Students Protest Srinagar

A non-local medical student at the Srinagar Government Medical College here was suspended on Wednesday following protests by fellow students against his alleged blasphemous post on a caller app.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar has been closed and the students asked to leave the campus and the hostel amid tensions over an alleged blasphemous post by a non-local student.

Several female students of Vishwa Bharti Higher Secondary School here staged a protest against its administration on Thursday, alleging that they were denied entry to the institute for wearing abaya.

Students at the Islamia college in Srinagar on Tuesday protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Hundreds of students at a private college in Srinagar threw stones at policemen deployed outside the institution on Thursday, protesting what they called "killings in Kashmir by security forces".

The girls are back to school. But during the past week, a gender barrier was broken in Kashmir valley. No one is celebrating it though. For the first time, scores of schoolgirls in their school uniforms came on Srinagar streets to protest. When the police tried to disperse them, some of them picked up a stone too.

A day after the students took part in a violent protest here, the district authorities today directed the city's two senior secondary schools to suspend the teaching work tomorrow as a precautionary measure.

Clashes broke out today as hundreds of students tried to take out a protest march in Srinagar but were stopped by the police. The students took out their march from SP College on one of the busiest areas of Srinagar. According to the police, some of them threw stones after which security forces used batons. More violence erupted in the afternoon at...

Hundreds of students in school uniforms clashed with the security forces in Kashmir today during protests against police action in a college on Saturday. The violence erupted in Srinagar after a day-long protest, and spread within hours to other parts of the Kashmir Valley including Tral and Sopore.

For six years, young people from Kashmir have been making headlines by cracking competitive national exams - the tough IIT and IAS. The closure of schools for the last three months, due to the unrest following the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani -- have thus hit the student community hard.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had to beat a hasty retreat today from an examination centre at Women's College in Srinagar after angry parents protested against her visit.

The students of National Institute Of Technology (NIT), Srinagar today took out a protest march and demanded permanent deployment of the CRPF in the campus and reshuffling of college administration and immediate formation of Student's Council.

The NIT Srinagar today announced a revised schedule of examinations for outstation students who had skipped the tests earlier this month in the wake of trouble following clashes over India's defeat to the West Indies in the T20 World cup on March 31.

A class 11 student was killed and seven persons were injured in Kashmir on Friday as security forces opened fire on protesters in Kupwara in clashes that mirrored the deaths in Handwara three days ago.

Parts of the Kashmir Valley were tense on Wednesday after the death of four, including a young cricketer, in firing on protesters. The protests erupted yesterday over allegations that a soldier had molested a student in Handwara, a charge the army tried to refute with a video of the girl's statement.

A non-local medical student at the Srinagar Government Medical College here was suspended on Wednesday following protests by fellow students against his alleged blasphemous post on a caller app.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar has been closed and the students asked to leave the campus and the hostel amid tensions over an alleged blasphemous post by a non-local student.

Several female students of Vishwa Bharti Higher Secondary School here staged a protest against its administration on Thursday, alleging that they were denied entry to the institute for wearing abaya.

Students at the Islamia college in Srinagar on Tuesday protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Hundreds of students at a private college in Srinagar threw stones at policemen deployed outside the institution on Thursday, protesting what they called "killings in Kashmir by security forces".

The girls are back to school. But during the past week, a gender barrier was broken in Kashmir valley. No one is celebrating it though. For the first time, scores of schoolgirls in their school uniforms came on Srinagar streets to protest. When the police tried to disperse them, some of them picked up a stone too.

A day after the students took part in a violent protest here, the district authorities today directed the city's two senior secondary schools to suspend the teaching work tomorrow as a precautionary measure.

Clashes broke out today as hundreds of students tried to take out a protest march in Srinagar but were stopped by the police. The students took out their march from SP College on one of the busiest areas of Srinagar. According to the police, some of them threw stones after which security forces used batons. More violence erupted in the afternoon at...

Hundreds of students in school uniforms clashed with the security forces in Kashmir today during protests against police action in a college on Saturday. The violence erupted in Srinagar after a day-long protest, and spread within hours to other parts of the Kashmir Valley including Tral and Sopore.

For six years, young people from Kashmir have been making headlines by cracking competitive national exams - the tough IIT and IAS. The closure of schools for the last three months, due to the unrest following the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani -- have thus hit the student community hard.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had to beat a hasty retreat today from an examination centre at Women's College in Srinagar after angry parents protested against her visit.

The students of National Institute Of Technology (NIT), Srinagar today took out a protest march and demanded permanent deployment of the CRPF in the campus and reshuffling of college administration and immediate formation of Student's Council.

The NIT Srinagar today announced a revised schedule of examinations for outstation students who had skipped the tests earlier this month in the wake of trouble following clashes over India's defeat to the West Indies in the T20 World cup on March 31.

A class 11 student was killed and seven persons were injured in Kashmir on Friday as security forces opened fire on protesters in Kupwara in clashes that mirrored the deaths in Handwara three days ago.

Parts of the Kashmir Valley were tense on Wednesday after the death of four, including a young cricketer, in firing on protesters. The protests erupted yesterday over allegations that a soldier had molested a student in Handwara, a charge the army tried to refute with a video of the girl's statement.