Tag: Students Union Poll

Cuttack: After failing to ground the new election model due to stiff protest by various students’ outfits, the Ravenshaw University today constituted a three-member sub-committee, which will look into the matter and decide the next course of action. The sub-committee was formed in a meeting of executive council (EC) of the varsity at vice-chancellor’s office […]

Bhubaneswar: Students unrest once again gripped the Utkal University here a few hours after the university reopened today after more than 20 days of sine die. Demanding election to the students’ union, the activists gheraoed the office of the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik. They also gheraoed Patnaik while he was coming out of his […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela/Berhampur: Amid sloganeering and rallies, filing of nominations by aspiring candidates for the students’ union elections concluded at different colleges and universities of Odisha today. However, sporadic instances of pre-poll violence led to declaration of sine die and cancellation of polls at a few colleges. In Bhubaneswar, members of different students’ organizations took out rallies […]

Bhubaneswar: Authorities of the BJB Autonomous College today declared cancellation of students’ union poll for this year citing ongoing tension on the college premises. Principal of the college Mohammed Nawaz Hasan stated the college will remain closed sine die until further orders. Students were asked to vacate hostels by Saturday evening. Police personnel have been […]

By Sandeep Sahu Time was when the college campus was the cradle that spawned the leaders of the future. Before independence, the college campuses were the places where the issues of the day were debated, preparing student leaders for the long struggle ahead. In more recent times, the likes of Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury, DP […]