HYDERABAD: Is the YSR Congress Party trying to gain a foothold in Osmania University, the hotbed of Telangana movement? If some student leaders are to be believed, the answer is a firm yes. It appears that the party wants to have its own student wing on the campus much like the BJP and the TRS.The student leaders claim that the party has now realised that students and OU are an...
11:53 AM, May 17, 2012
HYDERABAD: Just when the dust seemed to have settled at the Osmania University following the controversial beef festival, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal on Thursday conducted a ritual at a temple adjacent the Arts College to purify the campus. Calling it a symbolic move, the VHP and Bajrang Dal activists conducted a Saraswati Puja at the temple near the Arts College and a Gomatha Puja at...
08:04 AM, Apr 27, 2012
A student of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 17, 2012
HYDERABAD: A day after the beef festival turned violent on the Osmania University campus, the varsity as well as the festival became hot topics of discussion on the micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday.Users from across the country aired opinions, debated and without hestitation threw muck at one another and importantly, against the university.Noted Dalit activist Meena Kandasamy, who attended the festival, had live Twitter updates on the proceedings and there...
09:28 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Hyderabad: A day after witnessing a clash between rival groups of students over organising a 'beef festival' in the campus, the Osmania University remained calm on Monday even as police continued to keep strict vigil. The situation is normal in the university campus and the group of students opposed to the 'beef festival' boycotted the classes today, a police official said. A 'beef festival' organised by a group of students...
07:13 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Hyderabad: An ABVP student was stabbed during clashes over a beef festival organised by several student groups in Osmania University opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. The beef festival saw clashes, which saw five students being injured, and even led to vehicles being burnt. The situation in the university was tense as violence continued in the campus past midnight with a group of students attacking the 'C'...
03:40 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Hyderabad: A student of the Osmania university was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. There were reports of clashes in Hyderabad where students battled each other at the Osmania University. The clashes came after a group of students decided to organise a 'beef festival' to protest the non-inclusion of beef in the University's menu, while another...
09:12 AM, Apr 16, 2012
HYDERABAD: This weekend Osmania University will play host to a food festival which is being touted as the beginning of a revolution. The Beef Festival to be held at the NRHS hostel on Sunday evening by Dalit students associations will see participation from students from different universities in the city. The administration is unwilling to stoke the fires by interfering in the proceedings.We have ample time on hand and we...
08:53 AM, Apr 14, 2012
HYDERABAD: It is that time of the year again when acceptance letters in hand, many students are on the path to realizing their dream of a higher education in universities abroad. However, students in the city, who brave the summer sun for guidance on visa application procedures to the satellite information centre of the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) at the Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), are in...
10:41 AM, Apr 09, 2012
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
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