BANGALORE:Much has been said and written about Richard Loitam, the 19 year-old Manipuri student who died in mysterious circumstances last month. However, the incident would have gone unnoticed if it was not for a concerted campaign demanding justice in view of his death that went viral and made waves throughout the country.The Justice for Loitam Richard campaign started off as a small group on Facebook, when Monika Khangembam, a student of Mass Communication in Bangalore, saw his death reported in a Manipuri newspaper. However, as more and more people joined the group, the campaign started to capture attention nationwide and soon Loitams death became a topic of debate in every news channel and newspaper.A Criminal Justice Petition that was started on the website www.change.org has gathered 27,366 signatures so far. According to Monika Khangembam, who launched the campaign, the initial purpose of the campaign was to ensure that the investigation into Loitams death was speeded up.In the beginning, it seemed like the authorities werent taking any action.We started the campaign because there was so much mystery surrounding Richards death and we wanted a proper investigation she said. Now, the campaign has garnered so much attention that Khangembam recently met Union Human Resources Development Minister, Dr. Kapil Sibal in Delhi, to hand over a copy of the petition.Ask Khangembam the reason for the overwhelming support that the campaign has managed to gather, and she says I think its because at some point everyone has experienced discrimination, and now we have all
08:39 AM, May 24, 2012
Bangalore: The mysterious death of Manipur student Richard Loitam continues to haunt the Bangalore rural district police as the medical report has said his death was not due to physical injuries. Sources said that the police will drop the murder charges and culpable homicide has been ruled out. Sources also added that the cause of death was undetermined. Richard, a second semester student of the Acharya NRV School of Architecture...
07:31 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The recent cases of student suicides - one in Gurgaon and the other in Bangalore - once again highlights the bitter question: Are we giving a suitable environment for our loved ones to grow? Studies show that around twenty students take their lives in this country everyday, that every 10 minutes, someone in this country takes his own life. In fact, psychiatrists say that there is often an...
09:32 AM, May 07, 2012
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has urged his Karnataka counterpart DV Sadananda Gowda to expedite investigation into the mysterious death of Manipuri student in a Bangalore college hostel last month, official sources said. Singh had asked Gowda to personally look into the matter on the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) at New Delhi on Friday. Gowda assured Singh that all steps...
10:46 AM, May 06, 2012
Manipur student Richard Loitam's death, the boat tragedy in Assam where 113 have so far died and the death toll is still mounting, and a young woman from Manipur assaulted on Monday in Gurgaon. These are the recent shocking stories involving people from the North East. However, the debate still rages on as to how the North East can be brought into the mainstream. The issue has been taken up...
02:13 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst growing protests over the deaths of architecture student Richard Loitam in Bangalore, and MBA student Dana Sangma in Gurgaon, Parliament took up the issue of discrimination towards citizens from the North East. Home Minister P Chidambaram assured the Opposition and MPs from the North East that the Centre will do everything it can to ensure the safety of North East students. Opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha,...
01:32 PM, May 04, 2012
North East student Dana Sangma was found hanging in her hostel room in Gurgaon last month after being accused of cheating during an exam. ...
11:58 PM, May 03, 2012
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11:47 PM, May 03, 2012
The District Collector of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, was released after 12 days on Thursday evening. ...
10:54 PM, May 03, 2012
Bangalore: The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has submitted its report on Manipur student Richard Loitam, who was found dead in Bangalore. It ruled out allegations that Richard died of a drug overdose, but remained inconclusive on the possible cause of his death. Sixteen days after Loitam's death it's still unclear as to what caused the first year architecture student's death. The FSL report says, "The forensic team is not convinced...
09:39 PM, May 03, 2012
Bangalore: Manipur student Richard Loitam's death remains a mystery with the forensic report saying no traces of drugs have been found in his blood even as there is no clarity on whether wounds in the head led to his death. The forensic report of Loitam, who died under mysterious circumstances inside his hostel room in Bangalore, was submitted to Bangalore rural police on Thursday with sources telling CNN-IBN that the...
01:06 PM, May 03, 2012
Activist Binalakshmi Nepram said there was indeed some progress as Richard Loitam's case was now a murder case. ...
10:40 PM, May 01, 2012
The search and rescue operations in Assam became difficult due to bad weather conditions. ...
09:20 PM, May 01, 2012
Bangalore: The Bangalore police have booked two students Syed Afzal Ali and Vishal Banerjee for the murder of Manipur boy Richard Loitam. However, the students will not be arrested now as the police were waiting for the forensic report. The police said that they would take action only after the forensic report was out. But both the students have been suspended from the college and the police have asked the...
05:35 PM, May 01, 2012
BANGALORE: In connection with the mysterious death of the Manipuri student Richard Loitam, Home Minister R Ashok on Monday said he was punched on his face following a brawl over an IPL match. On April 15, Richard Loitam and his friend had met with an accident. Though he was treated at Sapthagiri Hospital, he was said have be endrowsy even after two days, said Ashok.Loitam was said to have been...
10:03 AM, May 01, 2012
Bangalore: Giving details in the Richard Loitam case, the Bangalore Police has now said that the reason for the Manipur boy's fight with his friend was a two-wheeler accident. The police also said that Richard was injured after the two-wheeler accident. "We have gathered some information during the investigation. Richard and his friend Spoorti Ranjan had a two-wheeler accident. He was injured. Richard and his friend Vishal had a fight...
05:09 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Hundreds rallied to demand justice for Richard Loitam, the student who died in a Bangalore college hostel after a brawl over watching an IPL match on television. ...
09:58 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi/Bangalore: The death of a 19-year-old Manipuri boy under suspicious circumstances in his college hostel in Bangalore has sparked protests demanding justice for the student with his friends and family alleging that that he suffered fatal injuries in an assault by his seniors. In Delhi, Richard Loitam's family and friends assembled at Jantar Mantar, seeking justice for the architecture student. Richard died in a Banglaore college hostel after a...
08:01 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Guwahati/Bangalore: The students from the North East are planning to hold silent protests across the country on Sunday to demand justice for Richard Loitam, a student of an architectural institute in Bangalore, who died after a bitter fight with his friends over a TV remote while an IPL match was on. Loitam reportedly died of a cerebral haemorrhage in his sleep. The haemorrhage was allegedly so massive that his pillow...
07:46 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Richard Loitam died of a cerebral haemorrhage in his sleep hours after he got into a brawl with a fellow student over the remote control while watching an IPL match. ...
11:57 PM, Apr 26, 2012
