Scribes fear for safety in Uttar Pradesh
August 29th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) Journalists are a worried lot in Uttar Pradesh following two major attacks on them in a fortnight.On Aug 17, a Muslim mob thrashed photographers and ... Read more...
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Ten students held for stoning Rajasthan BJP leader’s house
August 19th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Ten students were arrested Sunday in connection with stone hurling at the house of former Rajasthan minister and BJP legislator Rajendra Rathore immediately after the ... Read more...
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Olympics: Kenya’s lost glory in hockey
August 9th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Aug 9 (IANS) Twenty-four years ago, the Kenyan hockey team lined up with the rest of the world to vie for Olympic honours in the 1988 Seoul edition.And that ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia open to students’ union poll, court told
July 24th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that an experimental attempt could be made for holding elections to the students' union which ... Read more...
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JNU set for students union polls after 4 years
February 29th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) With campaigning closed a day before elections being held after a gap of four years, candidates Wednesday awaited their fate as the Jawaharlal Nehru University ... Read more...
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Court seeks Jamia Millia reply on students’ union poll ban (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought Jamia Millia Islamia's response by March 18 on a petition for quashing a 2006 decision of the central university ... Read more...
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Pranab cautions Mamata government on teacher assaults
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Berhampore (West Bengal), Jan 22 (IANS) Expressing concern over assaults on teachers by students, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday urged the West Bengal government to ensure discipline and law ... Read more...
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College principals are political recruits: Mamata
January 17th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) In a bid to shield Trinamool Congress supporters accused of assaulting and harassing principals of several colleges, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused ... Read more...
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Trinamool members, others held for assault on principal (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Thirteen people, most of them from the ruling Trinamool Congress, were arrested from the Raiganj area of West Bengal's North Dinajpur district Friday for the ... Read more...
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13 Trinamool students held for assault on principal
January 6th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Thirteen people were arrested from the Raiganj area of West Bengal's North Dinajpur district Friday in connection with the assault a day earlier on the principal ... Read more...
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Judges recuse from hearing Jamia students’ union case
December 21st, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) A Delhi High Court bench Wednesday recused itself from hearing a petition of a former Jamia Millia Islamia student for quashing a 2006 decision of ... Read more...
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AMU students’ union election results declared
December 11th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Dec 11 (IANS) Syed Sharique Ahmad, a BA (final year) student, has been elected president of the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU), an official said Sunday.Abdul Quadir Jilani, ... Read more...
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Supreme Court clears way for JNU students’ union polls
December 8th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday allowed elections to be held to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) for the current academic year by relaxing ... Read more...
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Sacked Hundai workers detained, hunger-strike foiled
November 30th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 30 (IANS) A total of 23 dismissed workers of Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) were detained by the police Wednesday when they attempted to stage a ... Read more...
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Apex court questions JNU on students’ union poll
November 28th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University, its students union and the organisation Youth for Equality to file affidavits stating their respective positions ... Read more...
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Congress ministers rough up Samajwadi Party men at Rahul rally
November 14th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Two union ministers and two legislators of the Congress roughed up a handful of Samajwadi Party activists who broke through the security cordon to show ... Read more...
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Girls draw a blank in AMU students union poll
January 20th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Jan 20 (IANS) None of the girls won when they contested for the top posts in the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union for the first time, despite women students comprising ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi faces protests in Allahabad
January 10th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Activists of the Samajwadi Party's student wing Monday held protests against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as he arrived here to interact with students at an educational ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Kapil Sibal over student union poll issue
October 30th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi met Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal here today to discuss the issue of student elections not being held in three ... Read more...
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Rahul bats for student elections — with Sibal (Second Lead)
October 30th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Saturday after meeting Congress president Rahul Gandhi that the issue of student elections not held in three Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Sibal over student union elections (Lead)
October 30th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said the issue of student elections not being held in three Uttar Pradesh universities would be forwarded to the ... Read more...
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JNU students union seeks more liberal poll norms
May 3rd, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) Monday rejected in Supreme Court a suggestion by amicus curiae Gopal Subramaniam to increase the age limit for contesting its ... Read more...
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ABVP activists clash with police
March 23rd, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 23 (IANS) Hundreds of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists clashed with police here Tuesday during a rally to press for students' union elections and slashing of fees.
The activists ... Read more...
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Benchmark rulings galore in 2009 (To go with The year apex court judges declared their assets)
December 29th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Whether it was Justice Markandey Katju's obey-your-wife remark or Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan's polluters-must-pay ruling, the Supreme Court continued to hog the limelight in 2009. ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks to ascertain its legislative and executive powers
November 11th, 2009 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to examine and ascertain the scope, ambit and extent of its legislative and executive powers through a five-judge constitutional bench.
A two-judge bench ... Read more...
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‘Ninaithale Inikkum’ lacks flair (Tamil Film Review)
September 6th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan DI
Film: "Ninaithale Inikkum"; Cast: Prithviraj, Priyamani, Sakthi, Anuja Iyer, Karthik, Bhagyaraj, Jeeva; Director: G.N. Kumaravelan; Producer: Gemini Film Circuit, Sun Pictures; Music Director: Vijay Antony; Cinematographer: Balasubramaniam; Ratings: **"Ninaithale ... Read more...
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Students’ agitation in Orissa spreads to other areas
August 26th, 2009 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) The students agitation in Orissa following union poll violence in Utkal University has spread to other districts of the state, snowballing into a political clash between the ruling ... Read more...
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Orissa university shuts campus following clash
August 22nd, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) The Utkal University campus here was shut following clashes between two groups of students, police said Saturday. The clash was over students union elections, about a month away.
At ... Read more...
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Himanshu Sabharwal’s aid killed in Delhi
July 24th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Parminder Kumar, an aide and accountant of Himanshu Sabharwal, son of Professor Sabharwal, who was lynched in Ujjain, was killed in Delhi on Friday.According to Himanshu, ... Read more...
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Prof Sabharwal murder accused released from Nagpur jail
July 14th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Nagpur, July 14 (ANI): All six Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists, who were acquitted by a sessions court in connection the H S Sabharwal murder case, were released from the Central ... Read more...
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Prof Sabharwal murder accused acquitted by Nagpur session court
July 13th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Nagpur, July 13 (ANI): All six Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists who were accused in the H S Sabharwal murder case were acquitted by a sessions court here today.In its verdict, ... Read more...
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Eight students injured in Nepal bomb blasts
March 19th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 19 (DPA) At least eight people were injured Thursday when two bombs exploded outside a college in southern Nepal, police said.
The bombs went off as students gathered outside Thakur Ram ... Read more...
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Youth robbed train to contest student election: police
October 7th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 7 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) Tuesday claimed it had solved the Oct 1 train robbery by arresting two suspects from Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.The arrested were students ... Read more...
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Debate on elevators, canteen facilities in varsity poll
September 11th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Hundreds of students of Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, Thursday participated in an open house discussion during which various issues, including central status to the varsity, elevator facility ... Read more...
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Poster ban puts political parties in bind in Delhi
September 10th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Told by a city court that they cannot put up posters, political parties here are in a bind. "How else do we publicise, or reach out to ... Read more...
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