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PARIS, May 5 — Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several...

CNN’s live broadcast showed NYPD officers entering Hamilton Hall, occupied by protesters early April 30, and showed dozens being arrested and loaded into buses. In response to the situation, Columbia University has threatened to expel any student refusing to vacate the occupied premises.

Ruling establishments loathe the kind of education that inspires one to ask critical questions, strive for a democratic world. It may be time for us to wake up, and sing once again the songs of John Lennon and Salil Chowdhury and walk with the students trying to activate our lost conscience

The bench noted that the investigating officer had shown the accused to the witnesses, they were photographed and made to wear the same clothes right from their arrest till the time the TIP was conducted.

A student union has condemned the violence that broke out during a protest at UKZN's Westville and Howard campuses - saying there's no need for destructive behaviour.

Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the state council Pravin Darekar criticised the police lathicharge on protesting students saying that the government needs to seriously look into the issues raised by them.

Two students have said they were brutally manhandled, stripped and kicked in their private parts during a protest near Amit Shah's house a few days ago.

Many lament the lack of a viable national alternative to the BJP at the national level, but diverse local forms of resistance in a vast country, with rich local political and cultural traditions, still offer hope.