Ragging News

Ragging, a practice that involves bullying or hazing of newcomers by seniors, has been a persistent issue in educational institutions across India. The incidents at Government Medical College in Nalgonda, Telangana, and GMERS Medical College in Gujarat's Patan district are stark ...

NMC constitutes cell to deal with ragging: An anti-ragging cell has been constituted by the National Medical Commission to examine and resolve complaints forwarded by anti-ragging committees of different medical colleges. Anti-Ragging Committee The National medical committee cell members will meet ...

In a gory incident in Kottayam, Kerala, a first year student of the Government Polytechnic College has been injured internally after eight senior students ragged him in a cruel manner. He was hospitalised with kidney damage and underway treatment, police said ...

Coimbatore, Dec 10: Kerala Governor, Justice P Sathasivam today said ragging in educational institutions has adversely impacted educational standards and has to be curbed with an iron hand and suggested that each institute show zero tolerance for the menace. Not ...

New Delhi, Aug 4: Over 60,000 students of Delhi University have pledged against drug abuse and ragging during a two-day-long campaign organised by an NGO in partnership with the Delhi Police. The Anti Drugs, Anti Ragging Campaign (ADAR) ...

Madras High Court has stayed suspension of six Pondicherry University students in the wake of a ragging complaint by a girl student. Passing interim orders on a petition by Vidya T Appukuttan and five others challenging the November 1 last ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to appoint NGOs in order to monitor ragging issues in varsities across the country. Based on the requirements, UGC has invited proposals from various NGO who are the voluntary sector organisations. ...

Nine students will be suspended from the Pondicherry University for ragging. The university has taken this decision, following the recommendations of the discipline committee. The committee was constituted to look into the complaints of two first year female students of ...

It seems like ragging still continues to be a major issue that most of the students are facing in their colleges/universities. Recently, UGC noticed that complaints on ragging were increased. Hence, the commission has come up with few rules and ...

Engineering students of Jadavpur University have been on a relay hunger-strike since last night which they went on shortly after lifting a 51-hour gherao of the VC, Pro VC and the registrar demanding revocation of the suspension of two students for ...

Vice-Chancellor, Pro-VC and registrar of the prestigious Jadavpur University continued to be under gherao since last evening by students who demanded withdrawal of suspension order on two students on a ragging charge. The university authority, however, refused to give in ...

Four students were arrested and 22 others were suspended, following complaints of ragging against them in two colleges of Hooghly district. While four students of century old Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Serampore, were arrested, 22 students of ...

The authorities of the Jadavpur University has debarred two fourth year engineering students from appearing in semesters for allegedly ragging juniors. One of them, a student of construction engineering, would be suspended from taking one semester, while the other, a ...

Five students of Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) were today suspended from the university and hostel for one year for allegedly ragging a first year engineering student. Another student was also suspended from the hostel for one year, BESU ...