The Biggest Stories of January 19, 2016

For the first time, Hyderabad University Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile breaks his silence on the suicide of Dalit Scholar Rohith Vemula. Speaking to NDTV, Mr Podile says the letters from the education ministry were treated as routine; As protests escalate over the suicide of Dalit student, politicians across party lines visit the Hyderabad campus; ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, thousands of tonnes of construction dust is being swept into what's left of the Aravali forests to give Gurgaon a mega cleanup; 26 years since the forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, Farooq Abdullah says the onus is on the Pandits to return home; and more in our news wrap of the day.