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NIT Srinagar Unrest: Will Ensure No Student Deals With Injustice, Says Smriti Irani

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SRINAGAR: Union Education Minister Smriti Irani has assured students that examinations will be conducted in a “secure environment” at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar, where student protesters were lathicharged by the police during clashes on Tuesday evening. Here are the 10 latest developments in this story Ms Irani said she has spoken to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has assured her that students will be safe at the institute and that no student will deal with injustice. Ms Irani, who sent top officials to the…

‘We Want Our Tricolour Back,’ Students To Central Team At NIT Srinagar

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Students of NIT who are from outside Kashmir, clashed with the police at the institute’s gate when they were prevented from leaving the campus. SRINAGAR: In a packed hall at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar, a student representative today told visiting officials from the Centre’s education ministry that they want the institute shifted out of Srinagar and want action taken against policemen who lathicharged student protesters late on Tuesday evening. “And we want our national flag back from the police,” he said amid loud cheers from fellow students,…

NIT Srinagar Row: Outstation Students’ Demand For Shifting Institute Rejected

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Police and CRPF deployed at the National Institute of Technology following tension between local and non-local students in Srinagar on Friday. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: Education Ministry officials have rejected the demand of outstation students of NIT Srinagar for shifting the institute out of Kashmir but assured them of addressing their “genuine” issues. A group of outstation students of the NIT met Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar along with officials of Union Human Resource Development ministry last night to discuss the situation at the institute. “The…