The Congress government in Karnataka has announced plans to implement the Rohith Vemula (Protection of SC/STs from Caste Discrimination in Higher Educational Institutions) Act...
The issue pertained to a long-running dispute that lasted more than a century, in which the appellants or defendants (Ogeppa, deceased) and the respondents or plaintiffs (Sahebgouda, deceased) made opposing assertions with regard to the ancestral pujari rights and the authority to carry out worship of Amogasidda, a saint who died 600 years ago.
A homoeopathy student in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, was caught on CCTV punching an assistant professor after being caught cheating with a mobile phone. The student, identified as Shahbaz, has been barred from further exams while the college initiates an internal inquiry.
The body of 22-year-old Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a UC Berkeley master’s student from Karnataka, was found in California after a six-day search. The Indian Consulate is coordinating with local authorities to repatriate his remains while police investigate the cause of death.