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Monday, December 1, 2025
TopicStudent protests

Topic: Student protests

Fires over ‘jaundice cases’ still smouldering at VIT, MP govt orders review of private universities

On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, VIT students led violent protests, damaging property, over a jaundice outbreak on campus.

Student protests against AMU fee hike gather steam. Proctor says hike ‘minimal & important’

Students allege ‘up to 40% hike in some courses’, demand rollback. Proctor says fee increased between Rs 500 & Rs 1,500 for different courses, mainly to improve infra.

ThePrint photos of the week: 27 July-2 August, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

Faulty systems, poor infra to ‘mistreatment’—Protesting aspirants allege SSC ‘played with their future’

Students & teachers have broken into protests over alleged mismanagement of SSC exams, slamming the firm contracted to conduct them & demanding dialogue with MoS Personnel.

‘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.

On Camera

There’s pollution, violence, volcanic ash on my screen. And yet an email is more stressful

Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.