Student ragged at gunpoint in Meerut, taken to hospitalOctober 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five senior students of the law department in Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district allegedly ragged and beat up a fresher at gunpoint, following which he had to be taken to a hospital, police said Thursday. The ragging took place Wednesday on the campus, where the senior students forced Dev Singh Bhadana to stand on a chair and perform objectionable acts.
Teachers cut hair of Class 5 students for bunking classesSeptember 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two teachers of a private school in Uttar Pradesh forcibly cut the hair of four Class 5 students after catching them bunking classes, an official said Monday. The teachers cut the hair of four students of Spring Field School in Manjhanpur town of Kaushambhi district, about 300-km from state capital Lucknow, Saturday.
Six students in Uttar Pradesh detained for raggingSeptember 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six students of a private engineering college have been detained for allegedly ragging a student in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Thursday. Police detained the six students, who are in their second year at Ganeshi Lal Narayandas Institute of Technology, Wednesday night for ragging Vikas Parashar, a first year student.
Police face opposition from Allahabad University studentsSeptember 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Police had to face stiff opposition from students in Allahabad University Thursday when they tried to arrest the 12 students who Wednesday carried out violent protests on the campus while demanding restoration of students' union polls. Owing to the strong opposition of the varsity students, police managed to arrest only two of the 12 students who have been booked for Wednesday's vandalism on the campus.
Allahabad University students go on a rampageSeptember 9th, 2009 ALLAHABAD - Irate students of Allahabad University went on a rampage on Wednesday, necessitating a police baton charge to bring the situation under control. The clash between the students and the police force took place as the former demanded revocation of the suspension of the university students' union and student elections.
Allahabad University students riot for union pollsSeptember 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Demanding restoration of the students' union polls in the Allahabad University, some students went on a rampage, attacking public transport and clashing with police, officials said. Police assaulted students with batons as they tried to enter the vice-chancellor's office on the varsity campus.
Students allege ragging in Uttar Pradesh collegeSeptember 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four students of a private college in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district have alleged they were ragged and assaulted by their seniors. Second year B.Tech students of Sitapur Shikshan Sansthan, a college offering several technical courses, have complained to college authorities that fourth year students had beaten them up after they refused to sing and dance as part of ragging Monday.
10 BHU students charged with raggingJuly 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A criminal case was lodged against 10 students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after they were caught ragging their juniors, officials said Thursday. Eight second year and two third year students of B.Tech (Applied Mathematics) were caught ragging juniors on the Assi Ghat by the university's security staff Wednesday, BHU spokesperson Rajesh Singh told IANS.
UP government warns colleges against jeans banJune 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday issued a stern notice to all colleges in the state not to impose any ban on jeans for girl students or face punitive actions. "Action will be taken against any college aided by the Government of UP if anything is done against the law of the land," said Kamran Rizvi , Education Secretary.
Fake marksheet scam busted in LucknowMay 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Police in Lucknow Thursday said they had busted a gang involved in making fake mark-sheets and degrees, with the arrest of three people, including a woman. The arrests were made late Thursday evening in the Aliganj area of the state capital.
Munnabhai 'Dutt' gets stones during poll campaigningMarch 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood actor-cum-Samajwadi Party candidate, Sanjay Dutt on Sunday faced students' ire after he failed to meet them as videly expected at the college campus here. He is Samajwadi Party's candidate from Lucknow constituency.
Six students drown in Uttar PradeshMarch 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six students of an army school, who had come for a picnic, drowned Sunday when they were bathing in the Gomti river in Uttar Pradesh, the police said. The mishap took place near the Korriya ghat in Sitapur district, 80 km from here, district police chief Pritendra Singh told IANS by telephone.
IIM-Lucknow to hike fees, up student intakeMarch 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Lucknow is all set to hike annual fees, an official said, as the business school, one of the top in the country, Tuesday awarded 230 students their diplomas in the 23rd annual convocation. 'At present, IIM-Lucknow charges Rs.500,000 for the two-year programme.
IIM-Lucknow to hike feesMarch 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - One of the top B-schools in the country, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) Monday announced that it will soon hike the fees for its two-year postgraduate programme. 'We have our financial requirements and to justify it we hope to increase the fee,' institute director Devi Singh told reporters here.
Suspected Indian Mujahideen member arrestedJanuary 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A youth suspected to be a member of the Indian Mujahideen terrorist outfit and of involvement in the Sep 13 serial bombings in New Delhi has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the police said Saturday. Though the arrest was made in Lucknow Friday evening, the police officially confirmed the arrest only Saturday.
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