Restoration work underway at village Boh after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst, in Kangra district.
Grief-stricken family members of a missing person at village Boh after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst, in Kangra district.
Restoration work underway at village Boh after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst, in Kangra district.
Muddy water and muck in the compound of Government Primary School Passu, following a cloudburst, in Dharamshala.
People use umbrellas to protect themselves during rain at Ridge in Shimla.
A damaged road due to flash flood after heavy rain at Sheela village near Dharamshala
NDRF team during rescue operation after landslides due to heavy rain in Kangra district.
A worker mops the waterlogged floor of a hotel after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
People try to recover a car damaged during flash floods after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
People place rocks to divert sudden gush of water during flash floods after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
A motorcycle damaged during flash floods lies on a road after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
People place rocks to divert sudden gush of water during flash floods after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
People place rocks to divert sudden gush of water during flash floods after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
People look at the gush of water during flash floods after heavy monsoon rains in Bhagsunag, a popular tourist town in Himachal Pradesh.
An earthmover machine removes a vehicle stuck in flood water near Bhagsunag, as heavy rains lashed the area after a cloudburst in McLeodganj near Dharamshala.
In this file image Virbhadra Singh greets the then Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Dharamsala. Former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh passed away Thursda...
Monks offer prayers on the 86th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama outside the monastery in Shimla.
National BJP president J P Nadda reaches Bilaspur, his home town. CM Jai Ram Thakur, BJP president Suresh Kashyap and others welcome him on reaching Himachal.
National BJP president J P Nadda will be in Himachal till July 6 and will visit Rohtang Tunnel tomorrow. Hold meeting with top BJP leaders at Kullu.
Himachal Pradesh Congress co-incharge Sanjay Dutt (C) joins the NSUI protest against the examination of Himachal Pradesh University, outside Deputy Commissioner's office in Shimla....
One more medical student, 19-year-old Aman Kachroo, has been brutally killed in the name of "ragging". Who is to blame? What can be done? Shivam Vij cuts to the chase in kafila.org:
This was in an interim order of the [Supreme] Court in May 2007, nearly 2 years ago. That has not been able to prevent Kachroo’s murder. I have no doubt that more ragging deaths will take place. You can read here a critique of the interim order by me.
If only Aman Kachroo had been able to call a helpline number or email somebody, anonymously, and write that this kind of ragging was going on, and a fact-finding team had immediately visited his college, not only could the death have been prevented but also possibly Kachroo could have enjoyed his college life without even the mandatory ostracisation that freshers who speak up against ragging have to face in their college and hostel. The setting up of such a helpine on the model of Childline was one of the recommendations of the Raghavan committee. But can the Supreme Court set up something like that? Surely, that is the domain of the executive and not the judiciary. An HRD Joint Secretary is Member Secretary of the Raghavan Committee, but the HRD won’t do anything because, well, the SC is looking into it.
To model the helpline around Childline was suggested by HRD Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar himself, but that would need identifying and funding NGO’s to do that. The Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education is ready, but the HRD forgot about this and the SC had no comment.So two things needed to prevent ragging: a law and a helpline. Simple.
Read the full article here: Why Aman Kachroo’s Won’t Be The Last Ragging Death And What His Parents Should Do
