A group of students at Osmania University (OU) in Hyderabad, India, protested after allegedly discovering a razor blade in a curry served at their hostel mess. The students demanded justice and insisted that the OU Vice Chancellor address their concerns. The university has formed a committee to investigate the incident.
The protests, with the slogan of 'Marwari go back', were triggered following some Marwari people allegedly beating up an individual at Secunderabad here recently, police sources said on Saturday.
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Osmania University campus in Hyderabad, which witnessed violent clashes between the police and the students till late Sunday night, remained tense on Monday.
In the wake of violent protest by students in the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the authorities have decided to cancel all examinations except of the engineering, pharmacy and hotel management courses.
Close on heels of registration of two FIRs against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly making "hate speech" against a particular community, the Osmania University Police registered another case against him on a court directive.
He removed the barricades to enter the campus to pay respects to the martyrs of the Telangana movement. The case was registered under Indian Penal Code section 447 (criminal trespass)and under relevant provisions of the Hyderabad City Police Act based on a complaint filed by OU authorities on Tuesday, a police official said.
Pressure mounted on the Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday to withdraw central security forces from Osmania University, the hotbed of Telangana agitation. Following the demand by Telangana Congress leaders that the central forces must be withdrawn and the alleged restrictions on the media at the OU be lifted, state Home Minister P Sabita Reddy on Sunday convened a meeting of the Congress leaders, top police officials and the varsity's peace committee.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday shifted a senior officer of the Indian Police Service in Hyderabad after the police conducted lathi-charge against students, who were holding a demonstration to demand a separate Telangana state, at the Osmania University campus. The police's use of violence against the students has been condemned by the Opposition as well as the media and the state human rights commission.
Tension prevailed on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad on Monday after students clashed with police which lobbed teargas shells on protesters indulging in heavy stone-pelting.
A group of activists under the banner of Telangana students and OU-JAC held protests in front of the OU Police Station located on the varsity campus and later pelted stones on the police station and cops, a senior police officer told PTI.
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After two days of clashes between the police and the students, which left more than 25 people including six journalists injured, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday, ordered the police and the paramilitary forces to leave the Osmania University Campus in Hyderabad.
University Registrar Ch Gopal Reddy said they declined permission as they had no mechanism to provide security to the congress leader.
A Hyderabad court granted bail to six people who were arrested for vandalizing the residence of Telugu actor Allu Arjun. The incident sparked a political slugfest with the BJP and the BRS criticizing the Congress government. Meanwhile, Allu Arjun has been issued a notice to appear before police on Tuesday as part of the ongoing probe into a stampede during the screening of 'Pushpa-2'. The incident occurred on Sunday evening, when the six people, claiming to be members of the Osmania University - Joint Action Committee (OU-JAC), damaged flower pots and threw tomatoes at Arjun's residence. They were arrested by police and produced before a local court, which granted them bail on Monday. The incident has been condemned by politicians from various parties, with some alleging a Congress conspiracy.
The Congress party slammed Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and claimed that his pressure tactics resulted in the varsity's denial of permission.
In the remand report, the police said the accused went to Arjun's house, forcibly entered the premises, beat up the security staff, and damaged the property.
The Osmania University authorities late on Wednesday evening made it clear that no "beef festival" would be allowed to be organised on the varsity campus.
A group of persons, claiming to be members of Osmania University Joint Action Committee, on Sunday vandalised flower pots and other things at the residence of top Telugu actor Allu Arjun in Hyderabad.
Concerned over the continuing suicides by the students and youth for the Telangana cause, activists observed Wednesday as 'anti-suicide day' by administering a pledge to the students not to end their lives but to work hard to achieve 'Telangana'.
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The situation in Hyderabad is tense ahead of the Telangana march even as six leaders from the ruling Congress have been taken into preventive custody.
BJP MLA Raja Singh was booked on Tuesday over his alleged provocative statements pertaining to the Beef Festival that is proposed to be held at Osmania University campus on December 10.
A 23-year-old post graduate student of Osmania University was allegedly strangulated to death by her friend at his residence in Chatrinaka area of Old City, police said.
Reacting strongly to the Srikrishna Committee report, pro-Telangana student groups on Thursday held protests at the Osmania University in Hyderabad and gave a call for a bandh on Friday in Hyderabad and Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
Tension flared up across Andhra Pradesh on Saturday as pro Telangana students of Osmania University in Hyderabad assaulted a group of teachers from Andhra and Rayala Seema regions, who had come to evaluate B.Ed papers.
In a bizarre incident, a pro Telangana youth committed self immolation in Osmania University as a 'thanksgiving to God for fulfilling his wish that state Congress president D Srinivas should be defeated in the by elections in Telangana.'
Tension gripped Osmania University campus on Tuesday with another student committing suicide by setting himself ablaze in protest against the delay in formation of Telangana.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted permission for Osmania University students to take out the proposed rally over the Telangana statehood on Sunday.
A pro-Telangana school student set himself ablaze raising slogans in support of a separate state, leading to tension on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad on Saturday.
A 'curfew-like' situation prevailed on the campus with heavy police security being deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
The bandh called by Telangana Rashtra Samithi against a reported proposal by the Group of Ministers, appointed to chalk the road map for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, to merge two districts of with the proposed state has hit normal life in the region.
Pro-Telangana students on Thursday clashed with police on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad for the second consecutive day.
A local court in Hyderabad directed the police to investigate a complaint filed by a city-based businessman against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen member of Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly making "hate speech" against a particular community.
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