HYDERABAD: Osmania University, once the epicentre of the Telangana movement, is now seeing students ditch the agitating mode to prepare for various competitive examinations. The campus, the scene of many pitched battles between the police and students even a few months back, has completely changed in nature. Says V Srinivas, an MA student of journalism and communication, These days we are busy attending coaching classes. No student wants to let...
07:53 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Hyderabad: The 70 odd pro-Telangana students ended their fast-unto-death on the fourth day on Thursday on being persuaded by leaders of different political parties. The students had gone on fast demanding statehood to Telangana at Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad and at Kakatiya University in Warangal district. Leaders of different political parties including some Congress leaders who had recently resigned in support of Telangana cause called on the students...
10:07 PM, Jul 14, 2011
Hyderabad: The fast-unto-death by students demanding a separate state entered the second day on Tuesday at Osmania University (OU) campus, even as TRS and BJP conducted 'Vanta Vaarpu' (cook and serve food) protests in various Telangana districts. "The indefinite fast by students in front of the Arts College building at the OU campus is continuing. Around 50 students, including girls, are on fast. However, it was a peaceful day on...
09:06 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Hyderabad: Defying police, about 500 students of Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Monday started a "mass indefinite hunger strike" in front of Arts College at Osmania University here in support of the statehood to the region. Over 700 pro-Telangana supporters, including students, were taken into preventive custody in Telangana districts when they tried to organise a 'rasta roko' and sit-ins to express solidarity with the fasting students, police said....
10:45 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Hyderabad: Dozens of students were arrested and the Osmania University was under siege on Monday as police attempted to foil the indefinite fast by students demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Students coming to Hyderabad from various parts of Telangana were nabbed. Police have since Sunday night also arrested students, including some leaders of the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU JAC), on the campus and from hostels, officials said. Preventive...
11:24 AM, Jul 11, 2011
Hyderabad: Life is back to normal in the Telangana region on Andhra Pradesh even as Osmania University campus remains tense. There is heavy police deployment in and around Osmania University. Section 144 (unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon) will remain in force in Hyderabad till 6 AM on July 14. Meanwhile, the Telangana Joint Action Committee has organised a students' rally in the region to keep up the pressure for...
12:22 PM, Jul 07, 2011
Hyderabad: All examinations scheduled to be held from Thursday in Osmania University have been postponed after violence rocked the varsity when pro-Telangana students clashed with police in support of the separate statehood demand. "All the Osmania University exams to be held from July 7-11 are postponed. There will be no change in the exams schedule beginning from July 12. The revised dates of the postponed exams will be announced later,"...
06:13 PM, Jul 06, 2011
Hyderabad: The Telangana fire continued to burn at Osmania University in the city with violence breaking out at yet again on Wednesday. There was stonepelting by the students aimed at the police personnel deployed on the campus. Police had to use tear gas to disperse the angry mob. The Telangana Rashtriya Samiti on Tuesday called for a two day bandh in state of Andhra Pradesh demanding the formation of a...
01:06 PM, Jul 06, 2011
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in the Osmania University campus on Monday when Telangana Students tried to take out a "Chalo Assembly" rally which was prevented by police. A large number of slogan shouting students tried to rush towards the main gate of Osmania University (OU) where lathi wielding police personnel stopped them. Police used force when another group of students pelted stones at them when they were stopped rushing towards assembly...
03:02 PM, Feb 21, 2011
Hyderabad: After a lull, fresh violence erupted at Osmania University campus here, which has been the epicentre of movement for statehood for Telangana. Pro-Telangana activists, many of them students, burnt five buses and set fire to police tents in and around the University campus late last night, police said on Saturday. Over 200 protesters, in groups, pelted stones at vehicles on Tarnaka main road along the OU Campus, and later...
02:45 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Hyderabad: Decks have been cleared for the release of 'Jai bolo Telangana', a feature film on the Telangana statehood issue, with the Director accepting the removal of certain scenes suggested by the state Censor Board. "The Censor Board has suggested some cuts. I agreed to it. I plan to release the film on February four," the film's Director N Shankar told reporters on Friday. A controversy was triggered after the...
10:38 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Hyderabad: The Telangana bandh called by students of Osmania University against the conduct of APPSC exams on Sunday evoked partial response in the state capital and elsewhere, even as protesters targeted state-owned buses and pelted stones at them. The day-long bandh, called by Osmania University students and supported by political parties like the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi, began at 9.30 AM. As soon as the bandh began, protesters and students targeted...
11:57 AM, Sep 05, 2010
Hyderabad: Widespread protests were witnessed across Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday as students boycotted classes in various universities and colleges and took to streets demanding that the state government postpone Group-I preliminary examination scheduled for Sunday. Reports from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the state suggested that students boycotted classes and forced shutdown of educational institutions as a counter to the agitation by Telangana students. Candidates from Andhra...
02:18 PM, Sep 04, 2010
Osmania University was tense Saturday as yet another student committed suicide in the campus. ...
12:05 AM, Aug 01, 2010
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