Girl student’s death: Students thrash Punjabi University professor, accuse him of harassment
1 year, 3 months ago

Girl student’s death: Students thrash Punjabi University professor, accuse him of harassment

Hindustan Times  

Students on Thursday afternoon thrashed a senior professor of the Punjabi University, Patiala, accusing him of harassment “leading to death of a girl student”. Punjabi University students stage a protest on the campus The university authorities said that the professor received head injuries and was under observation in the Intensive Care Unit. The trouble started when the students started protesting, alleging that the professor was mentally harassing a first-year student of the five-year integrated course in Punjabi by not granting her medical leave. I have not received any complaint against this professor in the past.” Terming it as an unfortunate incident, the V-C said strict action would be taken.

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Demand to make harassment of students on campus a criminal offence
7 months ago

Demand to make harassment of students on campus a criminal offence

The Hindu  

A group of citizens gathered for a peaceful protest at Freedom Park on Saturday in the aftermath of a third-year engineering student who jumped to death at the PES University, Electronics City campus on May 14. Since July 2023, there have been four student deaths on two campuses of PES University. “PES University made no contact with us or extended …

Delhi: 22-year-old medical student accuses professor of sexual harassment
9 months ago

Delhi: 22-year-old medical student accuses professor of sexual harassment

Hindustan Times  

According to the complainant, she is an MBBS student of the 2021 batch at a government hospital. Further, the complainant said that the professor gave her some documents and he kept on asking her inappropriate and irrelevant questions which made her feel uncomfortable, read the FIR. The victim told police that the assistant professor asked her to come to the …

MDU teacher alleges harassment by student leader in letter to Haryana governor
1 year, 1 month ago

MDU teacher alleges harassment by student leader in letter to Haryana governor

Hindustan Times  

An assistant professor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, has written to Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya seeking action against a student leader, whom she accused of threatening, blackmailing, abusing and harassing at her workplace. HT Image In her letter dated November 5 to the governor and varsity’s vice-chancellor Rajbir Singh, the woman assistant professor said a student’s name was struck off …

Ragging, sexual abuse ‘led to student’s death in Jadavpur University’: probe panel
1 year, 3 months ago

Ragging, sexual abuse ‘led to student’s death in Jadavpur University’: probe panel

The Hindu  

The 17-year-old student of Jadavpur University, who died in the early hours of August 10 after falling from the second floor of the University main hostel, was not only ragged by his seniors but sexually abused too, a report by the internal complaints committee said. Conspiracy to supress facts The committee which spoke to scores of students, ex-students, university officials …

Ragging-related death in Jadavpur University evokes delayed but strong response in Kolkata
1 year, 4 months ago

Ragging-related death in Jadavpur University evokes delayed but strong response in Kolkata

The Hindu  

The death last Wednesday of a student of Jadavpur University due to alleged ragging has evoked a late but strong reaction now from the city of Kolkata, which is usually quick to take to the streets on issues it is angry about. But the blame lies with the incompetence of the authorities,” said Imankalyan Lahiri, a well-known professor of Jadavpur …

Two varsity students held over Jadavpur death: Cops
1 year, 4 months ago

Two varsity students held over Jadavpur death: Cops

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Two second-year undergraduate students of Jadavpur University were arrested on Sunday in connection with the death of an 18-year-old fresher, who allegedly jumped off the second-floor balcony of his hostel on August 9, Kolkata police officers said. A first year student was found dead in Jadavpur University on Wednesday The two accused were identified as Dipsekhar Dutta, a student …

Controversy over student’s suicide refuses to die down
1 year, 6 months ago

Controversy over student’s suicide refuses to die down

The Hindu  

Even as the students of Amal Jyothi College, Kanjirappally, suspended their agitation on an intervention by the State government, the controversy over the suicide of Shraddha Satheesh continued to rage further on Thursday. A day after the State government announced a Crime Branch probe into the death, the police confirmed the recovery of a suicide note left by the victim. …

Protests rage over student’s suicide in Kottayam; Minister to hold discussions
1 year, 6 months ago

Protests rage over student’s suicide in Kottayam; Minister to hold discussions

The Hindu  

Amal Jyothi Engineering College at Kanjirappally, which has been in the eye of a storm over the suicide of 20-year-old Shraddha Satheesh, witnessed a wave of protests on Tuesday, prompting an intervention by the State government. The previous night, the college management had announced a closure of the institution in view of the protests and asked the students to vacate …

Girl student beaten up by school teacher in AP
1 year, 8 months ago

Girl student beaten up by school teacher in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: In a strange case of corporal punishment in B. Kothakota of Annamayya district, a girl student of Class III was allegedly beaten by a teacher after she failed to answer her questions in the classroom. The incident came to light after the victim's parents protested against the teacher, prompting the Annamayya district collector P.S. English teacher, Raja Ramadevi, who …

16-year-old student dies by suicide in college classroom in Telangana’s Narsingi
1 year, 9 months ago

16-year-old student dies by suicide in college classroom in Telangana’s Narsingi

The Hindu  

An intermediate student died by suicide at his college classroom in Narsingi on Tuesday night following alleged harassment from his college lecturers who repeatedly humiliated him for scoring less in exams. Police said that the 16-year-old student was pursuing his intermediate at a junior college in Narsingi while he was residing in the hostel at the campus. Meanwhile, a protest …

Days after two SC girls accuse professor of verbal abuse, MKU staff claims attack by mob
1 year, 10 months ago

Days after two SC girls accuse professor of verbal abuse, MKU staff claims attack by mob

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Four days after two girl students lodged complaints with Madurai Kamaraj University Vice Chancellor J Kumar and varsity registrar M Sadasivam alleging continuous verbal abuse on the part of History assistant professor Shanmugaraja, the varsity on Thursday lodged a complaint with Nagamalai police claiming that around 10 persons, including relatives of the two students, attacked Shanmugaraja on MKU campus. …

Tension in junior college campus after girl dies by suicide
1 year, 10 months ago

Tension in junior college campus after girl dies by suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Tension prevailed in the Sri Chaitanya Junior College campus at Peerzadiguda under Medipally police station limits, after a 17-year-old intermediate student, Nimmala Ramadevi, died by suicide in the college hostel on Monday. After news broke about the incident, scores of student union members staged a protest and accused the college management of causing harassment. College authorities claimed that they …

On camera: Hyderabad B-school student thrashed; attempt to murder case filed
2 years, 1 month ago

On camera: Hyderabad B-school student thrashed; attempt to murder case filed

Hindustan Times  

A college student in Hyderabad was allegedly thrashed in his hostel room and made to chant ‘Allah hu Akbar’ for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammed. The incident took place on November 1 at ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, the police said, adding that a complaint was filed by the victim alleging he was physically and sexually harassed by …

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