Bhopal gas leak survivors warn of direct actionSeptember 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Bhopal gas leak tragedy survivors Wednesday warned the Madhya Pradesh government of direct action if it fails to keep its promise of supplying clean water to them before the 25th anniversary of the disaster. Satinath Sarangi of the Bhopal Group of Information and Action (BGIA) and Rashida Bi of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh told reporters that the state government had full knowledge of the contamination for the last 19 years and yet residents of nine of the 14 communities were still forced to drink contaminated groundwater.
Four Varanasi students arrested for raggingSeptember 15th, 2009 VARANASI - Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were arrested Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the varsity campus, police said. The university has also decided to rusticate them.
Four Varanasi students booked for raggingSeptember 15th, 2009 VARANASI - Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here have been booked for allegedly ragging a first year student outside the varsity campus, police said Tuesday. The four students -- two of B.
Five tribal students in Chhattisgarh suspended for raggingSeptember 10th, 2009 RAIPUR - Five tribal students of a government-run school in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district have been suspended for ragging after over a dozen junior students complained that they were forced by the seniors to stroll naked in the hostel complex and beaten, an official said. The five suspended students were studying in Class 10.
Police search for teacher who forced students to dance nudeSeptember 8th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police have launched a drive to arrest a primary school teacher who forced students to strip and dance in Koria district of Chhattisgarh. Khagesh Singh, 35, Monday instructed several students aged seven years to remove their clothes and dance nude in a classroom of a government-run primary school in Tedma village of Koria, 380 km from state capital Raipur.
ITI students suspended for stripping junior September 7th, 2009 New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS)Nine students Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Vivek Vihar area have been suspended for allegedly stripping and beating up a 17-year-old junior during their ragging session. The victim joined the institution on Tuesday.
Clean sweep by SOPU-INSO alliance in Panjab University pollsSeptember 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU)-Indian National Student Organisation (INSO) alliance made a clean sweep in the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections Friday, winning all the posts. The president's post went to the alliance's Amit Bhatia of University's Institute of Applied Management Sciences (UIAMS), who beat Arshdeep Singh Johal of Panjab University Students' Union (PUSU) by over 600 votes.
In Bangalore, teachers are becoming friends with studentsSeptember 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - As students across Bangalore are set to pay respect to their teachers Saturday on the occasion of Teachers Day, a change is in sight in the educational campuses across the city - teachers are coming closer to the students as friends and mentors. The equation between teachers and students is fast changing.
Teacher forces students to mop floor, clean toiletSeptember 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Some students of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district were made to mop floors and clean the toilet as punishment by a teacher, officials said Thursday. Four students of Class 5 of the Gaurachowki Primary School in Gonda district were Wednesday made to mop floors and clean the toilet, the official added.
Minor refuses to clean toilets, beatenAugust 31st, 2009 PATNA - An 11-year-old girl was beaten by her teacher after she refused to clean the toilets of her school in Rohtas district of Bihar, police said Monday. Chita, a Class 6 student of a government school at Huka in Rohtas, about 150 km from here, was beaten by her lady teacher Saturday.
Kids forced to leave exams, stand outside school in JharkhandJuly 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Around 30 students were forced to stand outside their school in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand even as their examination was underway Tuesday because their parents had failed to pay the monthly fees, an official said. The students of Holy Cross school were forced to leave the exam room as their parents had not paid the school fees for the month of July.
Eight students in Andhra Pradesh arrested for raggingJuly 18th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Eight students of the Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati have been arrested and suspended for ragging their juniors, authorities said Saturday. Police said the arrests were made late Friday night following a complaint by few students of the first year M.Com.
Student insulted for coming late, kills herselfJuly 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two girl students consumed poison and one of them died after their principal allegedly insulted them for coming late to the college, police said Wednesday. Ramya, a pharmacy student, died while undergoing treatment at MGM Hospital in Warangal town Tuesday while her classmate is battling for her life.
Five IIM-A graduates yet to find jobsJune 2nd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Five of the 70 students of the 2008-09 batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here are yet to find jobs, an official of the institute said Tuesday. The official said that 93 percent of the students who graduated on March 28 were placed by the end of May.
Clean drinking water not a priority for Delhi University: DUSUMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Wednesday alleged that colleges of the Delhi University are not serious about providing clean drinking water to students. 'Most of the colleges in Delhi University do not provide clean drinking water.
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