News for 'student violence'

Lucknow varsity expels 38 students

Lucknow varsity expels 38 students

Rediff.com27 Dec 2006

The university had suspended 229 students and asked them to file their replies against the decision. Of them only 80 students had sent their responses, and 38 were expelled today.

Choose From 20 New Shows/Films On OTT

Choose From 20 New Shows/Films On OTT

Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.

Aligarh: Stranded students blame university

Aligarh: Stranded students blame university

Rediff.com19 Sep 2007

Parents of several students -- particularly girls -- had to rush to Aligarh to take their wards back home.

TN girl's death: Collector, SP shifted; govt assures support to family

TN girl's death: Collector, SP shifted; govt assures support to family

Rediff.com19 Jul 2022

State School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said he and Public Works Department Minister EV Velu consoled the parents of the girl whose body was found in the school hostel on July 13.

If Manipur issue is not resolved soon, ...: Oppn INDIA after meeting guv

If Manipur issue is not resolved soon, ...: Oppn INDIA after meeting guv

Rediff.com30 Jul 2023

Chowdhury said that the visiting MPs will present their observations on Manipur in Parliament.

Manipur district returns to peace as additional forces withdraw

Manipur district returns to peace as additional forces withdraw

Rediff.com30 Apr 2023

Shops and markets have been opened in the morning while vehicles run on the roads in Churachandpur town where the maximum protests and violence took place on Friday and Saturday, officials said.

'Meitei camp was as bad as the Kuki camp'

'Meitei camp was as bad as the Kuki camp'

Rediff.com1 Aug 2023

'Hygiene is very bad, there is no medicine and there is no electricity.' 'I fear that there will be a breakout of some disease.'

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Police arrest 5 with alleged Maoist links

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Police arrest 5 with alleged Maoist links

Rediff.com6 Jun 2018

Kabir Kala Manch activists had allegedly made provocative speeches leading to violence at Koregaon Bhima in the district, according to an FIR registered at Vishrambaug police station after the event.

Pregnant Safoora Zargar gets bail in Delhi violence case

Pregnant Safoora Zargar gets bail in Delhi violence case

Rediff.com23 Jun 2020

Justice Rajiv Shakdher released Zargar on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and surety of like amount.

Look who's extending support to JNU students

Look who's extending support to JNU students

Rediff.com17 Feb 2016

Eminent scientists and writers from across the world, including renowned thinker Noam Chomsky and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, have joined the chorus of protest against the arrest of JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.

PHOTOS: America's students march for their lives!

PHOTOS: America's students march for their lives!

Rediff.com24 Mar 2018

Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded the American capital on Saturday for the "March for Our Lives" to support tougher gun controls and protest Congress's refusal to consider them. The event is being led by the student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14 when 17 were slaughtered by a teenage gunman carrying a legally-purchased AR-15.

'Prolonged ethnic conflict in Manipur can lead to a dangerous situation'

'Prolonged ethnic conflict in Manipur can lead to a dangerous situation'

Rediff.com31 May 2023

'The unfolding events indicate a dangerous internal security situation in Manipur and the region. It can have external ramifications also.'

Another day of shootings in California, 7 killed

Another day of shootings in California, 7 killed

Rediff.com24 Jan 2023

At least seven people were killed and one person critically injured after shootings were reported from two locations in the Half Moon Bay area in north California of the United States, CNN reported citing local officials who said that a 67-year-old suspect is now in custody.

My action was natural, says BJP MLA who thrashed student

My action was natural, says BJP MLA who thrashed student

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

Delhi BJP MLA O P Sharma, who is at the centre of a controversy in connection with the violence in Patiala House court complex, on Tuesday claimed that a group of people had hit him and that his action as "natural".

Violence against women: Blame prejudices, NOT the victim

Violence against women: Blame prejudices, NOT the victim

Rediff.com20 Jul 2012

It won't be easy to fight entrenched patriarchy and male-chauvinist prejudice without an extensive campaign of social reform, says Praful Bidwai

Should Politics Be Kicked Out of Campuses?

Should Politics Be Kicked Out of Campuses?

Rediff.com19 Jan 2022

College is where the manicured view of the world provided by one's family, encounters new trends. It is the dawn of exploration. Wishing for a sanitised bubble on campus appears hypocritical. The correct strategy, one would assume, is to weed out the violence while retaining the right to political debate, argues Shyam G Menon.

Forces foil bid to loot Manipur Rifle's armoury; curfew reimposed

Forces foil bid to loot Manipur Rifle's armoury; curfew reimposed

Rediff.com2 Nov 2023

Security forces fired several rounds in the air to disperse the mob, officials said.

Kerala: SFI activist stabbed to death, cops suspect Youth Congress hand

Kerala: SFI activist stabbed to death, cops suspect Youth Congress hand

Rediff.com10 Jan 2022

A Students Federation of India (SFI) activist was stabbed to death at the Idukki Engineering College here on Monday, allegedly by Youth Congress activists, police said.

BJP insults tribals by calling them vanvasi: Rahul

BJP insults tribals by calling them vanvasi: Rahul

Rediff.com10 Aug 2023

Addressing a party rally in Rajasthan, Gandhi also flayed the BJP over the situation in ethnic strife-torn Manipur and said the ideology of the BJP has set the northeastern state on fire.

UP revises Class 12 textbooks; Gujarat riots, Mughals out

UP revises Class 12 textbooks; Gujarat riots, Mughals out

Rediff.com4 Apr 2023

"We teach our students using NCERT books...whatever is there in the revised edition will be followed," Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said.

Indian student applications for Australia nosedive

Indian student applications for Australia nosedive

Rediff.com7 Jan 2010

Spokesman Sandy Logan said racism and violence issue against foreign students were not mainly to be blamed for the slide in visa applications. It was also due to stricter and tougher scrutiny of applications and the immigration department has been rejecting a higher number of applications from India, he said.

'They wanted to create an image of me as a devil'

'They wanted to create an image of me as a devil'

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

'Those giving voice to the voiceless should be welcomed, not punished.' 'Yes, I paid a price -- 10 years in jail -- but it wasn't only me who did so. There are many paying the price.'

Violence breaks out in Imphal

Violence breaks out in Imphal

Rediff.com19 Aug 2004

Only students can oppose, resist and dissent today

Only students can oppose, resist and dissent today

Rediff.com10 Mar 2017

'The only forum for resistance and dissent has become the university.' 'Free thinking is the right our brave students have been demanding.' 'As another round of violence and hatred against 'anti-nationals' begins, all of us, whether or not we agree with their views, should support and defend them,' says Aakar Patel.

What Manipur govt's latest status report to SC says

What Manipur govt's latest status report to SC says

Rediff.com10 Jul 2023

The report urged the top court that the matter may be taken up by the petitioners and other parties with utmost sensitivity as any misinformation or rumour or even suspicion may aggravate the situation in Manipur, where things are slowly returning to normal with the concerted efforts of the central and the state governments.

'It was my first encounter with evil'

'It was my first encounter with evil'

Rediff.com10 Jan 2023

'I was living in a fools' paradise, thinking I could win over anyone with my good intentions.'

Ujjain shocker: 12-yr-old raped, left bleeding on street

Ujjain shocker: 12-yr-old raped, left bleeding on street

Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

A girl, around 12 years of age, was found bleeding on a street in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, and her medical examination confirmed that she had been raped, police said on Wednesday.

'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2024

'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.'
'So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.'

Abuse of PM derogatory but not seditious, says HC, quashes case against school

Abuse of PM derogatory but not seditious, says HC, quashes case against school

Rediff.com7 Jul 2023

The Karnataka high court has said abusive words used against the prime minister was derogatory and irresponsible but it does not constitute sedition, while quashing a case of sedition against a school management.

UP PFI head, 30 others arrested for violence during anti-CAA protests

UP PFI head, 30 others arrested for violence during anti-CAA protests

Rediff.com23 Dec 2019

Wasim, UP PFI head, was arrested for masterminding the violence, police said. 33 FIRs have been filed in Lucknow and 150 people have been arrested so far.

Karachi: 13 killed in sectarian violence

Karachi: 13 killed in sectarian violence

Rediff.com4 Dec 2013

Violence rocked Pakistan's biggest city on Tuesday as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious seminary.

SCARY! India is not producing good students

SCARY! India is not producing good students

Rediff.com10 Aug 2017

'We are not producing good students who are examining issues independently of what they are being fed either by the media or their educators,' says Aakar Patel.

Ex-student kills 17 in shooting spree at Florida high school

Ex-student kills 17 in shooting spree at Florida high school

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

The mass shooting, which is said to be 18th school shooting of the year, seems to have rekindled a debate on the controversial gun control legislation in the US.

41 Meiteis reach Assam from Mizoram after threat over Manipur video

41 Meiteis reach Assam from Mizoram after threat over Manipur video

Rediff.com23 Jul 2023

The government's assurance came amid reports of Meiteis fleeing the state following an 'advisory' by an ex-militant's association of Mizoram asking them to leave due to tension triggered by the viral video of two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur.

Racist attacks on Indian students unacceptable: PM

Racist attacks on Indian students unacceptable: PM

Rediff.com9 Jun 2009

Describing the racial violence against Indian students in Australia as "unacceptable", an "appalled" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he proposed to involve himself in a high-level engagement with that country on the issue.

10 killed, 80 injured in sectarian violence in Rawalpindi

10 killed, 80 injured in sectarian violence in Rawalpindi

Rediff.com16 Nov 2013

At least 10 people, including some students of a Sunni seminary, were killed and over 80 others injured in sectarian violence that erupted in Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday after a clash during a Muharram procession, following which a curfew was imposed.

'India-Canada Ties Won't Sink Further'

'India-Canada Ties Won't Sink Further'

Rediff.com25 Sep 2023

'They are too connected for the relationship to completely sour.' 'It will be difficult to mend this relationship, but it will start with full and clear evidence on the issue in question.'

IIT Indore PhD student takes guide to court

IIT Indore PhD student takes guide to court

Rediff.com8 Jul 2019

According to the petition, Shyam Singh, who joined IIT Indore in 2015 as a PhD student, has been repeatedly asked to resign by his guide.

Manipur: Amit Shah assures safe return to those displaced

Manipur: Amit Shah assures safe return to those displaced

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a review meeting in Moreh town of Manipur on Wednesday to take stock of the security situation in the northeastern state which has been witnessing sporadic violence for nearly a month.

Justin Trudeau's advice to India's top students

Justin Trudeau's advice to India's top students

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

Here's what the Canadian PM said at IIM-Ahmedabad...