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He was immediately taken to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead Kota: A 24-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha was found dead in his hostel room in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar on Saturday, police said. The student, identified as Roshan Kumar Patro (24), a resident of Abhayapur in Ganjam district, Odisha, had been preparing for the NEET exam at a coaching institute and was staying at a hostel in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar. The student was found dead in suspicious circumstances around noon on Saturd ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A 24-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha was found dead in his hostel room at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Rajasthan's Kota around noon on Saturday. Hailing from Abhayapur under Jarada police limits in Ganjam district, Roshan Kumar Patro had moved to Kota four months ago for NEET coaching, accompanied by his cousin. He lived in room 407 on the fourth floor of the hostel, while his cousin stayed on the fifth floor. According to sources, Roshan and his friends studied late into the night on ...Read More >
Pune: A group of people under Sakal Jain Samaj on Friday carried out a long march to oppose the sale of Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust's property, located in Model Colony. Akshay Jain, one of the agitators, said the hostel's land, which also has a temple, was disposed of by the trustees without following due process. "Options such as reaching out to the community for fundraising were available, but trustees sold the land," he added. Raju Shetty, a farmer leader and a former member of Parli ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a tense 48 hours for the special investigation team (SIT) that tracked down Benjamin, a 35-year-old truck driver from Madurai, accused of attempting to assault a young IT professional inside her hostel room in Kazhakkoottam. It was a long, tiring search where they verified close to 200 CCTVs in and around the IT city and collected evidence from many before finally zeroing in on him. The breakthrough came after police spotted his suspicious movements on CCTV footage, i ...Read More >
Shimla, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Himachal Pradesh government has accelerated tribal development with an investment of more than Rs 3,000 crore in the past two-and-a-half years in the state, government officials said on Sunday. This intervention has directly benefitted more than 35,000 tribal families through improved infrastructure, enhanced access to education and healthcare, livelihood generation programmes and better social services, an official statement said. New roads, bridges, reside ...Read More >
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], October 18: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Working Women's Hostel at Khatla, Aizawl, during a ceremony held at the I&PR Auditorium, an official statement said. The event was graced by VL Zaithanzama, MLA of Khatla Constituency, on Friday. The Khatla Working Women's Hostel is one of seven new hostels to be constructed across Mizoram under SASCI 2024-25 (Part X). Under this initiative, the Central Government has sa ...Read More >
PUNE: Thousands of members of the Jain community on Friday rallied against the sale of the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Digambar Jain Boarding (SHND hostel) property -- a 3.5-acre plot in Model Colony housing a Jain temple and hostel. The protesters accused the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust of "betraying the (Jain) community's faith while selling the trust land in Model Colony to a Pune-based developer". At the centre of the controversy is a high-value transaction between the trust and Gokhal ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 17: Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (LA), Abdul Raheem Rather, on Friday asked the media persons to prefer coverage of serious debates and discussions of the house rather than giving publicity to the members creating ruckus. During an interaction with the journalists of different news organisations at the Assembly Secretariat, the Speaker said the role of the media during the assembly proceedings remains delicate as well as difficult. The interaction was conducted ...Read More >
Pune: Office-bearers and workers of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest on Monday evening in front of Perugate police chowky and near Tilak Road. The demonstration followed an incident earlier in the afternoon where members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's student wing (MNSV) allegedly stormed the ABVP office over a dispute concerning posters.Vishrambaug police officials swiftly arrived at the scene to pacify the agitated ABVP workers. Later that night, the police initi ...Read More >
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], October 18: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Working Women's Hostel at Khatla, Aizawl, during a ceremony held at the I&PR Auditorium, an official statement said. The event was graced by VL Zaithanzama, MLA of Khatla Constituency, on Friday. The Khatla Working Women's Hostel is one of seven new hostels to be constructed across Mizoram under SASCI 2024-25 (Part X). Under this initiative, the Central Government has sa ...Read More >
Idukki: Students and parents of the Government Nursing College, Idukki, have launched an indefinite strike demanding basic infrastructure, including hostel facilities. The protest began on Thursday morning in front of the college principal's office, with nursing student associations extending their support. The college currently accommodates 180 students but still functions without a permanent building. Ninety-four female students are crammed into a private hostel with inadequate facilities, wh ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: Minister Gummidi Sandhyarani visited the Saluru Community Health Centre (CHC) on Friday to assess the condition of hostel students admitted due to illness. Her visit followed reports of students falling sick amid a strike by Primary Health Centre (PHC) doctors, which disrupted local medical services. Upon arrival, the minister interacted with medical staff and reviewed the condition of 21 students under treatment. Doctors confirmed that none of the cases were critical. The minist ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police have questioned nearly 100 people, among them 67 guards on the South Asian University (SAU) campus, where an 18-year-old female student has alleged that four men tried to gangrape her. Police have also spoken to the girl to record the exact sequence of events. The student has alleged that one of her attackers was a campus guard.Investigators have matched the locations of the guards at the time of the alleged attack. Staff and students too were questioned. The cops have fo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Police have found that the email address used to send explicit and threatening messages to an 18-year-old South Asian University female student who has alleged sexual assault was being accessed by one of her friends, an officer said on Thursday. The first-year BTech student, who lives in the varsity hostel, has accused four people, including a security guard, of sexually assaulting her on the campus premises. She was found injured with her clothes torn on October 13, a d ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): South Asian University on Thursday removed the girls' hostel warden and suspended the assistant following student protests over the alleged sexual assault of a student on the university's campus. This development comes after students staged a protest outside the administrative block, demanding the suspension of the warden and assistant over their alleged delayed action in a sexual assault case. Students at the university alleged that the administration trie ...Read More >
Delhi University is on the brink of a remarkable evolution, embarking on a major infrastructure overhaul that involves a staggering financial commitment of Rs 1,912.15 crore. This ambitious plan encompasses a variety of projects, including the establishment of new campuses, modern academic blocks, comfortable hostels, and an inspiring cultural centre. New Delhi, Delhi University is witnessing one of its largest infrastructure overhauls, with more than a dozen major construction projects underwa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police were interrogating three sisters, who were working together at the institution where 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati was the director, in connection with the molestation charges by the 17 students. The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economical ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Chaitanyananda Saraswati, against whom a case of alleged sexual harassment has been registered, has shown "no remorse" for his actions and is not cooperating with the police during questioning, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday. According to the Delhi Police, the accused has been giving "evasive answers" during questioning in connection with the alleged sexual harassment case registered at Vasant Kunj North Police Station. Police officials further stated th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday questioned Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati in connection with the alleged molestation of 17 students of a private management institute. Saraswati, who is in a five-day police custody, was taken to the room located on the ground floor where he allegedly lured female students. During the investigation, a victim reported that on September 14, her father received a threatening call from a person who identified himself as Hari Singh Kopkoti from Uttarakhand. He was ap ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chaitanyanand Saraswati, a self-styled godman accused of sexually harassing 17 female students at a private institute here, was taken to its campus on Monday for pointing out locations where he allegedly used to call his victims, police said. An associate of Saraswati, 38-year-old Hari Singh Kopkoti of Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, was also arrested for allegedly threatening the father of one of the victims on September 14. Saraswati, 62, was arrested early Sunday from a hotel in Agra a ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam: Andhra University students called off their protest over the death of a colleague on Friday after authorities announced a committee to look into their demands. Cooperative Society officer Triveni visited the university as the representative of the District Collector and announced that a committee comprising the superintendent of King George Hospital (KGH), principal of Andhra Medical College and another medical expert would be constituted. Students placed their 10 demands before ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, alias Parthasarathy, who is accused of sexually harassing 17 female students as director of a management college in the city, had remote access to CCTV footage from the women's hostel on his phone, it has been found. He also maintained his own accommodation in the hostel, which can house 75 students.Sources said he tampered with the institute's DVR system, resulting in destruction of CCTV evidence.Swami Chaityananda Saraswati not only exploited female s ...Read More >
Following the complaint, police registered a case against three students involved in the assault, and the hostel warden has been suspended pending an official investigation. A shocking incident of ragging has surfaced at an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) College hostel in Thirumangalam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, where a student was allegedly stripped naked and assaulted by fellow students. The incident came to light after the student's parents filed a complaint with the authorities. A video of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Nearly two decades after Delhi University last had a woman as its student union president, this year's elections have put them back in the spotlight, with both NSUI and the Left-alliance fielding female candidates who are raising issues like campus safety and menstrual leave in their campaigns. The Congress-backed, National Students' Union of India's (NSUI), Joslyn Nandita Choudhary, who is the first woman to be in the fray for the top post in 17 years. Choudhary, a pos ...Read More >
Kolkata: One year after the RG Kar rape incident, the body of a third-year student of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, was found in mysterious conditions from a pond inside the campus on Thursday night, once again raising questions about student safety and security inside the campuses in West Bengal. The third-year student's body has been sent for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the police said. The exact circumstances leading to her death remain unclear, sources said. A purp ...Read More >
The Delhi government announces the opening of a senior citizens' home and a hostel for visually impaired students, reflecting its commitment to inclusive education and dignified living. These projects, inaugurated as part of 'Seva Pakhwada', showcase the government's focus on welfare and empowerment. The Delhi government is set to inaugurate a senior citizens' home and a hostel for visually impaired students, as announced by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The unveilings are part of the 'Seva Pakhw ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 15 (ANI): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Phase-2 Kanya Chhatralaya and Rs 100 crore "Dikri Dattak Yojana" at Sardardham. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel graced the event, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release. Union Home Minister and Chief Minister offered floral tributes to the statue of Sardar Patel at Sardar Dham. Furthermore, they engaged in a direct dialogue with all the trustees of Sardar Dham and held detail ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt is set to launch a series of welfare initiatives aimed at the visually impaired and senior citizens. Chief minister Rekha Gupta announced on Sunday that several residential and support facilities will be inaugurated, with more projects in the pipeline -- reflecting her administration's focus on long-neglected sections of society. A key initiative is the Atal Drishti Girls' Hostel, a residential facility for visually impaired college-going women in Delhi. Located near Timarp ...Read More >
Kurukshetra: A BSc student of Kurukshetra University allegedly died by suicide on Saturday. The 19-year-old took the extreme step in her hostel room. KUK Adarsh police station in-charge Dinesh Kumar said the deceased was a resident of Jind and his body bore injury marks on the neck. As per preliminary probe, it appears to be a case of suicide, he said. Eyewitnesses said the deceased had come out of the hostel with her friends a few moments before the incident. She told her friends that she had ...Read More >
New Delhi: The ABVP on Saturday released its manifesto for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, promising subsidised metro passes, free Wi-Fi, health insurance schemes and measures for specially-abled students. The organisation also stressed that its leadership works on the campus throughout the year and not just during elections. Prepared after receiving more than 5,000 suggestions from students, the manifesto gives top priority to issues of education, security, health, sports a ...Read More >
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