Hostel Curfew

Kerala University for Health Sciences in an affidavit submitted in the High Court stated that "hostels are not tourist homes" for nightlife and students don't have to go out at the night.

The students have said the curfew timings in various hostels is "all arbitrary and only a ploy to continue surveillance and moral policing".

The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday decided to partially roll back the hostel fee hike "only for students below the poverty line category" and removed the provisions for curfew timings and dress code from the hostel manual.

A women's collective yesterday began an all-night protest at Delhi University's Arts Faculty demanding curfew-less nights for women's hostels.

IIT Roorkee has lifted the restrictions at its hostels for girls bringing the rules at par with those for the boys hostels. The decision following repeated demands from the students comes at a time when girl students from various universities across the country are alleging discrimination in the hostel curfew timings and other regulations as agains...

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's comment to NDTV that hostel curfews are good for preventing "hormonal outbursts" has gone viral and drawn a deluge of reactions on social media.

In an interview with NDTV to mark the International Women's Day, Maneka Gandhi spoke about the importance of early curfews in hostels. The comment has now come under fire on social media.

Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who has frequently advocated gender equality and women's empowerment, today made a statement that left her college-going audience speechless. Speaking to NDTV, Ms Gandhi said she did not approve of late nights for girls who live in hostels.

If you've lived in a hostel at any point in your life, this application informing a warden about a 'late night' will have you empathizing yet laughing out loud. Two 'stressed and disappointed' students wrote a formal letter to their warden, requesting her to allow them to return to the hostel after hours. The letter eventually made its way onto Fac...

Delhi University students have launched a campus campaign called -Pinjra Tod,- or -Break the Cage,- to point out that the curfews to keep women safe are also an invasion of privacy.

Women students in Trivandrum's College of Engineering today revolted against their hostel's 'no stepping out after 6.30pm' rule. Over 200 resident students of the women's hostel registered their protest by staying well after the deadline, but within college campus limits.

Students of Thiruvananthapuram's College of Engineering have started a 'Break the Curfew' campaign on Facebook, in a bid to get their hostel deadlines extended from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. Some of the students supporting the movement have said the restrictions are proving to be a serious hindrance for female students from taking part and contributing in p...

Kerala University for Health Sciences in an affidavit submitted in the High Court stated that "hostels are not tourist homes" for nightlife and students don't have to go out at the night.

The students have said the curfew timings in various hostels is "all arbitrary and only a ploy to continue surveillance and moral policing".

The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday decided to partially roll back the hostel fee hike "only for students below the poverty line category" and removed the provisions for curfew timings and dress code from the hostel manual.

A women's collective yesterday began an all-night protest at Delhi University's Arts Faculty demanding curfew-less nights for women's hostels.

IIT Roorkee has lifted the restrictions at its hostels for girls bringing the rules at par with those for the boys hostels. The decision following repeated demands from the students comes at a time when girl students from various universities across the country are alleging discrimination in the hostel curfew timings and other regulations as agains...

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's comment to NDTV that hostel curfews are good for preventing "hormonal outbursts" has gone viral and drawn a deluge of reactions on social media.

In an interview with NDTV to mark the International Women's Day, Maneka Gandhi spoke about the importance of early curfews in hostels. The comment has now come under fire on social media.

Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who has frequently advocated gender equality and women's empowerment, today made a statement that left her college-going audience speechless. Speaking to NDTV, Ms Gandhi said she did not approve of late nights for girls who live in hostels.

If you've lived in a hostel at any point in your life, this application informing a warden about a 'late night' will have you empathizing yet laughing out loud. Two 'stressed and disappointed' students wrote a formal letter to their warden, requesting her to allow them to return to the hostel after hours. The letter eventually made its way onto Fac...

Delhi University students have launched a campus campaign called -Pinjra Tod,- or -Break the Cage,- to point out that the curfews to keep women safe are also an invasion of privacy.

Women students in Trivandrum's College of Engineering today revolted against their hostel's 'no stepping out after 6.30pm' rule. Over 200 resident students of the women's hostel registered their protest by staying well after the deadline, but within college campus limits.

Students of Thiruvananthapuram's College of Engineering have started a 'Break the Curfew' campaign on Facebook, in a bid to get their hostel deadlines extended from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. Some of the students supporting the movement have said the restrictions are proving to be a serious hindrance for female students from taking part and contributing in p...