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Assam-based AUSU, PGSU condemn assault on NEHU Prof in Meghalaya

Shillong, Apr 27 (UNI) The Assam University Students’ Union (AUSU) and the Post Graduate Students’ Union (PGSU) of Gauhati University have strongly condemned the recent assault on Dr. Alok Kumar Singh, an Assistant Professor at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) here in Meghalaya.
Both the Students’ Unions have termed the physical assault on Singh, who teaches Hindi in the prestigious NEHU, as a “grave attack on academic freedom and institutional integrity.”
In an FIR, Singh had accused the President of NEHU Students’ Union (NEHUSU) and five others accomplices for brutally assaulting him inside his office at 4.45 pm on April 24.
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Police resort to lathi-charge to disperse agitating dismissed teachers

15 May 2025 | 10:45 PM

Kolkata, May 15 (UNI) Baton-wielding police on Thursday night resorted to lathi charge to disperse agitating dismissed teachers from around Bikash Bhavan, the headquarters of the state Education Department at New Town in the city, official sources said.

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Medical admission racket: ED attaches Rs 12 33 cr in Bengal

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Odisha Vigilance unearths assets worth crores from Assistant Block Development Officer

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Anarchy of Rahul will not help Congress in Bihar :Sanjay

15 May 2025 | 8:54 PM

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