Pune Students Charged

The principal of a private school in Maharashtra's Pune district was assaulted allegedly by members of a right-wing outfit after parents of some students complained that a CCTV was installed in the washroom of girl students, police said on Thursday.

A female schoolteacher has been booked for allegedly beating up a 6-year-old student over his "bad" handwriting in Pune city of Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

An employee of a reputed educational institution and one more person have been charged by Pune police's cyber wing for allegedly increasing marks of 178 students during revaluation process, an official said on Sunday.

Seven students have been charged for allegedly thrashing a classmate who was "bright" and "used to answer all questions asked by teachers", Pune police said on Tuesday.

The Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has suffered revenue loss of nearly Rs 12 crore on account of students not completing their courses on time and overstaying in hostels without paying any fee or charges, the CAG said today.

Kanjaiya Kumar, the 28-year-old student arrested in February on charges of sedition, has alleged that a co-passenger on a flight from Mumbai to Pune tried to strangle him.

Days after allegedly receiving a threat from a BJP youth wing leader against inviting Kanhaiya Kumar, the students of Ranade Institute along with two other institutes in Pune came together today to invite the JNUSU leader to hear his side of the JNU issue.

The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) are not averse to the Information and Broadcasting secretary assuming the post of chairman till a transparent mechanism to select the institute's governing body is evolved, sources on the campus have said.

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.

Television Actress Pallavi Joshi, who had been nominated as a member of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India society, has refused to take up the position in view of the ongoing students' protest.

The vice-principal of Pune's Don Bosco school has been sent to judicial custody till February 11 on charges of molesting a student.

The police in Pune has deported a Nepalese student - from Pune's Film and Television Institute of India - charging her of being a threat to national security.

The principal of a private school in Maharashtra's Pune district was assaulted allegedly by members of a right-wing outfit after parents of some students complained that a CCTV was installed in the washroom of girl students, police said on Thursday.

A female schoolteacher has been booked for allegedly beating up a 6-year-old student over his "bad" handwriting in Pune city of Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

An employee of a reputed educational institution and one more person have been charged by Pune police's cyber wing for allegedly increasing marks of 178 students during revaluation process, an official said on Sunday.

Seven students have been charged for allegedly thrashing a classmate who was "bright" and "used to answer all questions asked by teachers", Pune police said on Tuesday.

The Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has suffered revenue loss of nearly Rs 12 crore on account of students not completing their courses on time and overstaying in hostels without paying any fee or charges, the CAG said today.

Kanjaiya Kumar, the 28-year-old student arrested in February on charges of sedition, has alleged that a co-passenger on a flight from Mumbai to Pune tried to strangle him.

Days after allegedly receiving a threat from a BJP youth wing leader against inviting Kanhaiya Kumar, the students of Ranade Institute along with two other institutes in Pune came together today to invite the JNUSU leader to hear his side of the JNU issue.

The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) are not averse to the Information and Broadcasting secretary assuming the post of chairman till a transparent mechanism to select the institute's governing body is evolved, sources on the campus have said.

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.

Television Actress Pallavi Joshi, who had been nominated as a member of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India society, has refused to take up the position in view of the ongoing students' protest.

The vice-principal of Pune's Don Bosco school has been sent to judicial custody till February 11 on charges of molesting a student.

The police in Pune has deported a Nepalese student - from Pune's Film and Television Institute of India - charging her of being a threat to national security.