Tag: Students
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4 children charred to death as school van catches fire in Punjab; CM orders probe
Eight children were taken out safely by people working in nearby fields, police said.
February 15, 2020 -
Pakistan resumes flights from Coronavirus-hit China as death toll reaches 362
The China Southern Airlines' flight from China brought 69 passengers including 57 Pakistanis and 12 Chinese to Islamabad International Airport
February 3, 2020 -
From 1905 Eden College Calcutta to 2019 Jamia, students’ voice remains ‘iron backbone’ of democracy
The first students' strike took place in 1920 in King Edward Medical College, Lahore (now in Pakistan), against the academic discrimination between Indian and English pupils.
January 14, 2020 -
BJP MP, Visva Bharati VC confined in Bengal varsity by students for 6 hours
The duo finally left the central university campus at Bolpur in Birbhum district after the students withdrew the sit-in around 10 pm, university sources said.
January 9, 2020 -
Something deeply sickening: Congress leaders condemn attack on JNU students
The Congress leader accused the BJP leaders of 'pretending' before the media that it was not their 'goons who unleashed violence' at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
January 6, 2020 -
Ignore ‘illegal’ resolution: Bengal Governor to Jadavpur University head
Student unions, AFSU, and SFI termed the governor's move an 'unwarranted interference into the autonomy of the institute' and threatened strong protest if he 'does anything by force'.
December 23, 2019 -
Over 100 Harvard students come out in solidarity with Jamia, AMU students
University Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar on Monday addressed the media where she condemned the attack especially on the students who were studying in the college library and were not part of the protesting students.
December 17, 2019 -
Don’t depend on govt jobs, become entrepreneurs: Himachal Pradesh Governor to IIT-Mandi students
With rising unemployment in the country, Dattatraya told the students to not depend on government jobs but to set up their own businesses/ industries so that they can provide jobs to others.
December 16, 2019 -
Hurt by the way students were treated, I’m with them: VC Jamia Milia Islamia
In video footage, students can be seen walking on the pavement of the main road holding their hands above their heads while cops hurried and hassled them away.
December 16, 2019 -
11-hour shutdown in northeast after Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha
The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), backed by other organisations and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm against the bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha.
December 10, 2019 -
27 students across 10 IITs committed suicide in five years: RTI
As per the data provided by the Department of Higher Education working under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), IIT Madras tops the list with suicides by seven students during this period.
December 8, 2019 -
IIMC students protest over ‘unaffordable’ hike in tuition, hostel, mess charges
Some students from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication had to leave the course after the first semester because of the high fee structure.
December 4, 2019 -
Students skipping exams to protest fee hike will lose eligibility for next semester: JNU
JNUSU has been protesting for over a month against the proposed hike in hostel fee, said at least 17 centres have held meetings and supported the call for boycott of semester exams.
December 4, 2019 -
Hong Kong protests: Hundreds of students trapped as police attacks Polytechnic University
Hundreds were still trapped inside the campus on Monday morning, following overnight clashes at Polytechnic University during which protesters launched petrol bombs and arrows at police who threatened to begin using live rounds.
November 18, 2019 -
JNU students protest over fee hike, dress code; police use water cannons to control mob
The agitating students also tried to march to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was addressing the university's convocation at an auditorium.
November 11, 2019 -
‘Delhi has turned into gas chamber’: Arvind Kejriwal blames Punjab, Haryana for pollution
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal distributed breathing masks to students and told them to write to Captain Amarinder Singh and Manohar Lal Khattar asking the respective governments to stop crop burning.
November 1, 2019 -
Karnataka students made to wear cartons to prevent cheating
The students were writing papers in economics and chemistry subjects as part of the mid-term exams, conducted in their classroom.
October 19, 2019