seat.
SC police: Mom riding in packed car with 14-year-old driver charged after wreck kills childAugust 7th, 2009 Cops: Mom charged in SC teen driver's fatal wreckSUMTER, S.C. — A 14-year-old girl driving a car packed with children crashed into a tree, killing one child, and police said Friday the girl's mother was in the passenger seat at the time.
India to contribute $239 mn to build South Asian UniversityJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday approved payment of $239.93 million to the South Asian University, which is scheduled to begin functioning in the national capital from 2010. The union cabinet Thursday approved payment of $239.93 million to the varsity, which is around 79 percent of the total cost of the full establishment of the University until 2014.
Girl hangs self after failing to get college admissionJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An 18-year-old girl allegedly hanged herself after she failed to secure admission to a college in the second cut-off list released by Delhi University, police said Wednesday. The victim, identified as Prachi Gaur, hanged herself from the ceiling fan in her first-floor house in Kondli area in east Delhi around 8.30 p.m.
Goa University officials sitting on sexual harassment complaintMay 4th, 2009 PANAJI - While the Goa University (GU) has assured to take prompt action against a senior faculty member following an inquiry by its committee to prevent sexual harassment, the varsity has not taken any action in another similar case for nearly two years. GU was rocked by a sexual harassment scandal last month, after students from the political science department accused their head of department (HoD) Aureliano Fernandes of molesting them.
Punished by teacher, 11-year-old girl goes into comaApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An 11-year-old student of a government school here went into a coma after she was punished by a teacher, police said Thursday. Shanno was asked Wednesday by her class teacher Manju in M.C primary school in Narela in outer Delhi to recite the alphabet, failing which she was punished.
Worried about failing in exams, girl commits suicideMarch 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 12-year-old girl, apparently worried about failing in school examinations, committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling in her home in east Delhi, the police said Saturday. 'The girl was a student of Class 4 and had failed in exams last year.
Singer Manna Dey awarded DLit by Bengal varsityDecember 23rd, 2008 KOLKATA - Singing legend Manna Dey, known as much in Bollywood as in the Bengali film industry for his versatile voice, was Wednesday awarded an honorary doctorate of literature (DLit) by Jadavpur University. West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi presented the DLit degree to Dey, 88, for his contribution to the Indian music industry at the 53rd annual convocation of the varsity here.
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