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Karnataka revises school uniform policy, permits religious symbols alongside uniforms
The state has revoked the BJP-era order banning hijabs in classrooms, allowing students to wear limited religious symbols including hijab, turban and sacred thread in educational institutions
UGC asks Maharashtra colleges to encourage students to attend the celebration of RSS leader’s birthday
A UGC circular has encouraged and invited participation for the birthday celebrations of an RSS-ABVP leader in Maharashtra’s colleges.
Former DU Professor, Achin Vanaik, stands by his lecture on Palestine despite pressure
After facing criticism from the OP Jindal University’s officials as well as the Israeli ambassador, after having his lecture at IIT-Bombay cancelled, Achin Vanaik stands by his statements, saying he was misinterpreted
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After four weeks of protests, an FIR against EFLU Hyd students for hunger strike, using slogans like ‘Inquilab Zindabad’
Protests in EFLU had been launched on October 18 following the sexual assault of a female student on campus. Students have been demanding, among other things that the Vice Chancellor Suresh Kumar and Proctor T Samson resign. These protests have been reported in The Times of India, Siasat.com, News Nine and The NewsMinute
Right-wing group protests a talk on Palestine, demands faculty who organised event be arrested: IIT-Bombay
Reports that the slogan "Goli Maron Sallon Ko" raised outside IIT-Bombay have emerged after a lecture and film screening on Palestine was held at the institute's humanities and social science department.
Assault on students during peaceful protest in Allahabad protested, complaint to NHRC
The HRD Alert-India has, in a strongly worded complaint, protested the assault of students during a peaceful protest in Allahabad University; the assault was, reportedly, by officials of the university and the issue exacerbated, by a failure of the police to file an FIR
BHU molestation case: No arrests made, students allege a previous incident of molestation by bike-borne men, institute puts in security measures
Protesting BHU students reveal another case of molestation by bike-borne men days prior to this incident, Station House Officer (SHO) of Lanka police station Ashwini Pandey sent back to the lines for “dereliction of duty” even as Congress state president, Ajay Rai alleges involvement of ABVP members in the November 1 molestation of a woman student
Segregation of Eating Spaces: Modern Untouchability in IITs
IITs have been following food segregation by demarcating a space...
JNU: RSS cadres march with saffron flags and sticks, hold meeting inside campus
Nearly 200-odd men from the cadres of the supremacist organisation--in dark-brown trousers and white shirts — the RSS uniform — held the march from the main gate to the university’s administrative block, where they held the meeting reported The Telegraph
Karnataka: Hijab-wearing candidates permitted to appear for recruitment examinations conducted by state
State education minister M.C. Sudhakar stands by the decision of the state in the face of opposition by Hindutva groups, states that any restriction imposed on attire would amount to an infringement of the rights of individuals
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