Student clashes: Court gives directions to Himachal varsity
June 21st, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 21 (IANS) Shocked by student groups' violence on campus, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday ordered the state university here to ask the students to remove all their ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Pakistani college principal assaulted
May 9th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) The principal of a government college in Karachi in Pakistan was Wednesday assaulted by activists of two student groups after he tried to stop them from ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in Uncategorized |
I want violence-free Pakistan: Ravi Shankar (With Images)
March 12th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, March 12 (IANS) Indian spiritual leader Ravi Shankar arrived here Monday on a three-day visit, saying he wanted to see a violence-free Pakistan."My dream is to see a violence ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
12 injured in Pakistan varsity clash
February 27th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) At least 12 students were injured when two rival groups clashed at a university in the Pakistani port city of Karachi Monday, the Geo News reported.The ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
China cracks down on high kindergarten fees
January 4th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) China has decided to ban the unauthorized collection of kindergarten fees, its latest bid to crack down on the excessively high costs of pre-school education."The move ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Four killed in police firing near Pune (Lead)
August 9th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Aug 9 (IANS) Three men and a woman were killed near here Tuesday when police fired at thousands of farmers who blocked highways and turned violent to protest government ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Andhra college employee murders girl student
May 7th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 7 (IANS) In a gruesome incident, an office boy of a college murdered a girl student and buried her in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district after she rejected his ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Students on warpath in Nepal over fuel price hike
December 7th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 7 (IANS) For more than five months without a government and no signs yet of the caretaker government convening parliament, Nepal was shaken by renewed violence Tuesday as students went ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Andhra postpones police recruitment test, TRS withdraws shutdown call (Lead)
November 19th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Bowing to pressure from students and pro-Telangana groups, the Andhra Pradesh government Friday postponed a recruitment test for sub-inspectors of police.A day after protests and violence rocked ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Indonesian students protest against Obama’s visit
November 9th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 9 (IANS) A number of student groups in Indonesia have staged demonstrations to protest US President Barack Obama's visit to the country, demanding that the government should stop bowing ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Don’t boycott Andhra formation day functions: ministers
October 27th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 27 (IANS) Two ministers in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday said the state formation day Nov 1 will be celebrated at any cost and warned those planning to disrupt the celebrations.The ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Shutdown in Guntur for high court bench
October 27th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The agitation to demand an Andhra Pradesh high court bench between Guntur and Vijayawada intensified Wednesday with a shutdown in Guntur district.The shutdown, called by lawyers and ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Varma cancels Anantapur visit as “Rakta Charitra” hits screen
October 22nd, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma cancelled his visit to Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on the advice of the police as the town remained tense because of the release ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
National Coming Out Day Celebrated By LGBT And Other Communities
October 11th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Yesterday the Americans celebrated National Coming Out Day, the internationally observed civil awareness day for coming out and people discuss about gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gaddar’s Telangana outfit to chalk out plans Oct 14
October 10th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The steering committee of Telangana Praja Front (TPF), floated by Maoist sympathiser Gaddar to fight for separate statehood to Telangana, will meet Oct 14 to chalk out ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Students throw eggs at Montek, miss
August 28th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Student groups of the Maoists and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday threw eggs and tomatoes at Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia as they staged ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Andhra seeks 80 companies of paramilitary forces for by-polls
June 21st, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has sought 80 companies of paramilitary forces, or nearly 8,000 troopers, from the central government for by-elections to 12 assembly seats in Telangana region, an ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Reserve Police Force escorts Manipur bound trucks
June 19th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal / Kohima, June 19 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were escorting trucks into Manipur since Saturday morning to clear the economic blockade being observed by Naga student groups. ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Central forces arrives in Imphal to clear economic blockade
June 18th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, June 18 (ANI): The Central security forces arrived here on Friday to clear the economical blockade being observed by a section of Naga students groups.Earlier in the week, leader ... Read more...
Posted in National |
China to establish Tagore gallery in Kolkata
May 28th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) As India has begun year-long celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, China announced it will establish a gallery in Kolkata in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
President to unveil Tagore statue in Shanghai
May 26th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, who left Wednesday on a six-day visit to China, will unveil a statue of poet Rabindranath Tagore in Shanghai in honour of the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Kerala town tense after a controversial question paper
March 26th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thodupuzha (Kerala), March 26 (IANS) Mobs clashed with shopkeepers who refused to down their shutters in this Kerala town during a shutdown called by Muslim groups to protest alleged inflammatory questions in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Students warned against writing Telangana slogans in exams
March 8th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 8 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has warned students of Class 11 and Class 12 against writing slogans, supporting or opposing Telangana state, in answer sheets.
Board of Intermediate Education ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Uneasy calm in Tagore’s abode of peacae after student violence
March 2nd, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bolpur (West Bengal), March 2 (IANS) An uneasy calm prevailed in the campus of Visva Bharati University at Shantiniketan two days after unprecedented violence between student groups took a toll on the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
It’s back to shutdown, resignations over Telangana (Roundup)
February 12th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) It is back to shutdown, protests and mass resignations in Andhra Pradesh with Telangana leaders cutting across party lines Friday rejecting the terms of reference ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Police on alert as pro-Telangana students call for shutdown (Lead)
February 12th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) With Telangana leaders rejecting the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel and student groups calling for a shutdown Saturday, police went on alert in Hyderabad and ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
AMU medical post-graduate entrance test to be held again
February 3rd, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Feb 2 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Tuesday decided to hold fresh entrance examination to post-graduate medical courses after student groups alleged irregularities and a probe committee confirmed some shortcomings. ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mixed reactions to all-party meet over Telangana
January 5th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) There were mixed reactions to the outcome of the all-party meeting held in New Delhi Tuesday on the Telangana issue.
Parties and leaders supporting the demand for statehood ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Telangana protests hit rail, road transport in Andhra (Lead)
January 5th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Transport services across Andhra Pradesh were hit Tuesday as supporters and opponents of a separate Telangana state stopped trains and buses even as an all-party meeting on ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Shutdown called in Andhra, Rayalaseema Monday
January 2nd, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) There is no respite in Andhra Pradesh from shutdowns and protests over the issue of statehood for Telangana as political parties and student groups have called for ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Telangana tense, BJP calls for shutdown (Lead)
December 23rd, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region as protests broke out at several places against the central government's "u-turn" on the issue of separate statehood for the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Attacks on Indian students not racism: Australian Senate report
November 27th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Paritosh Parasher
Melbourne, Nov 27 (IANS) An Australian Senate Committee formed to investigate a series of violent attacks on Indian students this year has ruled out racism as the prime motive -- ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Victoria Premier cancels visit to Mumbai over terror fears
September 21st, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne/New Delhi, Sep.21 (ANI): Victoria Premier John Brumby has cancelled the Mumbai leg of India tour due to terrorism fears.According to The Age, Brumby will now visit just Delhi and Bangalore after ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Shutdown in Jammu over university site issue
August 10th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Aug 10 (ANI): A complete shutdown is being observed here following the call given by the Central University Andolan Samiti (CUAS) on Monday over the issue of the site for ... Read more...
Posted in National |