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  I&B secretary can chair FTII, say students

  India | October 04, 2015 22:28 IST

  New Delhi: FTII students on strike for over 100 days have told the government that the information and broadcasting ministry secretary can be the chairman of the prestigious film institute instead of actor and BJP

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  I&B panel slams students, faculty; defends FTII administration

  India | October 03, 2015 21:20 IST

  Pune: An I and B Ministry panel has blamed the agitating students and the faculty of FTII for the prevailing situation at the campus here, as it defended the institute's controversial decision to call police

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  FTII row: Post talks, strike to continue; more meetings in store

  India | September 30, 2015 6:43 IST

  Mumbai: A meeting held here between the striking students of the FTII and officials of the ministry of information and broadcasting on Tuesday on the simmering row over the appointment of a BJP functionary as

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  FTII row: Gajendra Chauhan to stay as chairman, co-chair in plans

  Bollywood | September 29, 2015 15:48 IST

  New Delhi: Television actor Gajendra Chauhan, viewed as close to the BJP, will remain as chairperson of the premier Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), and to placate protesting students, the government is planning

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  FTII students to call off hunger strike after govt agrees to hold fresh talks

  India | September 27, 2015 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: Students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune has decided to call off their hunger strike after receiving a letter from the joint secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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  FTII students to end hunger strike if govt fixes meeting date

  India | September 26, 2015 19:22 IST

  Pune: The agitating FTII students today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the I&B Ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands

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  FTII strike enters 100th day amid hope given by offer of talks

  India | September 19, 2015 23:49 IST

  Pune: As Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) strike against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman, enters its 100th day, a ray of hope is seen by the students

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  FTII students ready for talks without preconditions

  India | September 18, 2015 0:00 IST

  Pune: After nearly 100 days of agitation against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman, possibility of resolution of the impasse today brightened with the protesting students saying they were ready for talks with the government

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  FTII row: Protesters detained outside I&B Ministry office

  India | September 15, 2015 15:26 IST

  New Delhi: FTII students were today joined by those from other universities here in a day-long symbolic hunger strike outside I&B Ministry's office against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as Chairman and the agitators threatened to hold

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  FTII row: Students hunger strike enters day two

  India | September 11, 2015 17:16 IST

  Pune: A sombre mood prevailed at the Film and Television Institute of India campus as the indefinite hunger strike of the three students demanding removal of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman

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  FTII faculty member ends fast after 66 hours

  India | September 08, 2015 22:44 IST

  Pune: Abhijit Das, a contractual faculty member at the FTII who had gone on a fast demanding resolution of the current impasse over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, today ended it after

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  FTII row: Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL

  India | September 07, 2015 18:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention to end the ongoing stir at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) opposing the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman."We

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  FTII students threaten en masse hunger strike

  India | September 07, 2015 18:37 IST

  Pune:   With no end in sight to the nearly  three-month-old strike in FTII, the protesting students today threatened go on hunger strike en masse if their main demand of removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan

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  Govt may curtail FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan's role to end stir

  National | September 07, 2015 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government may curtail Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chairperson Gajendra Chauhan's role to end the stir against the actor's contentious appointment.Hindustan Times reported that government has told protesting students

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  Students urge PM Modi to visit FTII to break logjam

  India | August 20, 2015 16:32 IST

  Pune:  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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  FTII row: Police arrest 5 students on charges of rioting

  India | August 19, 2015 16:40 IST

  Pune: 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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  Police enter FTII after students gherao director

  India | August 18, 2015 5:33 IST

  Pune:  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 | August 17, 2015 23:36 IST

  Pune: 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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  RSS œcapturing educational institutions: Rahul Gandhi

  National | August 13, 2015 17:08 IST

  New 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 | August 13, 2015 15:29 IST

  New 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