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FTII crisis: Director, Dean differ on "bouncers" on campus
India | Aug 23, 2015, 12:02 AM ISTPune: Under attack for deployment of bouncers at FTII, institute director Prashant Pathrabe today justified the decision saying it was taken in view of the "insecure atmosphere" on the campus after the students confined him
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I&B team arrives in FTII, optimistic of resolving crisis
India | Aug 21, 2015, 06:11 PM ISTPune: A three-member delegation of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is at the FTII campus here today to hold discussions with the faculty, director and agitating students to find a solution to the crisis triggered
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Students urge PM Modi to visit FTII to break logjam
India | Aug 20, 2015, 04:32 PM ISTPune: Striking FTII students on Thursday called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in resolving the 71-day-old crisis in the premier institute over the appointment of TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as its
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5 FTII students held for rioting, I&B team formed to resolve imbroglio
India | Aug 20, 2015, 08:43 AM ISTPune/New Delhi: Amid mounting tensions on the FTII campus, five students were arrested in a midnight swoop for rioting after they confined the premier institute's director to his chamber, prompting the government to form a team
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I was tortured and verbally assaulted by students: FTII director Prashant Pathrabe
India | Aug 19, 2015, 07:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Newly appointed director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Prashant Pathrabe today lashed out at the students and said he faced abuse and mental torture and was illegally confined for several
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Kejriwal offers 'temporary space' to run FTII classes in Delhi
National | Aug 19, 2015, 12:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday offered the agitating students of Pune-based FTII "temporary space" here to run classes till their demands are met.In a series of tweets, Kejriwal expressed his shock
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FTII row: Police arrest 5 students on charges of rioting
India | Aug 19, 2015, 04:40 PM ISTPune: In a midnight swoop, police arrested five students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here, charging them with rioting and other offences in connection with the gherao of director Prashant Pathrabe.The
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FTII calm after ghearo of director by students
India | Aug 18, 2015, 01:29 PM ISTPune: An uneasy calm prevailed this morning on the FTII campus here after the "gherao" of its director Prashant Pathrabe last night by the striking students and police intervention to release him from the office
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Police enter FTII after students gherao director
India | Aug 18, 2015, 05:33 AM ISTPune: Police today stormed the premises of FTII here tonight to disperse a group of striking students who had gheraoed director Prashant Pathrabe, protesting against "irrational and unjustified" assessment of the incomplete diploma projects.Tension prevailed
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Striking students gherao FTII director Prashant Pathrabe
India | Aug 17, 2015, 11:36 PM ISTPune: Agitating Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students gheraoed FTII director Prashant Pathrabe in his office this evening.The students demanded an explanation about the ongoing "assessment" of incomplete diploma film projects of the
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FTII impasse continues as students' strike enters 68th day
India | Aug 17, 2015, 02:57 PM ISTPune: Academic activity in FTII continued to be at a standstill for the 68th day today even as its ex-chairman and filmmaker Saeed Mirza came out in support of the agitating students demanding removal of
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RSS œcapturing educational institutions: Rahul Gandhi
National | Aug 13, 2015, 05:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government over the lingering strike in FTII, Rahul Gandhi today alleged educational institutions were being “captured” by the RSS and only those “singing praises” of the
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FTII row: Rahul Gandhi meets President, seeks removal of Gajendra Chauhan
National | Aug 13, 2015, 03:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met President Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan and put forth the demand of FTII students for the removal of newly appointed chairman Gajendra Chauhan.Addressing the mediapersons, Gandhi said
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FTII impasse: 30 students asked to vacate hostels for overstaying
India | Aug 08, 2015, 01:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: Agitating FTII students seem to be in no mood to budge as they are now planning to scale up their protests by approaching other institutions even as the Pune-based institute today asked 30
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FTII row: Govt gets tough, asks students focus on academics only
National | Aug 06, 2015, 07:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore today advised FTII students to focus on their academics and leave the administrative matters into the hands of the government."How will it
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Arvind Kejriwal assures help to protesting FTII students
Bollywood | Aug 04, 2015, 11:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured all help to the striking students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) who met him on Tuesday."The chief minister told the students that he
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Congress MPs to stage dharna in Parliament Complex; 9 other major events of the day
India | Aug 04, 2015, 10:11 AM IST1. Congress MPs to stage dharna in Parliament ComplexNew Delhi: Congress MPs will today stage a dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Complex to protest against the suspension. Members of other
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In Pics: FTII students protest in Delhi
India | Aug 03, 2015, 11:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over a 100 students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) protested here on Monday, demanding the removal of its newly-appointed chairman Gajendra Chauhan.The students marched from Jantar Mantar to Parliament
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FTII student delegation meets I&B officials; no breakthrough
India | Aug 03, 2015, 10:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: A delegation of FTII students protesting against the appointment of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, today met senior officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, though no breakthrough was
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FTII row: Govt blames Rahul Gandhi for politicising protests
National | Aug 03, 2015, 03:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: As FTTI students demanding the removal of Gajendra Chauhan held protests in the national capital, Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday accused Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi of giving political colour to