Punjabi varsity students end strike
10 years, 4 months ago

Punjabi varsity students end strike

Hindustan Times  

The protest by Punjabi University students was lifted on Saturday with the university authorities and the administration conceding their demands in written, ending the three-day impasse. HT Image Though the protesting students opened main gates of the university on Saturday evening, three student unions — All India Students Federation, Students Federation of India, Punjabi University Research Scholar Association, who have launched the protest in front of the vice-chancellor office — refused to call off their hunger strike, which entered second day on Saturday. The university management, in the meantime, has ordered a time-bound inquiry — to be completed in 15 days — into the entire episode, including lathicharge on the protesting students by police, and sent three of its senior officials on leave till the submission of the inquiry report. The protesting students under the banner of ‘Police Zabar Virodhi Sanjha Morcha’ in front of the main gate have intensified protest and installed tents on Saturday morning. “At a high profile meeting, we decided to fulfil the demands of the students and the committee formed to look into the entire episode would submit its report within 15 days,” said Davinder Singh, registrar of the university.

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Protest by guest lecturers of Karnatak University enters fourth day
9 hours, 37 minutes ago

Protest by guest lecturers of Karnatak University enters fourth day

The Hindu  

An indefinite agitation by assistant lecturers and guest lecturers of Karnatak University and its constituent colleges demanding fulfilment of various demands, including higher remuneration, entered the fourth day here on Thursday and the protesting teachers have resolved to continue their agitation. Addressing the protestors here on Thursday, retired teacher and activist Mohan Siddhanti said that Karnatak University is meting out …

Jadavpur University Protests: Campus Unrest Highlights West Bengal’s Turbulent History of Student Politics
1 week, 1 day ago

Jadavpur University Protests: Campus Unrest Highlights West Bengal’s Turbulent History of Student Politics

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 19, 2025 18:04 IST - 8 MINS READ Trouble and Kolkata’s Jadavpur University, one of the premier higher education institutions in the country, seem inseparable. Reeling from acute fund shortage, besmirched by horrifying accounts of ragging and bullying in hostels, and scarred by agitations and political tension within the campus, the university has once again plunged into …

Bengal: Protest erupt after JU student arrested over March 1 campus clash
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1 week, 2 days ago

Bengal: Protest erupt after JU student arrested over March 1 campus clash

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: A second-year civil engineering student from Jadavpur University was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the clash that rocked the varsity campus on March 1. A few hundred students held a rally from Jadavpur University to Jadavpur police station on Tuesday. “Souptik Chandra, a student at the university has been arrested in connection with the case related to setting …

Suvendu Adhikari demands the deployment of central forces at Jadavpur University
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Suvendu Adhikari demands the deployment of central forces at Jadavpur University

Op India  

After the recent unrest at Jadavpur University following the attack on West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu by left-wing student organisations on 1st March, BJP MLA from Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari has demanded the deployment of central forces at the university alleging that the state government has failed to maintain order in the campus. Holding the left student organisations and the …

Jadavpur University students threaten complete shutdown if demands are not heard by March 10
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Jadavpur University students threaten complete shutdown if demands are not heard by March 10

The Hindu  

Jadavpur University students have threatened that they will execute a complete shutdown of the administrative building if they do not get an audience with the authorities to discuss their demands by March 10. Amit Roy, father of student Indranuj Roy who was hit by West Bengal State Education Minister Bratya Basu’s car on March 1 inside the campus, also joined …

Clashes break out in Bengal colleges over SFI’s student strike
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Clashes break out in Bengal colleges over SFI’s student strike

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Clashes broke out between Leftist student unions and the student wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress in various colleges across West Bengal over the student strike called by the Students Federation of India, CPI’s students’ front on Monday. Members of CPI students wing SFI stage a protest against West Bengal education minister, Bratya Basu, at Calcutta University in Kolkata …

SFI enforces strike on university campuses in West Bengal
3 weeks, 3 days ago

SFI enforces strike on university campuses in West Bengal

The Hindu  

Activists of the CPI's student wing Students' Federation of India gathered on university campuses across West Bengal on Monday morning to enforce a strike demanding the resignation of Education Minister Bratya Basu. Two students were injured when a car in the convoy of Mr. Basu grazed past them during a melee in Jadavpur University on March 1, 2025 as Leftists …

SFI enforces strike on university campuses in Bengal
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

SFI enforces strike on university campuses in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, Activists of the CPI's student wing SFI gathered on university campuses across West Bengal on Monday morning to enforce a strike demanding the resignation of Education Minister Bratya Basu. SFI enforces strike on university campuses in Bengal Two students were injured when a car in the convoy of Basu grazed past them during a melee in Jadavpur University on …

SFI calls for strike in university campuses on Monday to demand Education minister's resignation
3 weeks, 4 days ago

SFI calls for strike in university campuses on Monday to demand Education minister's resignation

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, CPI's student wing SFI on Sunday called for a strike in West Bengal universities on March 3, demanding Education Minister Bratya Basu's resignation over the injuries of two protestors at Jadavpur University. SFI calls for strike in university campuses on Monday to demand Education minister's resignation The windscreen of the minister's car was smashed by protesters and two of …

SFI calls for university strike across West Bengal on March 3, police warns of action
3 weeks, 4 days ago

SFI calls for university strike across West Bengal on March 3, police warns of action

The Hindu  

The face-off between State Education Minister Bratya Basu and supporters of the Student Federation of India at Jadavpur University on Saturday triggered a full blown political row on Sunday, with the SFI bringing out processions in different districts, demanding the resignation and arrest of the Minister. Meanwhile, the SFI organised protests across the State against the State Education Minister, whose …

What’s behind the BPSC protests? Prashant Kishor and students’ demands explained
2 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s behind the BPSC protests? Prashant Kishor and students’ demands explained

Hindustan Times  

Amidst the biting cold, the controversy surrounding the 70th Combined Preliminary Exam of the Bihar Public Service Commission is growing louder, as protesting students continue to demand justice and the cancellation of the exam. Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor being detained by police personnel during his indefinite hunger strike demanding the cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Examination. Kishor, a …

Student union files petition in HC against Pune varsity decision on holding protests
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Student union files petition in HC against Pune varsity decision on holding protests

Hindustan Times  

The National Students’ Union of India has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the SPPU’s decision that students must obtain 8 days’ notice before holding a protest or agitation on university grounds. The SPPU administration said that they were unaware that a petition had been filed in the court against the university’s circular. Against this context, Avinash …

SFI protests over ‘casteist slur’ against Dalit student in Delhi's Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
4 months ago

SFI protests over ‘casteist slur’ against Dalit student in Delhi's Shaheed Bhagat Singh College

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Students’ Federation of India and other student organisations staged a protest on Friday demanding arrest of the principal of Delhi University’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh College after a Dalit student alleged that the former hurled casteist slurs and assaulted him after he was falsely accused of sending obscene messages on the official WhatsApp group of his department. Mehina …

Panjab University students to intensify senate election protest
4 months ago

Panjab University students to intensify senate election protest

Hindustan Times  

Protesting the delay in senate elections and the FIR against them for trying to disrupt Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s event at Panjab University on November 13, students have decided to scale up their protest. Students protesting against varsity authorities at Student Centre on Panjab University campus in Chandigarh on Friday. They also organised a protest on the campus on …

JNU teachers, students protest delayed promotions, other issues on campus
7 months, 2 weeks ago

JNU teachers, students protest delayed promotions, other issues on campus

India Today  

Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association began a 24-hour hunger strike on campus on Monday to protest against alleged delays in promotions. The JNU Students Union also launched an indefinite hunger strike on campus, demanding the resolution of several longstanding issues, including the revocation of proctorial inquiries initiated against students. The protesters alleged promotions under the University Grants …

Protests and violence break out again in Bangladesh amid calls for the government’s resignation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Protests and violence break out again in Bangladesh amid calls for the government’s resignation

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of people protested peacefully in Bangladesh’s capital Saturday to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed during protests last month, but violence was reported at similar events elsewhere in the country. Also on Saturday, Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman, the country’s military chief, directed army officers to safeguard public safety and secure key state installations under …

Student groups protest in Delhi demanding to scrap NTA
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Student groups protest in Delhi demanding to scrap NTA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Students’ Federation of India along with NSUI, AISA, AISF, Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha and other student organizations from across the country held a protest at the Jantar Mantar on Wednesday demanding scrapping of NTA and resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Addressing the gathering, SFI general secretary Mayukh Biswas said, “The NTA and education minister Dharmendra Pradhan have …

Over dozen students protesting NEET irregularities detained in Delhi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Over dozen students protesting NEET irregularities detained in Delhi

The Hindu  

Over a dozen students were detained while attempting to march towards the Parliament on July 2 to protest against alleged irregularities in several competitive exams. The students belonging to different outfits under the banner "India against NTA" gathered at the Patel Chowk metro station in New Delhi and started raising "anti-NTA" slogans. Carrying posters and banners with slogans like "Sack …

Student bodies hold protests on campuses in Delhi University and Jamia
1 year ago

Student bodies hold protests on campuses in Delhi University and Jamia

Hindustan Times  

Student organisations from at least two universities in Delhi conducted protests against the Citizenship Act, 2019 on Tuesday, a day after the Centre implemented the contentious law that paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University had also scheduled a protest against the law on Tuesday, but were unable …

Protesting LU student’s health deteriorates; shifted to hospital
1 year, 3 months ago

Protesting LU student’s health deteriorates; shifted to hospital

Hindustan Times  

As Lucknow University students entered the second day of their indefinite hunger strike, demanding the restoration of students’ union elections on campus, the condition of one protesting student deteriorated on Friday. “One of the protesting students, Prasan Shukla, a third-semester BA student sitting on an indefinite hunger strike, fell unconscious after being denied the opportunity to appear in the exam …

Chandigarh: Dental students go on strike for hike in monthly stipend
1 year, 4 months ago

Chandigarh: Dental students go on strike for hike in monthly stipend

Hindustan Times  

Students of bachelor of dental surgery and master of dental surgery courses of Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Panjab University, organised a protest at Gate Number 1 of PU on Wednesday seeking an increase in their stipend. Students of Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Science, Panjab University, taking out a protest march on …

LU students commence indefinite hunger strike to demand Union polls
1 year, 4 months ago

LU students commence indefinite hunger strike to demand Union polls

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Lucknow University students have initiated an indefinite hunger strike in a renewed effort to press for the reinstatement of students’ union elections. The protesting students at indefinite hunger strike The protesting students stated that due to the university’s failure to address their demands, they have resorted to their constitutional right to an indefinite hunger strike. In 2006, the LU …

Teachers protest over late pay, other issues; MCD assures action
1 year, 5 months ago

Teachers protest over late pay, other issues; MCD assures action

The Hindu  

Several teachers of primary schools under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi held a protest outside the Civic Centre on Monday, demanding a resolution to their problems and seeking a meeting with Delhi Education Minister Atishi. Among the demands raised were timely payment of salaries and pending pensions; adequate stationery for schools; recruitment of cleaning staff, security guards and data entry …

NIT Silchar student death case: Director assures to remove dean academics
1 year, 6 months ago

NIT Silchar student death case: Director assures to remove dean academics

Hindustan Times  

The director of the National Institute of Technology, Silchar professor Dilip Kumar Baidya has assured the protesting students that he will remove the current dean academics professor BK Roy in the next two days. The students after the meeting said that at least eight of them were admitted to hospital during the five-day long hunger strike and they’ll continue the …

Patiala university student’s death: Protest ends as varsity removes prof from coordinator’s post
1 year, 6 months ago

Patiala university student’s death: Protest ends as varsity removes prof from coordinator’s post

Hindustan Times  

Punjabi University, on Monday, removed Prof Surjit Singh from the post of coordinator of the Five-Year Integrated Programme. As per the demands of the protesting students, the district administration and university officials appointed a woman paediatrician, Dr Harshinder Kaur of Government Rajindra Hospital, as a member of the committee. Meanwhile, district administration and university officials assured the protesting students that …

Jadavpur University student death: ‘Stop Ragging’ placards, slogans at protest
1 year, 7 months ago

Jadavpur University student death: ‘Stop Ragging’ placards, slogans at protest

Hindustan Times  

A large group of students and locals from West Bengal's Nadia district on Wednesday staged protests against the death of a first-year student at Javadpur University. Students and locals from West Bengal's Nadia district protesting against the death of a first-year student at Javadpur University. A first-year student of Bengali honours allegedly jumped from the second-floor balcony of the university’s …

Protests rage over student’s suicide in Kottayam; Minister to hold discussions
1 year, 9 months ago

Protests rage over student’s suicide in Kottayam; Minister to hold discussions

The Hindu  

Amal Jyothi Engineering College at Kanjirappally, which has been in the eye of a storm over the suicide of 20-year-old Shraddha Satheesh, witnessed a wave of protests on Tuesday, prompting an intervention by the State government. The previous night, the college management had announced a closure of the institution in view of the protests and asked the students to vacate …

Allahabad University Students Demand Rollback of Fee Hike, Continue Hunger Strike
2 years, 4 months ago

Allahabad University Students Demand Rollback of Fee Hike, Continue Hunger Strike

News 18  

Allahabad University students sitting on a fast to protest against an increase in fees for the past 70 days took out a ‘Jan Aakrosh March’ on Tuesday to demand restoration of the students’ union and rollback of the hike. “Besides the demand for withdrawal of the fee hike, the students have also launched an agitation against the illegal appointment of …

Protest In Punjab's Lovely Professional University After First-Year Student Dies By Suicide
2 years, 6 months ago

Protest In Punjab's Lovely Professional University After First-Year Student Dies By Suicide

ABP News  

Students of Lovely Professional University in Punjab's Jalandhar gathered in large numbers to hold a protest on Tuesday after a first-year student died by suicide on the college campus. Kapurthala Police investigating the matter said the student was “having some personal issues" as suggested from a suicide note recovered from the hostel room of the deceased. #LPU #University #Suicide #Phagwara …

Anti-CAA Protests At AMU | Students Shouldn't Indulge In Such Activities Which Bring Bad Name To Great Educational Institutions: Allahabad HC
2 years, 6 months ago

Anti-CAA Protests At AMU | Students Shouldn't Indulge In Such Activities Which Bring Bad Name To Great Educational Institutions: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

"The students take admissions in Universities or any educational Institution for the purpose of education and not indulge in these kind of activities, which brings bad name to the great educational Institutions," remarked the Allahabad High Court as it dismissed a bunch of pleas raising issues pertaining to certain incidents which took place in Aligarh. "The students take admissions in …

Calcutta University Students Protest Demanding Online Exams, Claim Syllabus Incomplete
2 years, 10 months ago

Calcutta University Students Protest Demanding Online Exams, Claim Syllabus Incomplete

News 18  

Days after Calcutta University-appointed a panel to discuss conducting UG and PG semester exams offline, scores of university students have raised objection about the move. Several students on Friday also held a protest outside the University’s College Street campus demanding online exams. With hashtags like #wewantonlineexams, several students tagged State Chief minister Mamata Banerji and other education department officials demanding …

30-days on, DU Reopening Protest Continues, Students Burn VC’s Effigy, 'Reject Online Education'
3 years, 3 months ago

30-days on, DU Reopening Protest Continues, Students Burn VC’s Effigy, 'Reject Online Education'

News 18  

Several student organisations have been protesting for over a month at North Campus, Delhi University, demanding the reopening of colleges. Effigy burning of a VC who has ignored students for 30 days!Yogesh Singh must answer for his negligence!#30daysofindefinitestrike pic.twitter.com/gedbDxNfPp — AISA – Delhi University December 7, 2021 Students of Delhi University are protesting at DU since one month but adamant …

Delhi: Students, teachers protest against National Education Policy
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi: Students, teachers protest against National Education Policy

India TV News  

Delhi: Students, teachers protest against National Education Policy The protesting organisations included the All India Forum for Right to Education, All India Revolutionary Students Organisation, AISA, DYFI, SFI and the Youth for Swaraj. Several organisations of students and teachers on Thursday staged a protest against the National Education Policy and re-introduction of the Four Year Undergraduate Programme in Delhi University. …

Students, teachers protest against NEP, DU FYUP
3 years, 5 months ago

Students, teachers protest against NEP, DU FYUP

India Today  

Several organisations of students and teachers on Thursday staged a protest against the National Education Policy and re-introduction of Four Year Undergraduate Programme in Delhi University. Location of DU protest The protest was held outside Shastri Bhawan which houses the office of the Ministry of Education here. DU protest: Answer from ministry As no one from the ministry appeared before …

Financial crisis: Punjabi University seeks immediate disbursal of ₹90-crore grant
3 years, 11 months ago

Financial crisis: Punjabi University seeks immediate disbursal of ₹90-crore grant

Hindustan Times  

Unable to meet its committed expenditure, including payments of salaries and pensions, Punjabi University has approached the state finance department for immediate disbursal of ₹90 crore which was allocated to the varsity in the government’s recent annual budget. Punjabi University, Patiala The varsity also wants the department to release its monthly grant of ₹12 crore so that the salaries and …

Students Protest Demanding Reopening of Delhi University Campus, Resumption of Offline Classes
4 years, 1 month ago

Students Protest Demanding Reopening of Delhi University Campus, Resumption of Offline Classes

News 18  

Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Thursday held a protest march calling for the reopening of the Delhi University and resumption of offline classes. The protesting students also demanded for the right to choose between online and offline modes for their term-end examinations, reopening of all libraries for a period of at least 12 hours everyday, and reopening …

Delhi University students hold public meetings against CAA; Ramjas College protest organisers say admin tried to stop agitation, deployed police on campus
5 years, 2 months ago

Delhi University students hold public meetings against CAA; Ramjas College protest organisers say admin tried to stop agitation, deployed police on campus

Firstpost  

A series of protests were organised in several colleges of the Delhi University on Wednesday against the Citizenship Amendment Act New Delhi: A series of protests were organised in several colleges of the Delhi University on Wednesday against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Organisers of the protest claimed that policemen were present inside the campus and the college administration tried to …

NCP’s Jitendra Awhad joins students protesting in Mumbai’s Gateway of India condemning violence at JNU
5 years, 2 months ago

NCP’s Jitendra Awhad joins students protesting in Mumbai’s Gateway of India condemning violence at JNU

Firstpost  

Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of NCP joined the students at the protest and sat with them discussing their demands Mumbai: The overnight protest by students at the Gateway of India in Mumbai against the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi continued on Monday. Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of NCP joined the students at the protest and sat with …

JNU violence: Students from various colleges continue protests at Gateway of India in Mumbai, condemn attack on varsity
5 years, 2 months ago

JNU violence: Students from various colleges continue protests at Gateway of India in Mumbai, condemn attack on varsity

Firstpost  

More students from various colleges in Mumbai joined the protest at the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday morning to condemn the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi Mumbai: More students from various colleges in Mumbai joined the protest at the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday morning to condemn the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru …

After JNU violence, protest errupts at Aligarh Muslim University
5 years, 2 months ago

After JNU violence, protest errupts at Aligarh Muslim University

India TV News  

After the Sunday night violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University which saw several students and teachers being injured, protests were held in Aligarh Muslim University in support of their fellow students. AMUTA secretary Najmul Islam urged the Chief Justice of India to take suo motu cognisance of the "unprecedented situation arising from Sunday's assault on JNU students and teachers". Former AMU …

AT IIT Kanpur, protest bares old faultlines
5 years, 3 months ago

AT IIT Kanpur, protest bares old faultlines

Live Mint  

On 17 December, around 300 students and a few faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur participated in a peaceful march to show solidarity with students of central universities across India “in light of extreme and continued brutality against students”. “We requested the district administration to close the chapter and not take any action as the march was …

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam
5 years, 3 months ago

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam

Firstpost  

The Opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, Raj Ghat in Delhi, and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstrations were held against the contentious law in several states by students and other citizens. The Opposition on Monday stepped …

Anti-CAA protests: 46 students detained outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Delhi for protesting against police action
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: 46 students detained outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Delhi for protesting against police action

Firstpost  

According to senior police officer, male students were taken to Mandir Marg police station while women students were dropped off at their universities New Delhi: As many as 46 students were detained outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan on Monday when they were about to begin a protest against the police’s action during anti-Citizenship Act demonstrations in the state. The students …

Anti-CAA protests: Aligarh Muslim University students ‘expel’ Vice Chancellor, Registrar
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Aligarh Muslim University students ‘expel’ Vice Chancellor, Registrar

Op India  

In a bizarre move, the students of controversial Aligarh Muslim University have expelled their Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of the university. The notice has been allegedly signed by the ‘students’ of the Aligarh Muslim University, the teachers and the non-teaching staff of the university. “If the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar do not vacate their places on or before the said …

Anti-CAA protests: Anti Hindu slogans at IIT-K event, complaint filed
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Anti Hindu slogans at IIT-K event, complaint filed

Op India  

The anti-CAA protests which are being carried out across the country by certain sections of the population, especially Muslims, have already turned communal and violent. According to a report by Swarajya journalist Swati Goel Sharma, a faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has given a written complaint to the institute’s director, objecting to purported anti-India and communal statements made …

Students, activists, professionals stage anti-CAA stir at India Gate
5 years, 3 months ago

Students, activists, professionals stage anti-CAA stir at India Gate

India Today  

Braving the freezing cold, hundreds of students, professionals and civil society activists thronged the India Gate on Saturday evening to protest against the amended Citizenship Act. Amid heavy police deployment, the protesters raised slogans against the BJP government and sought revocation of the new legislation as it tears into the secular fabric of the country. "NRC and CAA together are …

Anti-CAA protests at AMU: Actions of UP Police motivated by desire to 'show students their place', says HRLN fact-finding report
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests at AMU: Actions of UP Police motivated by desire to 'show students their place', says HRLN fact-finding report

Firstpost  

The actions of the Uttar Pradesh Police on 15 and 16 December at Aligarh Muslim University were brutal but also vindictive, a fact-finding report by HRLN has said. The actions of the Uttar Pradesh Police on 15 and 16 December at Aligarh Muslim University were not only brutal but also vindictive motivated by a desire to ‘show students their place’, …

CAA protests: Police crackdown natural response to rioting, but in era of misinformation and fake news, whoever sets narrative wins
5 years, 3 months ago

CAA protests: Police crackdown natural response to rioting, but in era of misinformation and fake news, whoever sets narrative wins

Firstpost  

The use of tear gas and lathi on students protesting against CAA by the Delhi Police was in response to the acts of violence and pelting of stones on the police The protests by students of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and Nadwa College and the violence either engineered by them or “outsider miscreants” could be classical case studies …

'Curb police brutality or resign': 400 Indian students from 20 US universities pull up Amit Shah
5 years, 3 months ago

'Curb police brutality or resign': 400 Indian students from 20 US universities pull up Amit Shah

India TV News  

Terming its as a "gross violation of human rights" around 400 Indian students studying in various American universities have condemned the "brutal police violence unleashed against students" of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University last Sunday. "By every account, it appears that police and paramilitary, both at Jamia and at AMU, have used violence and pursued unlawful and reckless …

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Students seek probe into Delhi Police using tear gas inside Jamia Milia Islamia; Mamata leads massive rally in Kolkata
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Students seek probe into Delhi Police using tear gas inside Jamia Milia Islamia; Mamata leads massive rally in Kolkata

Firstpost  

Anger over the police crackdown in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and at the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act cascaded across many campuses in the country New Delhi: Anger over the police crackdown in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and at the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act cascaded across many campuses in the country on Monday with politicians and civil society supporting the students …

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