Uttar Pradesh colleges plan to ban jeans, set dress code

September 17th, 2009 Judge dismisses school dress code lawsuit in SDABERDEEN, S.D. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent a South Dakota school district from imposing a dress code.

June 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Taking up cudgels on behalf of students, women legislators in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district have opposed a proposal drafted by several college principals, banning students from wearing jeans on campus. Women legislators demanded that the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Principals Association (UPPA) should not be implemented in any of the colleges in the state and said they would raise the issue even in the state assembly, if UPPA goes ahead with the proposal.

June 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday warned colleges in the state against ban on wearing jeans on campuses, and said it would not tolerate any dress restriction and will take legal action against educational institutions implementing it. "We have come to know that several colleges are mulling a proposal to ban jeans, while some colleges have already issued an order in this regard.

June 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.

June 11th, 2009 KANPUR - Instead of banning jeans on college campuses why not train girls in martial arts and empower them to check eve-teasing, suggested a student Thursday as the decision by four women colleges in this Uttar Pradesh district prohibiting western outfits drew strong criticism. To keep the menace of eve-teasing at bay, the Acharya Narendra Deo College, Dayanand Girls Degree College, Sen Balika College and Johari Devi Degree College in Kanpur have banned students from wearing jeans, tight tops, sleeveless blouses and tight-fitting clothes on the campus Tulika Saxena, a B.Sc student of Dayanand college, finds the decision strange.

June 11th, 2009 KANPUR - Why don't colleges focus on training women in martial arts and empower them to counter harassment instead of banning jeans, asked an outraged student Thursday as criticism against the decision by four colleges here to prohibit jeans gathered force. With the avowed intention of stemming harassment, the Acharya Narendra Deo College, Dayanand Girls Degree College, Sen Balika College and Johari Devi Degree College in this Uttar Pradesh city have banned students from wearing jeans on the campus.

June 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four Kanpur colleges have banned students from wearing jeans, saying it will keep eve-teasing in check. Students are livid about the decision.

June 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four colleges for women in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district have prohibited their students from wearing jeans on campus, citing the move will check eve-teasing incidents. Dayanand Degree College (DDC), Acharya Narendra Dev College (ANDC), Sen Balika College (SBC) and Johari Degree College (JDC) - all affiliated to Kanpur University - have restricted their students from wearing jeans after a meeting held recently.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - FM station Radio Mirchi 98.3 along with an NGO came up with a unique way to help the underprivileged - by asking their listeners to contribute an old pair of jeans for the cause - and they collected 1,500 pairs of 'purani jeans'. The campaign, in association with voluntary organisation Goonj, was conceptualised to celebrate six years of Radio Mirchi's presence in the capital.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An Uttar Pradesh minister, who is also a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, faces poll code violation charges after he allegedly addressed a late night public gathering using loudspeakers. Cooperative Minister Swami Prasad Maurya allegedly addressed the public meeting 11.30 p.m.

March 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Ulema Council's candidate from the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and 30 of his supporters have been booked for defying the model code of conduct by taking out a procession and using microphones without permission, the police said Monday. 'A case has been registered against Javed Akhtar and his supporters for taking out a procession and using loudspeakers without any prior permission from the district authorities,' police inspector B.K.

March 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate in Uttar Pradesh and 30 of her supporters have been arrested for defying the model code of conduct, police said Wednesday. 'A case has been registered against Neeam Sonkar and her supporters for taking out a procession Wednesday in Azamgarh district violating the code of conduct,' Superintendent of Police (City) O.P.

March 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Each of the 128,112 polling stations in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections will have at least one telecommunication facility to ensure prompt and direct connectivity with voting officials, India's poll panel chief here said Thursday. 'We have taken some special measures to curb cross-border movement of people, which in the past has been the cause of trouble during polling in areas along inter-state borders,' Chief Election Commissioner N.

March 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Teachers of government and non-government colleges in Punjab and the union territory of Chandigarh went on a 72-hour strike Tuesday demanding higher pay. The 72-hour 'Education Bandh' was called by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (PFUCTO) in support of their demand for implementation of the new notifications of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on pay scales for faculty.

January 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Twenty members of an inter-state gang, involved in manufacturing and supplying spurious country-made liquor, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday. The men were arrested from the Narayanpur village of Ballia district, about 300 km from here, Monday late night.