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Kottayam torture isn’t unique. It’s systemic, and Red Fort campuses make it worse

Perhaps it is time for a campaign akin to the #MeToo movement to encourage more students to speak out against these ghastly practices across Kerala.

Dalit ‘made to drink urine’: TN university anti-ragging panel recommends 2 students be barred from exams

Two final-year students of Tamil Nadu National Law University allegedly forced Dalit classmate to consume soft drink laced with urine. Final decision to be taken by Executive Council.

No one knows what really caused Jadavpur University student’s suicide. Yet it’s an open secret

Whispers in Jadavpur University have grown to a crescendo—not just in classrooms but across West Bengal. The Commission for Protection of Child Rights has called the student's death an 'unpardonable crime'.

Suicide or murder — Furore in Telangana over doctor’s death

D. Preethi, a medical student at a college in Warangal, was found unconscious on 22 February. She died Sunday while undergoing treatment. Family now alleges she might have been murdered.

‘Felt like a spy’ — an undercover Indore policewoman busts ‘ragging gang’ at medical college

Constable Shalini Chauhan, 25, posed as a student at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College for 2 months to identify perpetrators & victims. Eleven arrests have been made.

Assam CM takes note of Dibrugarh university ragging case, urges students–say no to ragging

A student of Dibrugarh University allegedly jumped off the hostel building of the University Saturday after being fed up with ragging by his seniors.

Ragging in IIT-Kharagpur — Parents allege cover-up in death of son, a 3rd year student

Faizan Ahmed was found dead in his hostel room on 14 October, parents request HC for independent investigation. Court directs IIT director to submit a detailed report on Nov 22.

To stop ragging-related suicides, Modi govt to make 1-week induction mandatory in colleges

Govt hopes the induction programme will not only help freshers get accustomed to a college campus but also help them interact with seniors.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.