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TopicStudent protests

Topic: Student protests

‘Why Emergency?’—1975 Home Ministry white paper in Parliament gave reasons

An MHA document from 1975 lists the incidents in the run-up to Emergency—from Morarji Desai's demand for dissolution of Gujarat Assembly to student agitation in Bihar and the railway strike.

Bangladesh to hear ex-PM Sheikh Hasina’s indictment in humanitarian crimes case on 1 July

The deposed PM is accused of mass killings and enforcing disappearances during the student-led uprising on 5 August 2024.

FTI Arunachal has no dean, water, hostels. Students are living in a construction site

‘The students are raising valid concerns. As teachers, we see firsthand how the lack of infrastructure is affecting their learning experience,' said an FTI faculty member.

How disputed ‘forest’ patch has put Hyderabad university students on the warpath against Revanth govt

The Revanth Reddy govt plans to auction about 400 acres of green cover adjacent to the university. Amid intense protests, bulldozers have begun levelling the land and uprooting vegetation.

A concert, a death, an ambush at dawn. How KIIT horror unfolded

A Nepali student allegedly died by suicide last Sunday after being harassed, sparking protests by several Nepali students, who were then 'kicked out'—a decision later reversed by KIIT.

Ashoka University students decry ‘privacy violation’ as baggage scanners, metal detectors enter campus

New rules also state that cigarettes and alcohol will be confiscated and sent to the dean of student affairs. Constantly engaging with the student government, says administration.

Tensions continue in Varanasi as students protest demanding removal of mosque from college campus

Hundreds of students gathered at the Uday Partap College gate, shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' and waving saffron flags but were stopped from entering the campus by police personnel.

UPPSC confirms one-shift, one-day PCS exam amid student protests, defers decision on review officer exam

UPPSC notification also postpones the provincial civil service exam without providing a fresh date. The review or assistant review officer exam notification is expected later.

Food, water scarce at protest site, but UPPSC aspirants opposing 2-shift exams say ‘na batenge, na hatenge’

Students demonstrating against UPPSC's decision to hold RO-ARO & PCS preliminary exams in 2 shifts claim police have forced eateries, shops at protest site to shut down.

Bangladesh protesters siege presidential palace, demand removal of Shahabuddin, ‘crony of Hasina govt’

Members of the student group that ousted PM Hasina, announced 5-point demands Tuesday, including rewriting the country's constitution and banning the Awami League.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.