News flash: Rohith Vemula wasn't a Dalit in first place: Sushma Swaraj

By Oneindia Staff Writer

| Updated: Saturday, January 30, 2016, 22:39 [IST]

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9.55 pm: Rohith Vemula wasn't a Dalit in the first place, the allegations levelled are completely baseless: Sushma Swaraj.

Tathya ye hai ki ye puri ki puri batcheet jo ki gayi ya aarop lagaye gaye, wo aarop puri tarah niradhar hain: Sushma Swaraj on #RohithVemula
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

8.50 pm: They should reply asap and women should be permitted on Shani platform asap: Trupti Desai (activist) on HC notice to Maha govt.

It is our success. We respect the court and its role:Trupti Desai(activist) on HC notice to govt on #ShaniShingnapur pic.twitter.com/t4QT8vrqkA
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

8.20 pm: This child was special who had a tendency of running out from class: Sandhya Sabu, school Principal.

8.00 pm: Ek Dalit bache ne suicide kar liya Hyderabad mein,kahaan hamara desh ja raha hai? Mantri sab involve hain usmein (A Dalit students commits suicide in Hyderabad, where is the nation headed? Even ministers are allegedly involved in it): Lalu Yadav on Rohith Vemula's suicide.

Hatred, nasla bhed, aur dharm ke aadhar par desh ka batwara thik nahi hai- Lalu Prasad Yadav pic.twitter.com/l4Ci1Y6c3p
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

7.45 pm: Excise duty on petrol hiked by Rs 1 per litre and on diesel by Rs 1.5 per litre.

7.30 pm: Delhi: HM Rajnath Singh met winners of Indo-Bhutan Grappling Championship-2016, earlier today.

7.15 pm: If 'Make in India' has to succeed we actually have to become low cost manufacturing hub: FM Arun Jaitley

6.55 pm: Delhi Deputy CM orders DM New Delhi to probe Ryan child death case,to find facts, responsibility & ascertain exact role of school management.

I think this is a conspiracy by the school staff-Father of student who died in Delhi's Ryan International School pic.twitter.com/6SSy17VneJ
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

6.45 pm: I kept asking school staff what happened to my son, how did he die? But no one answered: Father of student who died in Delhi private school.

6.35 pm: He is just trying to score some political brownie points: Sambit Patra,BJP, on Rahul Gandhi's hunger strike over Rohith Vemula's suicide.

6.25 pm: Kupwara(J&K) encounter: Two more terrorists gunned down by security forces. Till now three terrorists killed.

6.20 pm: IAF officer accident death case: Three accused sent to judicial custody till February 11 by Kolkata court.

6.10 pm: Two teenagers rescued by Army who were caught in an avalanche in Macchal Tehsil in Kupwara district (J&K).

6.05 pm: Rahul Gandhi, Rohith Vemula's mother end their hunger strike at University of Hyderabad.

Please put your idea in the market place of ideas & then if students' accept that idea, I am fine with it- R Gandhi pic.twitter.com/5odOTqvesp
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

5:55 pm: AAP MLA Mahendra Yadav gets bail in rioting, assault case.

5:53 pm: My main opposition to Mr. Modi & RSS is that they are trying to crush spirit of Indian youngsters by imposing 1 idea from on top: Rahul Gandhi.

5:33 pm: There's no war like scenario in Arunachal Pradesh: CM Tuki.

5:06 pm: Three alleged ISIS sympathisers, deported from UAE, sent to 10 days' NIA custody by Delhi court.

4:45 pm: Rohith Vemula suicide case: Scuffle between protestors and police near RSS office in Delhi.

4:26 pm: 6-year-old student dies in Ryan International School in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area after falling into a septic tank.

4:02 pm: Kamduni rape case: Kolkata court pronounces death penalty for 3 convicts, life term for 3.

3:48 pm: Cabinet committee to meet on February 4, discuss date for budget session.

3:23 pm: Rohith Vemula suicide case: Student groups protest near RSS office in Delhi.

#RohithVemula suicide case: Student organisations protest in Delhi pic.twitter.com/UjZjm10Gln
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

3:20 pm: Sheena Bora murder: Judicial custody of Indrani Mukerjea, Shyamwar Rai and Sanjeev Khanna extended till 12th February by special CBI court.

3.09 pm: Bar bribery case: Congress-led UDF decides not to accept resignation of Excise Minister K Babu (PTI).

2.42 pm: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) leaders who were protesting outside Hyderabad University, detained.

1.53 pm: Pathankot incident has slowed down peace process between the two countries: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif.

1.34 pm: Vice Admiral Girish Luthra AVSM VSM assumes command of Southern Naval Command as FOC-in-C today.

1:09 pm: PM Narendra Modi pays homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, New Delhi.

1:03 pm: Would like to bring normalcy to UoH, will see what we can do abt students' demands: MPeriasamy, new Interim VC, UoH

12:50 pm: BJP workers protest against garbage woes in Delhi.

Workers salary issue: MCD workers protest outside North Delhi mayor Ravinder Gupta's residence pic.twitter.com/q9MssGsCod
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

12:40 pm: Punjab Police arrest wanted Smuggler Ranjeet Singh in Ajnala(Amritsar). Pakistani SIM cards recovered.

12.28 pm: Disruption in parliament & disturbance in society is guiding light of Cong party: Sambit Patra.

12.14 pm: Pollution alert in Mumbai: Over 60 government schools closed in Shivaji Nagar and Deonar for two days.

11.55 am: Fire breaks out at Deonar dumping ground (Mumbai); 12 fire tenders rushed to the spot in addition to 2 mist tenders, 6 water tankers.

11.14 am: Kupwara Encounter: 1 terrorist Abu Osama Jarar killed, search operations underway at Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir.

10.34 am: MCD workers protest outside Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram N Goel's residence in the capital, over non payment of dues.

10.12 am: Rohith Vemula's mother joins the protest dharna at Hyd University; Rahul Gandhi also present at the venue.

9.25 am: 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Russia: USGS.

9.20 am: Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi arrives at the protest site in University of Hyderabad, joins hunger strike

Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi arrives at the protest site in University of Hyderabad, joins hunger strike pic.twitter.com/I46SraMJw0
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 30, 2016

9.14 am: Rahul Gandhi to sit on hunger strike today in Hyderabad varsity campus.

8.00 am: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) strike enters day 4