Amicus curiae Aparna Bhatt, who submitted the report, compared two alleged suicides that happened the same day, at Sharda University & IIT Kharagpur, and how the institutions responded.
Suman Chakraborty, who took charge of IIT Kharagpur as director last month, in interview with ThePrint says participation in ‘campus mothers’ program will be voluntary.
A case of unnatural death was filed by Kharagpur Town Police on Sunday and investigation is underway. Cops have questioned Shaon's batchmates & previous roommates.
A technician was found dead Friday. Last year, a forensic report had concluded that Faizan Ahmed, another student found dead on campus in 2022, was murdered & didn't die by suicide.
Amid ongoing conflict with IIT Kharagpur administration, teacher's association held extraordinary general body meeting Wednesday evening & wrote to board of governors the next day.
Tewari, a professor in the agricultural & food engineering department at IIT Kharagpur, has been a controversial figure starting from his appointment as director in 2019.
The dept heads were among 86 faculty members issued show-cause notices on 29 November for signing petition demanding withdrawal of disciplinary action against teachers' association members.
IIT Kharagpur teachers’ association wrote to education ministry in September levelling allegations of ‘nepotism’ against director VK Tiwari. In turn, they were served show-cause notices.
HC ordered Faizan Ahmed’s body to be exhumed for a forensic examination by court-appointed expert after preliminary report from 2023 showed gaps & injuries on arms inflicted after death.
K Kiran Chandra, 21, was found hanging in his hostel room Tuesday. In a statement, IIT Kharagpur says police investigation is underway. Father says Kiran was stressed about a project.
We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.
Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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