Ragging
- Education and Career
UGC issues stringent anti-ragging guidelines to educational institutions
Hyderabad: In a recent communication, Prof. Manish R. Joshi, Secretary of the University Grants Commission (UGC), reiterated the importance of curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions. The UGC, in…
- India
Work for installing CCTV cameras begins in Jadavpur University
Kolkata: The Jadavpur University (JU) authorities informed on Saturday that the process of installing CCTV cameras on the campus has commenced. A total of 10 locations have been identified where the work…
- Telangana
Telangana: 7 Kakatiya Medical College students suspended for ragging
Hyderabad: Seven MBBS third-year students of Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) were suspended for ragging a first-year student. The anti-ragging committee at the KMC decided to remove the students from all academic activities…
- India
JU: 3 students perennially accused of covering up ragging cases identified
Kolkata: An internal probe committee of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU), formed in the wake of the ragging-related death of a fresher on August 10, has identified three senior students being perpetually accused…
- Telangana
7 Kakatiya Medical College students booked for ragging
Hyderabad: Matwada police booked seven MBBS third-year students of Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) for allegedly ragging a junior student. The victim, a first-year MBBS student hailing from Uttar Pradesh, on September 15…
- India
A month after JU student’s death, ragging probe panel advice not yet fulfilled
Kolkata: One month after the death of an undergraduate student at the Jadavpur University boys’ hostel allegedly after ragging by seniors, the recommendations made by a committee to stop the menace are…
- India
JU ragging-death case: 13 arrested accused booked under POCSO Act
Kolkata: All the 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University were booked under POCSO Act, police said on Friday. The accused were booked under the…
- India
Accused professor who sent threat letter to JU registrar arrested
Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Monday said they have arrested a professor accused of sending a threat letter to the registrar of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU), Snehomonju Basu, warning the latter of dire…
- India
ISRO team to visit JU soon to explore possibilities of using tech to curb ragging
Kolkata: Responding to the appeal of West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, a team from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to visit Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) shortly to explore…
- News
JU to hold crucial meeting on Friday on anti-ragging guidelines
Kolkata: The interim Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU), Buddhadeb Sau, has convened a crucial meeting of all the stakeholders of the university on Friday to finalise the steps to be adopted…
- India
New Jadavpur University officiating VC faces student protests
Kolkata: Ten days after taking over, the new officiating Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University Buddhadeb Sau on Monday faced protests by a section of students demanding that the varsity accommodate views of…
- India
Ragging death: Dissatisfied with reports, WBCRC sends fresh notice to JU
Kolkata: Dissatisfied with the report submitted by Jadavpur University on the death of a fresher on August 10, the West Bengal Child Rights Commission (WBCRC) has sent a fresh notice to the…
- India
Jadavpur University: ‘Raggers adopted pick & choose policy to select victims’
Kolkata: Some students in Kolkata’s Jadavpur University adopted a ‘pick & choose’ policy to select victims for ragging in the name of introduction, the public prosecutor informed a lower court on Friday…
- India
Ragging death case: UGC team likely to visit Jadavpur University next week
Kolkata: A team of anti-ragging cell of the University Grants Commission (UGC) is likely to arrive here next week to probe the August 10 ragging-related death at Jadavpur University. Giving a hint…