Polling begins in Delhi University and JNU
September 14th, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Polling for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) began here Friday.In JNU, around 30 candidates are in fray ... Read more...
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JNU goes to students’ union polls Friday
September 13th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections will take place here Friday with around 30 candidates fighting for the posts of president, vice-president, ... Read more...
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Beef festival turns Osmania into battlefied, student stabbed
April 16th, 2012 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) A student of the Osmania university here was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police ... Read more...
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JNU painted Red as AISA sweeps polls (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Chants of "Lal Salaam" and "Naxalbari" resonated in the air as the All India Students Association (AISA) Saturday swept all top four posts of the ... Read more...
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Indian origin businessman murdered in Britain
February 28th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 28 (IANS) A promising young businessman of Indian origin was found murdered in the boot of a burning car in London, police said. Two people were arrested in connection with ... Read more...
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Is campus violence making a comeback in Bengal?
December 20th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Is West Bengal rewinding to the anarchic days of student politics of the 1970s?This is a question troubling people of the state with the latest incident ... Read more...
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Campus violence should stop: Buddhadeb
December 19th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) Days after a student was killed in clashes at a college in Howrah district, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Sunday that campus violence is unacceptable and ... Read more...
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Bengal governor to meet chief minister over campus clashes
December 18th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday said he will meet Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and discuss the growing incidents of students' clashes to end the campus violence in ... Read more...
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Four members of Trinamool’s student wing held
December 17th, 2010 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Four members of Trinamool Congress's students wing were arrested Friday for clashes with a rival student union in West Bengal Thursday, which left one dead and several injured, ... Read more...
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30,000 Indian students have left Australia: Student federation
November 27th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 27 (IANS) A spate of attacks, tough visa norms and denial of permanent residency have caused around 30,000 Indian students, mostly based in Melbourne, to leave Australia in ... Read more...
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ABVP sweeps DUSU elections
September 4th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) student's wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), swept Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, giving a jolt to Congress ... Read more...
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Student union leader shot at in Greater Noida
September 3rd, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 2 (IANS) A 25-year-old student union leader was shot by unidentified assailants in the Patwadi locality of Greater Noida Thursday, police said.
Rohit Yadav, the Ghaziabad district president of ... Read more...
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Naga Students’ Federation to reconsider Manipur economic blockade
June 14th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) of Nagaland will reconsider the economic blockade it has enforced on Manipur, a member of the delegation that called on the ... Read more...
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Protesting CPI-M activists arrested in Himachal
April 8th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 8 (IANS) Hundreds of activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested across Himachal Pradesh Thursday while protesting rise in prices of essential commodities, police said.
Towns like Shimla, ... Read more...
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Manipur parents, students relieved as schools reopen
January 17th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Jan 17 (ANI): Students in Manipur have once again started going to schools after the long impasse between the government and student bodies was resolved.Things have returned to normal in schools. ... Read more...
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Sikh student federation launches Bhindranwale sticker drive in Ludhiana
November 9th, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Nov. 9 (ANI): Activists of Sikh student federation here on Monday released posters and stickers of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the main architect of militancy in Punjab, calling him a "saint."Protestors took ... Read more...
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CPI-M fields Subhas Chakraborty’s widow in assembly by-polls
October 13th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) Tuesday fielded late Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhas Chakraborty's widow on the Belgachia-East seat against Trinamool Congress candidate Sujit Bose, ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi visiting Himachal to strengthen students’ wing
October 12th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 12 (IANS) Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Himachal Pradesh Tuesday to woo students and infuse new life into the party's students' wing - ... Read more...
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Tamil mourners say no going back on ‘Eelam’ (Lead, With Images)
May 23rd, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 23 (IANS) More than 20,000 Canadian Tamils descended on the Ontario assembly here in black to mourn for "innocent civilians killed in the genocide" in Sri Lanka.In their ... Read more...
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CPI veteran Homi Daji is dead (Lead)
May 14th, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 14 (IANS) Veteran Communist Homi Daji, a former MP, died Thursday at a private hospital in Indore, sources in the Communist Party of India (CPI) said. He was 84. ... Read more...
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Anti-Israel protests continue in India
January 11th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 11 (ANI): People here took to streets against Israeli attacks on Gaza killing hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians.
The protesters condemned the attacks and blamed Israel for violating human ... Read more...
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Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president
August 22nd, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 22 (IANS) Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).Shikha ... Read more...
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Editors Guild of India shows deep concern over attacks on media men
June 25th, 2008 - 11:16 pm ICT by ANI
Kottayam (Kerala), June 25 (ANI): The Editors Guild of India has taken a serious view of the increasing incidents of violence against journalists and expressed deep concern over the recent attacks ... Read more...
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Supreme Court’s verdict on affirmative quota hailed
April 10th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court's decision approving the government's plan for affirmative action through quotas in colleges and universities for socially and economically backward classes was hailed by ... Read more...
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Resident docs, students hail Supreme Court decision on OBC reservation
April 10th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr.10 (ANI): Resident doctors and representatives of the Student Federation of India (SFI) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Courts decision to enhance the reservation quota of members of Other ... Read more...
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Malayalam poet Kadammanitta passes away
March 31st, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), March 31 (IANS) Eminent Malayalam poet and litterateur M.R. Ramakrishna Panikkar, popularly known as Kadammanitta, died at a private hospital here Monday. He was 73. A Kerala Sahithya Academy award ... Read more...
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AISA clean sweeps JNU students’ union poll
November 14th, 2007 - 8:25 am ICT by admin
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