DMCH warns students against ragging
LUDHIANA: An anti-ragging awareness lecture was delivered by the principal of Dayanand Medical College, Dr Sandeep Puri, to...
View ArticlePG students to give undertaking against ragging
AHMEDABAD: The anti-ragging committee of BJ Medical College has decided that all post graduate students will have to give an undertaking that they will refrain from ragging and will not harass fellow...
View ArticleRagging goes beyond campus KHWAJA JAMAL IN MUZAFFARPUR First-year students of...
First-year students of Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT) staying at a private hostel here were allegedly ragged on Sunday night. The incident came days after police lodged an FIR against 10...
View ArticleBJ Medical College students go on flash strike
AHMEDABAD: It was a day of violence, demonstrations and strike at the BJ Medical College on Friday. The students went on a flash strike, demanding pardon to the three students who were suspended by the...
View ArticleMedical colleges 'friendly' plan to prevent ragging
TRICHY: The KAP Vishwanatham Government Medical College (KAPVGMC) in the city, where classes for a fresh batch of MBBS students began on Tuesday, has introduced a novel way to prevent ragging this...
View ArticleMJP varsity to clamp down against ragging
BAREILLY: With the new session at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (MJP) Rohilkhand University going to begin in August, the proctorial board of the varsity has come up with new rules to control ragging on...
View ArticleColleges gear up to curb ragging
GURGAON: Ahead of the new academic year, colleges in the city are planning to organize special awareness programmes for students to put an end to ragging. The agenda is to make students aware of the...
View ArticleColleges attempt to calm students scared of ragging
LUDHIANA: The city colleges are putting their extra effort to ensure students' security. On Monday - the first day of most of the new joinees - while many made...
View ArticleRagging: Day after, plea against 4 more hostel inmates
BHOPAL: A day after expelling two students from a hostel for allegedly ragging a M Sc (previous) student, Barkatullah University authorities received four fresh names. Complainant Gendaram Ahirwar...
View ArticleHowrah's IIEST blacklists five for ragging
HOWRAH: The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur on Thursday blacklisted five students from all scholarships and awards as punishment for ragging a fresher in April....
View ArticleCo-ed colleges need to be more strict on anti-ragging
LUDHIANA: Despite strict instructions by assistant deputy commissioner Neeru Katyal, the guidelines of the University Grant Commission (UGC), over anti-ragging, are being followed only by a few...
View ArticleFresher thrashed outside SN Medical College campus
AGRA: A fresher was allegedly beaten up on Friday, by senior students, outside the SN Medical College campus. The college authorities, however, have denied receiving any written complaint in this...
View ArticleFive AIIMS students expelled from hostel after ragging complaint
RAIPUR: An anonymous complaint of alleged ragging at AIIMS, Raipur, has led to the removal of five students from the institute's hostel and the sacking of a caretaker. Though the alleged incident of...
View ArticleFive AIIMS students expelled from hostel for ragging
RAIPUR: An anonymous complaint about alleged ragging at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, has led to the expulsion of five students from the institute's hostel and the removal of...
View ArticleSeniors appointed as mentors to curb ragging
City colleges have come up with an all new way to curb ragging, if at all it exists anymore. Turning the senior-junior, love-hate relationship around, now colleges are not only promoting friendship but...
View ArticleJadavpur University suspends two students for ragging
KOLKATA: Two students of Jadavpur University (JU) have been suspended and expelled from the hostel for ragging a junior student. The second-year student of information technology on the university's...
View ArticleMANIT panel waits for junior students to prove ragging
BHOPAL: Three days after incident of brutal assault on five junior students, the anti-ragging committee of Maulana Azad national Institute of technology (MANIT) still waits for junior students to...
View ArticleRagging medicos to manage traffic as punishment
AHMEDABAD: BJ Medical College has suspended three students for ragging junior students in September this year. Another 42 students who were called 'boss' by their juniors were debarred from the hostel....
View ArticleHow safe are Bhopal’s college students from ragging?
Ragging is outlawed, yes. But it does happen on Bhopal's campuses, as has again been highlighted by the suicide of a pharmacy student. How safe are students in the city's colleges? On Thursday, when...
View ArticleRagging can invite a fine of up to 1 lakh
Patna: Despite the UGC's anti-ragging regulations in place since 2009, the menace keeps rearing its ugly head in different institutions across the country, the latest being Patna University. Many...
View ArticleFive MBBS students suspended for ragging
AGRA: Five MBBS students of SN Medical College have been suspended for seven days, by which time the anti-ragging cell is expected to submit its report, from the hostel for ragging a junior. They have...
View ArticleInteractions with parents, students among DTE's steps to curb ragging
PUNE: The state director of technical education (DTE) S K Mahajan has issued a notification directing all technical institutes in the state to ensure that they implement effective anti-ragging measures...
View ArticleCCTVs and alarm bells to fight ragging PRIYA ABRAHAM Bhubaneswar, April 27:...
Bhubaneswar, April 27: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked educational institutions to install CCTV cameras and alarm bells at various places on the campus to check incidents of ragging. A...
View ArticleGujarat HC reduced penalty of medical students suspended for ragging juniors
Gujarat high court has reduced the penalty of senior medical students of BJ Medical college that were involved in ragging their junior in September last year. The HC has quashed the authority's order...
View ArticleAasu demands strict steps to curb ragging
GUWAHATI: To eradicate ragging from the educational institutes of the state, the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) on Friday pressed the state government to adopt strict measures to curb all sorts of...
View ArticleRagging in BU: Two students expelled
BHOPAL: Barkatullah University on Thursday expelled two students from Sanjay Gandhi hostel for allegedly ragging a first year student of M Sc (geology). The complainant Gendaram Ahirwar, registered a...
View ArticleUGC set to appoint NGO to monitor ragging cases
COIMBATORE: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited proposals from voluntary sector organisations (NGOs) to help the body assist in monitoring anti-ragging activities in colleges. The...
View ArticleEngineering colleges in Chennai to come down hard on ragging this year
With classes set to begin in nearly 450 engineering colleges on August 1, many of the institutions are gearing up to combat that bane of the first semester – ragging. As per the All India Council of...
View ArticleUGC issues new anti-ragging rules
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued additional anti-ragging guidelines for higher education institutions including the introduction of quick response systems, CCTV cameras, alarm bells...
View ArticleRagging: BPharma student complains to UGC
LUCKNOW: Ragging continues unabated in the city. In another incident, a first year BPharma student of Goel Institute of Pharmacy and Sciences lodged an anonymous complaint with the University Grants...
View ArticleNotice & cameras to check ragging ROSHAN KUMAR The next time anybody decides...
The next time anybody decides to rag students on the Patna University campus, they might be recorded on camera and punished. The university has decided to put in place measures to protect students from...
View ArticleAnti-ragging system in place, students still wary
CHANDIGARH: With the new academic session beginning in most colleges, campuses are buzzing with thousands of newcomers. While the new life has got students excited, the fear of ragging is always...
View ArticleCollege authorities ready to crack ragging whip PRIYA ABRAHAM BJB Junior...
Bhubaneswar, July 30: Admissions over, college campuses are getting ready to receive their fresh batch of students. Besides, authorities are also working to ensure that the campuses remain ragging...
View ArticleRelief for victims of ragging in government order for helpline
GUWAHATI: Giving respite to newcomers at colleges and senior secondary schools in the city, the Kamrup (Metro) district administration has decided to make it mandatory for every educational institution...
View ArticleDMCH students vandalise principal’s residence
Darbhanga: Senior students of Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday night vandalized the official residence and vehicle of principal Dr R K.Sinha after he visited a college hostel...
View ArticleCops visit Hewett Polytechnic to probe ragging complaints
LUCKNOW: A team of police officials headed by Mahanagar circle officer Rajesh Srivastava visited the Hewett Polytechnic on Wednesday to take stock of the ragging menace in the college. There were...
View ArticleAnti-ragging pledge must for students
GURGAON: With the admission season just round the corner, private colleges are gearing up to nip ragging in the bud. While some colleges have come up with creative ways to encourage interaction between...
View ArticleNew undergraduate students at IITK to sign anti-ragging undertaking
KANPUR:To instill confidence amongst the new students joining IIT-K in the undergraduate courses, the administration of IIT-Kanpur has placed anti-ragging boards all over the campus with a message that...
View ArticleRagging row hits SN Med College again
Agra: In an alleged ragging incident, a second-year MBBS student of SN Medical College was beaten up by a fourth-year student. While the junior student lodged a case with the national anti-ragging...
View ArticleWriting on the wall: no ragging - RIMS action squad on alert mode CHHANDOSREE...
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi is pulling all the stops to ensure that its newest batch of MBBS students is not harassed by seniors in any way. With 112 freshers starting...
View ArticleTough measures o stop ragging in Shimla
SHIMLA: Ahead of new academic session in Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla authorities have geared up to stop incidents of ragging. For the first time it has been decided to install...
View ArticleColleges on alert against ragging
KOCHI: It may not be as severe as frequently reported from other parts of the country, but ragging is alive and kicking in city colleges. "It has been brought to my attention that there are instances...
View ArticleStudents reach compromise in SNMC ragging case
AGRA: In a new twist to the latest SN Medical College ragging case, a compromise has been worked out between the victim and the five seniors who were accused of the offence with the college management...
View ArticleAnti-ragging restrictions to create senior-junior divide
With college authorities in Bhopal becoming stricter against ragging, both, seniors and juniors, feel that so many restrictions on senior-junior communication will only create a greater divide between...
View ArticleDMCH suspends 19 students for ragging
Darbhanga: Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) administration has suspended 19 students for indulging in ragging of first year students on Thursday night in college hostel. The notification...
View Article'Most no-ragging college panels only on paper'
Though several colleges and universities claim to have initiated several measures to curb the menace of ragging on and off campuses, serious cases keep cropping up, indicating major lapses in the...
View ArticlePatna University to curb ragging menace
PATNA: Patna University (PU) is gearing up to curb the menace of ragging on the campus as the classes of new batches of UG courses are scheduled to commence from July 25. Though the incidence of...
View ArticleKGMU students submit undertaking against indulging in ragging
Lucknow: The King George's Medical University (KGMU) administration has made its second and third year students submit a written undertaking against indulging in any form of ragging. In the...
View ArticleSN Medical College takes strict anti-ragging measures
AGRA: In an attempt to curb the menace of ragging, authorities at the SN Medical College have put in place strict measures on campus, with more than 100 faculty members put on duty to monitor students'...
View Article6 medical college students file ragging complaint with national helpline
AGRA: Six first-year MS students of S N Medical College have filed a complaint against their seniors with the national anti-ragging helpline. The helpline has asked the college to conduct an inquiry...
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