Students clash with police in Allahabad, torch vehicles
April 27th, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Allahabad, April 26 (IANS) Protesting the order to vacate hostels, students of the Allahabad University Thursday fought pitched battles with police as they torched a police vehicle and two state ... Read more...
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Violence in parts of Hyderabad during Telangana protests (Lead)
February 21st, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Violence rocked parts of Hyderabad Monday as pro-Telangana students went berserk, setting afire a local train, ransacking a railway station and clashing with police in several areas.The ... Read more...
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Haryana varsity suspends three students for ragging
June 2nd, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), June 1 (IANS) Three MBA students were Tuesday suspended by the vice-chancellor of the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here for ragging their juniors, officials said.
The three students - Aman Redhu, ... Read more...
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Radiation case: Delhi varsity teachers to hold protest
May 2nd, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) will hold a protest on the varsity campus Wednesday seeking an independent probe into the radiation leak in the capital that ... Read more...
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Goa governor wants report on Rahul’s varsity visit
January 23rd, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) Goa Governor S.S. Sidhu has now intervened in the raging controversy involving Rahul Gandhi's political meetings in the Goa university campus earlier this week.
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Embroiled in Gandhi row, Goa varsity official offers to quit
January 23rd, 2010 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 22 (IANS) Goa University's registrar Friday offered to resign after he was cornered by irate university students for allowing three political meetings of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on ... Read more...
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Sibal hopeful on central status to Panjab University
November 6th, 2009 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday told a delegation of students from Panjab University (PU) that he was hopeful of central status for the varsity but ... Read more...
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Our education policy is hostile to sports: Gill
October 24th, 2009 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Union Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare M.S. Gill Friday said the Indian education system is not sports-oriented and it does not aim at churning out quality sportspersons.
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Four Varanasi students arrested for ragging (Lead)
September 15th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Sep 15 (IANS) Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were arrested Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the varsity campus, police said. The university has also ... Read more...
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Four Varanasi students booked for ragging
September 15th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Sep 15 (IANS) Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here have been booked for allegedly ragging a first year student outside the varsity campus, police said Tuesday.
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Police face opposition from Allahabad University students
September 10th, 2009 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) Police had to face stiff opposition from students in Allahabad University Thursday when they tried to arrest the 12 students who Wednesday carried out violent protests on the ... Read more...
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Utkal University, hit by campus violence, reopens Thursday
September 10th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 10 (IANS) Twenty days after it was closed following violence, the Utkal University reopened Thursday after the varsity authorities decided to revoke the sine die closure.
The decision to resume ... Read more...
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Allahabad University students riot for union polls
September 9th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) Demanding restoration of the students' union polls in the Allahabad University, some students went on a rampage, attacking public transport and clashing with police, officials said.
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Irate students seek teacher’s sack for sexual harassment
September 25th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) For the third consecutive day Thursday, students and teachers of Delhi University protested on the varsity campus against the delay in action against a teacher accused of ... Read more...
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