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Film Institute To Conduct Short Courses Outside Pune: Gajendra Chauhan
Pune's Film and Television Institute of India today announced several new short courses on film-making to be organised across the country. The first such course by the country's premier film school will be conducted in Guwahati this month, FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan said.
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FTII Asks New Students To Sign 'Campus Decency' Affidavit
Students of new batch joining the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, which had last year witnessed strident protests against appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman, will have to sign "general conduct" declaration promising to maintain "decorum and decency" on campus and not to "insult" faculty and staffers.
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Kanhaiya Kumar To Meet Students Of Pune Film Institute On April 24
After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.
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Was Willing To Accept Post Of FTII's Interim Chairman: Shatrughan Sinha
Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.
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Amid 'Go back' Slogans, Gajendra Chauhan Spends Day at Film School FTII
At least 20 students were hit by batons or lathis as they protested today ahead of Gajendra Chauhan's arrival, some of them were detained by the police. "Go back, go back" chanted some as Mr Chauhan entered the school, where he will spend the day holding meetings with officials
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Disallowed from Goa Festival, FTII Students Hold 'Rebel' Film Festival
The agitating FTII students started their 'rebel' film festival on Tuesday, featuring films made by the current and past students of the film institute, in protest against the exclusion of their films from the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
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Students' Stir Against Gajendra Chauhan Longest in Pune Film Institute History
The 139-days long strike that was called off on Wednesday was the seventh major and the longest such protest in the history of the Film and Television Institute of India, which is replete with stirs and agitations for various causes affecting the students.
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Pune Film Institute Students Meet Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
A key dialogue began in New Delhi today between agitating students of FTII and Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in a bid to end the four-month strike at the Pune institute over the demand for the removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman.
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Now Playing, Gajendra Chauhan as Lord Shiva, to a More Receptive Audience
Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment as chairman of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India has led to a mass boycott and protests by students, has immersed himself in a role that involves a more receptive audience.
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No Breakthrough After Fourth Meeting Between FTII Students, Government
The fourth round of talks between the agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India and government officials to resolve a 120-day-long standoff has been inconclusive.
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Government Officials, Pune Film Institute Students Begin Third Round of Talks
The crucial talks between Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials and FTII students to help break the impasse over the appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as the Pune-based institute's chairman are underway at the Films Division office here.
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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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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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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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Film Institute To Conduct Short Courses Outside Pune: Gajendra Chauhan
Pune's Film and Television Institute of India today announced several new short courses on film-making to be organised across the country. The first such course by the country's premier film school will be conducted in Guwahati this month, FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan said.
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FTII Asks New Students To Sign 'Campus Decency' Affidavit
Students of new batch joining the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, which had last year witnessed strident protests against appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman, will have to sign "general conduct" declaration promising to maintain "decorum and decency" on campus and not to "insult" faculty and staffers.
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Kanhaiya Kumar To Meet Students Of Pune Film Institute On April 24
After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.
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Was Willing To Accept Post Of FTII's Interim Chairman: Shatrughan Sinha
Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.
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Amid 'Go back' Slogans, Gajendra Chauhan Spends Day at Film School FTII
At least 20 students were hit by batons or lathis as they protested today ahead of Gajendra Chauhan's arrival, some of them were detained by the police. "Go back, go back" chanted some as Mr Chauhan entered the school, where he will spend the day holding meetings with officials
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Disallowed from Goa Festival, FTII Students Hold 'Rebel' Film Festival
The agitating FTII students started their 'rebel' film festival on Tuesday, featuring films made by the current and past students of the film institute, in protest against the exclusion of their films from the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
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Students' Stir Against Gajendra Chauhan Longest in Pune Film Institute History
The 139-days long strike that was called off on Wednesday was the seventh major and the longest such protest in the history of the Film and Television Institute of India, which is replete with stirs and agitations for various causes affecting the students.
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Pune Film Institute Students Meet Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
A key dialogue began in New Delhi today between agitating students of FTII and Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in a bid to end the four-month strike at the Pune institute over the demand for the removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman.
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Now Playing, Gajendra Chauhan as Lord Shiva, to a More Receptive Audience
Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment as chairman of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India has led to a mass boycott and protests by students, has immersed himself in a role that involves a more receptive audience.
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No Breakthrough After Fourth Meeting Between FTII Students, Government
The fourth round of talks between the agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India and government officials to resolve a 120-day-long standoff has been inconclusive.
-
Government Officials, Pune Film Institute Students Begin Third Round of Talks
The crucial talks between Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials and FTII students to help break the impasse over the appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as the Pune-based institute's chairman are underway at the Films Division office here.
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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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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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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.
