Kerala government is planning to appeal against the High Court%u2019s verdict, directing a teenaged victim of ragging and rape to undergo lie-detector and brain-mapping tests to endorse her charges against the accused.
Close on heels of the Government decision to hand over the SNC-Lavalin case to the CBI, the State Government has decided to hand over the sensational SME ragging case to the CBI.
In a letter to the education minister of Kerala, a worried mother has made shocking revelations regarding ragging practices in Cochin University and some of its hostels. The letter alleged that junior students were subjected to all sorts of cruelty under
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has issued a directive to all institutions under its control to root out ragging from their campus or face the most stringent action including withdrawal of approval.
The Kottayam incident shows that institions that offer payment seat often happen to be ragging centres compared to others. One of the reason may be that children of rich and influential behave in an errand manner and authorities pretend not ot see it.
Colleges in Kerala will observe the 'Anti-Ragging day' tomorrow in the backdrop of the brutal sexual assault on a nursing student by her seniors even as demand for amendments to the existing laws for rooting out the menance is gaining momentum.
The Joint Action Council of Paramedical Associations, Kerala, has urged the Government to take over School of Medical Education (SME) under Mahatma Gandhi University.
