Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 2 (ANI): Congress' student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Sunday protested outside the administration building of Osmania University in Hyderabad seeking permission for Rahul Gandhi's visit to campus on May 7.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): In the wake of a scuffle that broke out among two student groups on the occasion of Ram Navami over an alleged non-veg food issue on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi, a case was registered against unknown students of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the early morning on Monday, said city police.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): As many as six persons were injured when a scuffle broke out between two student groups allegedly over eating non-vegetarian food on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in the national capital on Sunday.

New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Wednesday began an "indefinite strike" outside the Delhi University's Arts Faculty and demanded an online examination along with a physical one.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 20 (ANI): Chennai Police on Saturday arrested the former national president of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Dr Subbiah Shanmugam in Chennai for allegedly harassing a neighbouring woman.

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI A section of students from the College of Art on Saturday staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence over the institutes merger with the Delhi government-run Ambedkar UniversityThe Delhi University was informed that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor has in-principle approved the merger of the College of Art COA subject to its de-affiliation from the universityThe Delhi University has not yet approved the de-affiliationThe students held placards that read Reject AUD Reclaim DU We Reject CoA merger with AUDThey also submitted a memorandum to the office of the chief minister demanding that the merger be stoppedThe Students Federation of India supported the protest The JNU unit of the National Students Union of India too expressed solidarity with the protesting studentsWe condemn the Delhi Cabinets decision to disaffiliate the college from University of Delhi DU and merge it with Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi AUD and acknowledge that this decision is in continuation with the attempt to make education more expensive and increase the course fees considerably they saidNoting that the decision will discriminate against students from socio-economically marginalised sections of the society and eventually exclude artists from underprivileged backgrounds the protesters stressed that it will also impact womens right to education PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): As Covid cases are spreading fast across the country, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to opt for online mode of examination in colleges and Universities.

Bhopal Nov 25 PTI The Congress claimed police resorted to cane charge to disperse members of its student wing NSUI and foil their march to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhans residence here over the issue of unemployment on ThursdayThe opposition party claimed a dozen National Students Union of India NSUI activists were injured in the cane chargeHowever Bhopal Zone Deputy Inspector General of Police IGP Irshad Wali denied that the police cane charged the protestersIf they have proof they should show pictures of the injured he saidThe alleged police action came when NSUI activists tried to climb barricades put up to stop them from marching towards Chouhans residence and lay siege thereAccording to some eyewitnesses the police resorted to cane charge after stones were thrown at the law enforcersMeanwhile state Congress president Kamal Nath in a press release said the police on the direction of Chouhan rained canes on peaceful protesters who were demanding release of scholarships to tribal students and employment to youthsMany students and NSUI office-bearers have been injured and arrested Instead of listening to students seeking jobs lathis were rained on them This reflects dictatorial attitude of the government the former CM saidHabibganj police station inspector Bansingh Prajapati said the police did not arrest anyoneIn fact the protesters courted arrests and their number is being calculated he added PTI LAL RSY RSY

New Delhi Oct 23 PTI The Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India NSUI staged a protest against the rising fuel prices here on SaturdayThe students outfit carried a two-wheeler on a handcart to the Janpath petrol pump and raised their voice against the increasing prices of petrol and dieselSince the BJP has come to power citizens are witnessing an ever-increasing trend in the prices of petrol and diesel and for the same reason the National Students Union of India led a protest starting from the NSUI headquarters The demand was to decrease the fuel prices as the BJP government is constantly elevating the prices which have become sky touching since the last few weeks the outfit said in a statement PTI SLB RC

Ahmedabad Oct 17 PTI Amid allegations of favouritism in the recruitment of teaching assistants in the Saurashtra University SU in Gujarat authorities have decided to conduct the entire process afresh officials said on Sunday a day after the NSUI claimed that BJP members of the SU syndicate had created a social media group to recommend the candidates for their contractual recruitment On Saturday the Congresss student wing had demanded that the entire process be held afresh and everything video recorded In the WhatsApp group of BJP members of the Saurashtra University syndicate 23 names were allegedly mentioned as the candidates recommended for the final recruitment as contractual teachers for which the varsity had recently started the process The interviews of the candidates are slated to begin shortly the National Students Union of India NSUI had claimed We have decided to conduct the recruitment process afresh Vice-Chancellor NM Pethani said on Sunday He said an open interview process of eligible candidates was conducted between September 29 and October 12 to shortlist 78 successful candidates But in view of the controversy over the purported WhatsApp group the varsity has decided to conduct the process once again Pethani had said he had not received any recommendation from anybody to pick the teaching assistants Reacting to the controversy Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani had assured that the entire process will be held in a transparent manner and selection will be based on merit He said no candidate will be treated unfairly I talked to the vice-chancellor over the phone after learning about the controversy surrounding the contractual recruitment at the Saurashtra University I have instructed him to conduct the entire process with full transparency based on merit and to ensure that no candidate is treated unfairly Additional Secretary Education Department has also been instructed to take action he tweeted PTI KA NSK NSK