Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Arvind Bellad has said the student was forced to take the extreme step following police harassment
The personnel are attached to Vidyagiri Police Station in Dharwad
As allegations of police harassment emerged after a student was found dead in Dharwad, three policemen were suspended on Wednesday
Students should attain the strength to expose and resist tendencies such as cast discrimination and come together to strengthen campus politics in places where it has been weakened or erased, says CPI(M) State secretary
D. Dhanush, a native of Kumarapuram, Alappuzha, was found dead in his rented house at Kalamassery on April 22, 2026
He accuses sections of college management and faculty of creating a hostile environment and claims that his son was pressured, isolated, and mentally harassed. Even if loan app operators deployed pressure tactics, the college should have informed the family, he adds.
Misleading and unhealthy narrative are being circulated in sections of the media in connection with the death of R.L. Nithin Raj, a first-year student of Kannur Dental College in Anjarakandy, says college management
Dr. M.K. Ram and Dr. Sangeeta Nambiar, who remain absconding, contend in their bail plea that they had no role in Nithin Raj’s death and argue that the student was under stress due to threats from a loan app
With this, students announce that they will withdraw their agitation and attend classes from Monday
As the leaders attempted to meet the college Principal for discussions, the police blocked their entry, triggering a confrontation
Police yet to disclose names of deceased or accused, say organisers failed to take precautions
CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the Central government has turned a deaf ear to the demand to enact the Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Discrimination, Exclusion or Injustice) (Right to Education and Dignity) Bill
Seeks probe Into Nithin Raj’s death in Kannur
Parents alleged that certain faculty members discriminated against Nithin Raj on caste lines and showed a skin tone bias; CPI(M), Congress, and student organisations cutting across political lines have condemned the incident and demanded a comprehensive enquiry
The Kannur dental college student’s parents alleged that he faced caste-based discrimination, colour-based insults and repeated ragging from senior students, and that complaints to authorities were ignored