Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle

Ban friendly Modi Sarkar on back foot, says Rahul after IIT-M students' group APSC is reinstated

Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government is "on the back foot" after the lifting of a ban on a students' group at IIT Madras even as he hailed the development as a "big win for students".

Stalin welcomes IIT-M's decision to lift ban on student body, says there must be space for debate

DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the decision of IIT Madras to reinstate the recognition of a student's body, saying educational institutions should provide space for debate and argument, "even on controversial topics".

IIT-M lifts ban on Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, reinstates political students' body

IIT Madras on Sunday lifted the ban on the students' group Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle after a meeting between a students body and the intitution's board members.

IIT row: Unparliamentary words shouldn't be used against PM, says HD Deve Gowda

As controversy raged over derecognition of a students group at IIT Madras, former Prime Minister and JD-S chief H D Deve Gowda on Friday said everybody has the right to freedom of expression and speech but no unparliamentary words should be used against the Prime Minister.