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.
Ragging in Assam on rise, two students arrestedAugust 20th, 2009 GUWAHATI - In yet another glaring case of ragging in Assam, two college students here have been arrested for harassing girls after authorities filed a formal complaint with the police. Hridyananda Baruah, a student of B.Com final year at the K.C.
JNU rusticates nine students for raggingAugust 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here Wednesday rusticated nine students for two years and expelled 10 others from the hostel for a year for ragging their juniors. We have completed the investigation.
Institute withdraws punishment after senior girls apologize for raggingJuly 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT - A) administration Thursday said it will soon withdraw the fine and punishment on 19 senior girl students after they apologized for ragging junior girls. On Tuesday, 19 B.
Bail for two Himachal students charged under anti-ragging lawJuly 18th, 2009 SHIMLA - A Himachal Pradesh court Saturday granted bail to two students of a college who were arrested for ragging a fresher, police said. "Two students of a government college in Bilaspur town were granted bail by a court this (Saturday) evening.
No ragging please, Delhi University students toldJuly 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There should be absolutely no ragging when Delhi University starts its new session Thursday, police said Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sagar Preet Hooda said anything that leads to or is even remotely seen as promoting ragging will not be condoned.
Chhattisgarh vows zero-tolerance against raggingJune 29th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh will adopt a zero-tolerance policy against ragging and will even cancel affiliation of the education institute where any such incident is reported, Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan said Monday.
President suggests legislation to curb raggingMay 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - Expressing concern at ragging incidents in colleges, one of which led to the death of a student, President Pratibha Patil Saturday said if necessary, a law should be considered to curb the practice. 'I am deeply concerned about incidents of ragging which has become rampant in college campuses.
Two Himachal schoolchildren face charges under anti-ragging lawMay 5th, 2009 SHIMLA - Two students of a high school in Himachal Pradesh have been named in a police case under the new anti-ragging ordinance, which was promulgated after the killing of a student following ragging. The two students - not identified as they are minors - of Class 11 of the Sanatan Dharam Senior Secondary School here face the charge of bullying and manhandling a Class 10 student last week.
President expresses concern over increasing ragging in collegesApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Concerned over rising incidents of ragging in educational institutions in the country, President Pratibha Patil Tuesday called upon authorities to take special efforts to prevent students from indulging in such acts. 'It is unfortunate that there were several instances where the practice of ragging has escalated to the level of torture amounting to a crime.
Apex court orders action against college authorities for raggingMarch 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday ordered stern actions against authorities of two colleges in different states for their failure to tackle the menace of ragging that resulted in a death and an abortive suicide bid of students. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly ordered immediate suspension of principal Suresh Sankhyan of the Rajendra Medical College and Hospital at Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, where medical student Aman Kachroo died March 8 following brutal beating by his four seniors as part of 'ragging'.
Kachru died due to injuries during ragging, says probe reportMarch 28th, 2009 SHIMLA - The magisterial inquiry into the death of Aman Kachru, a first-year student of the Rajendra Prasad Medical College at Tanda town of Himachal Pradesh, has concluded that the student died due to ragging, according to an official statement Saturday. 'Aman Kachru succumbed to his injuries caused during the course of ragging,' the statement said.
Medical interns suspended for ragging in Himachal PradeshMarch 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Two interns of a medical college here were Friday suspended for allegedly ragging and manhandling a first-year student, the incident coming close on the heels of a 19-year-old medical student losing his life to the scourge. Two MBBS interns - Nikhil Verma and Sushant Sharma - of the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) were suspended from their internship for misbehaving with a junior Thursday night after consuming alcohol, said college principal Surinder Kashyap.
Chhattisgarh college students arrested for raggingJanuary 12th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least 14 students of a Chhattisgarh college were arrested here Tuesday for assaulting their juniors, the police said. The students of Government Science College were suspended Saturday by the college authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors at a hostel.
Students abscond after ragging juniors in ChhattisgarhJanuary 8th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least 14 students are on the run in Chhattisgarh after they were accused of ragging their juniors at the hostel of a college here, police said Friday. Fourteen B.Sc first year students of Government Science College were slapped about 90 times one by one in the institute's Shastri hostel room late Wednesday night.
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