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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicStudent protests

Topic: Student protests

Students of Patiala’s RGNUL demand V-C’s ouster over inspection of girls’ hostel, ‘sexist behaviour’

Protests erupted after V-C Dr Jai Shankar Singh inspected girls' rooms without notice or consent. Students claim he's made inappropriate comments about female students several times.

Indraprastha University student suicide brings up a storm of anger and a long list of woes

Most of the students didn't know Gautam Kumar, as the new academic year had just begun a month ago. But his death has sparked an unprecedented protest at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

Manipur govt suspends internet services for five days amid student agitation

Security forces fired tear gas shells Tuesday during the agitators’ attempt to march towards Raj Bhavan demanding removal of DGP and security advisor to Manipur govt.

Arson, stone pelting in Manipur’s Thoubal. Students want central forces, CM to go

Police use tear gas shells to disperse crowds; five students and one officer have been injured in clashes.

Leading two lives, says twin brother of 25-yr-old who became symbol of Bangladesh students’ movement

Family of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho who Bangladesh Police allegedly shot during the student protests that led to Sheikh Hasina's fall is yet to come to terms with his death.

Bangladesh’s chief justice, central bank governor step down after protestors give ultimatum

However, Bank Governor Abdur Rouf's resignation hasn't been accepted given the importance of the position.

Bangladesh remains in flux as students issue deadline to dissolve parliament

Bangladesh's army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman was due to meet student leaders at 0600 GMT to discuss the formation of an interim government.

‘Disappointed’ Sheikh Hasina has no plans for political comeback, son tells BBC

Sajeeb Wazed Joy tells the BBC World Service that Hasina had been contemplating resigning from office Sunday, and had left the country for her safety on the insistence of her family.

How quota protests snowballed into movement that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-yr rule in Bangladesh

Protests against job quotas that began peacefully in June transformed into a wider movement against the Bangladeshi leadership, with nearly 300 killed in the government's crackdown.

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.