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The students alleged that the ‘institute administration was resorting to measures that amounted to collective punishment by denying them access to basic facilities amid the ongoing agitation’

Das and Ranka were released after the expiry of judicial custody in connection with the October 14 protest at Jantar Mantar.

Samiti warns that airstrip would displace more than 1,000 families, destroy around 500 acres of paddy fields and threaten water security in Wayanad and adjoining areas of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Two days have passed since the scenes of chaos and looting on Saturday, but walking down Rue Beaurepaire in Paris on Monday, one can still smell burning in the air, likely coming from the heaps of burned rubbish and charred bicycles left among the smashed shopfronts. Among the most damaged was La Barrique, a local bar-tabac – classic French corner cafe and bar – burned down by rioters. Its owner, Aline Li, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant from Zhejiang province, was overseeing workers boarding up...

Students have begun a “Justice Corner 2.0” sit-in near the Ambedkar statue in the institute’s building, a day after police dismantled a protest site near the gate that had stood for a month

An elderly man was forcibly restrained by police during a protest against Elbit Systems in Ulm, Germany.

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. What began as a protest over missing teachers and inadequate resources at a high school in Créteil has rapidly evolved into a wider mobilization challenging structural inequalities within France’s public education system. “This is not a problem of short-term solutions. This is a structural problem that they are denouncing, and their demands are structural changes,” explains Tuncel. The movement's rapid expansion reflects more than the organizational power of social media. It reveals a growing political consciousness among young people confronting deteriorating educational infrastructure, unequal access to resources, and an increasingly uncertain future.

While the immediate trigger for the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar was the repeated paper leaks, disillusionment among the youth runs much deeper. India has a significant youth population; however, unemployment remains high. Additionally, access to quality education has become limited due to a number of factors

Officials attribute the chaos to ongoing road works along the Nilackal-Pampa stretch and an inadequate number of KSRTC buses to handle the pilgrim rush

A group of writers, academics, journalists and social activists has urged the Chief Minister and the Higher Education Minister to intervene

We asked students what they think.

Tens of thousands of ⁠people are expected to ​protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and ​the country's fraying social model.

Party leaders have said that this is an attack on “free thinking” and have vowed to set up more stalls as a form of protest

Violent unrest is gripping several countries across Europe, as student activists demand better education systems.

The hartal was called over several land-related issues, including the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) demarcation, the government’s move to reclassify Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR) lands as forest areas, and proposed wild elephant corridors in the district

The workers have been protesting at Azad Maidan for the past several days, demanding improved working conditions, timely payment of salaries, revised minimum wages and maternity benefits

They announce that they are stopping the road blockade in public interest

ABVP members alleged that 11 students had filed sexual harassment complaints against Angomcha Bimol Akoijam

Kittur Rani Channamma University postponed all the examinations scheduled on October 14

Laxmikant Mardi, 25, of Tukkanatti village, had climbed the pole halfway when someone noticed him and pulled him down.

Villagers in India say they would rather die than leave their homes as they protest a billion dollar government project

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