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SRFTI students' protests: Stir continues for second day after 14 girls expelled for objecting to segregated hostels
•Protests against the expulsion of 14 girl students from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) continued for the second day on Wednesday with students "gheraoing" the institute director, even as she defended the new segregation policy.

BHU protests highlight pathetic state of women's security: Data shows 141% rise in sexual harassment cases nationwide
Indiaspend •Even as the police in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, filed charges of arson and other crimes against 1,200 Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students protesting a sexual assault by motorcycle-borne assailants, the state reported a 33 percent rise in sexual harassment cases from 2014 to 2015

IIT-Madras scholar assaulted: Students extend agitation, pen open letter after dean refuses to act
Fp Staff •After one of the students who led the beef protest at IIT-Madras in Chennai was assaulted, allegedly by students from a right-wing group, the dean of the institute has refused to act, according to media reports.

Notre Dame students walk out of Mike Pence speech slamming political correctness on campuses
•Dozens of students at Indiana's Notre Dame University protested White House policies on Sunday by walking out of a commencement speech by vice-president Mike Pence, who criticised political correctness at American colleges.

Panjab University protest: Students oppose fee hike, clash with police
Fp Staff •Tension prevailed on the Punjab University campus on Tuesday as students, protesting the fee hike for various courses, clashed with the police.

Ramjas College clash: AISA, ABVP workers protest over Umar Khalid's participation in Delhi college seminar
Fp Staff •AISA and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers broke into a violent clash in the north campus of Delhi University on Wednesday.

KIIT students protest attempted molestation of NIFT student on their campus
Fp Staff •Students of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) protested against alleged attempt at molestation of a girl, by blocking the KIIT-Sikharchandi road, Odishatv reported

HCU's schism between quest for global excellence and political discords is a cat with many lives
Sriramk •The protests has less then 10 percent of the students on campus joining in, while a large number of them support their fellow students, they want it to end

Hyderabad University V-C Appa Rao admits to plagiarism, students demand his resignation
Fp Staff •Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad admitted on Tuesday to plagiarism in three research papers, which he had co-authored in 2007 and 2014

'Politicians backing JNU stir be stripped off elected status': Shiv Sena editorial demands imprisonment for supporters of row
Fp Archives •Taking an aggressive stand on the turmoil at JNU, Shiv Sena on Monday said all politicians who support the students' agitation should be stripped off their 'elected status' and those raising slogans against India put behind bars.

