Prashant Pathrabe

Thirty five FTII students were listed in a chargesheet for today for allegedly gheraoing and illegally confining the institute's director Prashant Pathrabe last year.

A three-member delegation of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is at the FTII campus today to find a solution to the crisis triggered by the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan at its chairman.

Three videos released today offered different perspectives of an ugly confrontation at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), which resulted in the arrest of five students from the campus late on Tuesday night.

The students arrested from Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for intervention, claiming they have been "hassled, threatened and victimised by the government machinery". Institute director Prashant Pathrabe, whom they allegedly kept confined his office for seven hours, justified the action...

Five students of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were arrested from campus after midnight on Tuesday and a dozen more were charged in an escalation of a two-month long row over the Centre's choice of the institute's chief.

Hours after the midnight arrest of protesting students at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, stepped into the row with an unusual offer made in a series of tweets.

In a post-midnight crackdown at the Pune film institute FTII, five students were arrested and taken to a police station after the institute's director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them for detaining him on campus on Monday.

Pune film institute director Prashant Pathrabe, who was held captive by students inside the campus for a few hours on Monday evening, was released after the police was called in. The police continues to remain at the institute.

In a sign of government's hardening stance against the protests in Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), a group of 30 students have been asked to vacate the hostel for overstaying after completion of their course, notice for eviction have been pasted on the hostel doors, according to top officials.

Toughening its stand, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) management today asked 30 students who have already completed their course, to vacate their hostel rooms even as the students' agitation seeking removal of the chairman entered the 58th day.

The alumni association of FTII came out in support of students on Friday, saying they will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the deadlock.

Even as India's premier film institute roils over the selection of new chairman Gajendra Chauhan and classes remain suspended, the government has appointed a new director.

Thirty five FTII students were listed in a chargesheet for today for allegedly gheraoing and illegally confining the institute's director Prashant Pathrabe last year.

A three-member delegation of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is at the FTII campus today to find a solution to the crisis triggered by the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan at its chairman.

Three videos released today offered different perspectives of an ugly confrontation at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), which resulted in the arrest of five students from the campus late on Tuesday night.

The students arrested from Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for intervention, claiming they have been "hassled, threatened and victimised by the government machinery". Institute director Prashant Pathrabe, whom they allegedly kept confined his office for seven hours, justified the action...

Five students of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were arrested from campus after midnight on Tuesday and a dozen more were charged in an escalation of a two-month long row over the Centre's choice of the institute's chief.

Hours after the midnight arrest of protesting students at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, stepped into the row with an unusual offer made in a series of tweets.

In a post-midnight crackdown at the Pune film institute FTII, five students were arrested and taken to a police station after the institute's director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them for detaining him on campus on Monday.

Pune film institute director Prashant Pathrabe, who was held captive by students inside the campus for a few hours on Monday evening, was released after the police was called in. The police continues to remain at the institute.

In a sign of government's hardening stance against the protests in Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), a group of 30 students have been asked to vacate the hostel for overstaying after completion of their course, notice for eviction have been pasted on the hostel doors, according to top officials.

Toughening its stand, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) management today asked 30 students who have already completed their course, to vacate their hostel rooms even as the students' agitation seeking removal of the chairman entered the 58th day.

The alumni association of FTII came out in support of students on Friday, saying they will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the deadlock.

Even as India's premier film institute roils over the selection of new chairman Gajendra Chauhan and classes remain suspended, the government has appointed a new director.