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To Express Solidarity For Rohith Vemula, FTII Students Hold Hunger Strike
Expressing "solidarity" with students protesting over alleged suicide by a Dalit scholar in Hyderabad, the students of the FTII on Tuesday sat on a day-long hunger strike outside the institute's gate.
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Agitating Pune Film Institute Students, Government Officials Hold Talks
FTII students, who called off their relay hunger strike after the government agreed to come to the negotiating table, held talks with Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry officials here today.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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FTII Students End Hunger Strike, Talks With Government on Tuesday
The students, on September 26 said that they were ready to withdraw their hunger strike to pave the way for a dialogue if the Information and Broadcasting Ministry confirmed a date and venue for talks. The students are demanding Gajendra Chauhan's removal as Chairman of the government-run institute along with some other members from the FTII Societ...
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FTII Students End Relay Hunger Stir; Talks With Government on September 29
The agitating Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students today called off their 18- day-old "hunger strike" in response to the government's communication inviting them for a dialogue to resolve their demands at a meeting slated for September 29 in Mumbai.
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Film Institute Students to End Hunger Strike if Centre Ready for Dialogue
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the Information and Broadcasting ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands, including removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute.
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Ready for Talks Without Preconditions, Say Protesting FTII Students
After nearly 100 days of agitation against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman, possibility of resolution of the impasse today brightened with the protesting students saying they were ready for talks with the government without any preconditions.
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FTII Students Hold Hunger Strike In Delhi, Removed From Protest Site
More than three months after it started, the stalemate at India's premier film school shows little sign of a resolution.
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Gajendra Chauhan to FTII Students: Strike is no Solution, Willing to Talk
The students of FTII claim that Gajendra Chauhan lacks credentials for the post of the chairman and that his appointment was politically motivated and they have now urged President Pranab Mukherjee along with 190 eminent filmmakers and artists to intervene and end the stalemate
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Hunger Strike is No Solution, Says FTII Chairman Gajendra Chauhan
As the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) logjam over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman continues, the BJP member and actor says students should not go on hunger strike, but have a dialogue to come up with a solution.
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Third Student of Pune Film Institute Taken to Hospital
A third student of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who was on a relay hunger strike, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after his sugar levels dropped, even as protests against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as institution's chairman continued.
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Pune Film Institute Student on Hunger Strike Hospitalised
One of the three FTII students on indefinite hunger strike since Thursday last has been hospitalised after his blood sugar levels dropped.
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Now, Farhan Akhtar, Subhash Ghai Support FTII Students
FTII students have been protesting against the appointment of BJP member and actor Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the institution. They said that Mr Chauhan lacked credentials for the post of the chairman and that his appointment was politically-motivated. On September 12, the students' strike completed 93 days
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3 FTII Students Begin Hunger Strike, Demand Gajendra Chauhan's Removal
Three students at the Pune Film and Television Institute of India have launched a hunger strike to demand the removal of BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman of the premier film school.
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Pune Film Institute Students Threaten Indefinite Hunger Strike
With no end in sight to the nearly three-month-old strike in FTII, the protesting students today threatened go on hunger strike en masse if their main demand of removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the premier institute was not met by the Centre.
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To Express Solidarity For Rohith Vemula, FTII Students Hold Hunger Strike
Expressing "solidarity" with students protesting over alleged suicide by a Dalit scholar in Hyderabad, the students of the FTII on Tuesday sat on a day-long hunger strike outside the institute's gate.
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Agitating Pune Film Institute Students, Government Officials Hold Talks
FTII students, who called off their relay hunger strike after the government agreed to come to the negotiating table, held talks with Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry officials here today.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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FTII Students End Hunger Strike, Talks With Government on Tuesday
The students, on September 26 said that they were ready to withdraw their hunger strike to pave the way for a dialogue if the Information and Broadcasting Ministry confirmed a date and venue for talks. The students are demanding Gajendra Chauhan's removal as Chairman of the government-run institute along with some other members from the FTII Societ...
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FTII Students End Relay Hunger Stir; Talks With Government on September 29
The agitating Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students today called off their 18- day-old "hunger strike" in response to the government's communication inviting them for a dialogue to resolve their demands at a meeting slated for September 29 in Mumbai.
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Film Institute Students to End Hunger Strike if Centre Ready for Dialogue
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the Information and Broadcasting ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands, including removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute.
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Ready for Talks Without Preconditions, Say Protesting FTII Students
After nearly 100 days of agitation against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman, possibility of resolution of the impasse today brightened with the protesting students saying they were ready for talks with the government without any preconditions.
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FTII Students Hold Hunger Strike In Delhi, Removed From Protest Site
More than three months after it started, the stalemate at India's premier film school shows little sign of a resolution.
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Gajendra Chauhan to FTII Students: Strike is no Solution, Willing to Talk
The students of FTII claim that Gajendra Chauhan lacks credentials for the post of the chairman and that his appointment was politically motivated and they have now urged President Pranab Mukherjee along with 190 eminent filmmakers and artists to intervene and end the stalemate
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Hunger Strike is No Solution, Says FTII Chairman Gajendra Chauhan
As the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) logjam over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman continues, the BJP member and actor says students should not go on hunger strike, but have a dialogue to come up with a solution.
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Third Student of Pune Film Institute Taken to Hospital
A third student of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who was on a relay hunger strike, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after his sugar levels dropped, even as protests against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as institution's chairman continued.
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Pune Film Institute Student on Hunger Strike Hospitalised
One of the three FTII students on indefinite hunger strike since Thursday last has been hospitalised after his blood sugar levels dropped.
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Now, Farhan Akhtar, Subhash Ghai Support FTII Students
FTII students have been protesting against the appointment of BJP member and actor Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the institution. They said that Mr Chauhan lacked credentials for the post of the chairman and that his appointment was politically-motivated. On September 12, the students' strike completed 93 days
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3 FTII Students Begin Hunger Strike, Demand Gajendra Chauhan's Removal
Three students at the Pune Film and Television Institute of India have launched a hunger strike to demand the removal of BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman of the premier film school.
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Pune Film Institute Students Threaten Indefinite Hunger Strike
With no end in sight to the nearly three-month-old strike in FTII, the protesting students today threatened go on hunger strike en masse if their main demand of removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the premier institute was not met by the Centre.
