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Kanhaiya Kumar To Meet Students Of Pune Film Institute On April 24
After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.
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Was Willing To Accept Post Of FTII's Interim Chairman: Shatrughan Sinha
Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.
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Agitating FTII Students, Government Hold Talks, Deadlock Continues
Agitating students of FTII today held one more round of talks with the government but there were no indications of an immediate end to the four-month-old deadlock over appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman.
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Pune Film Institute Row: Fresh Meeting Today in Delhi
A key meeting will be held today between the government and the agitating FTII students in a fresh bid to end the four-month-long strike at the Pune-based institute.
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PIL on Pune Film Institute Row: Bombay High Court Issues Notice to Centre, Others
The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Union I&B and Home ministries, the Maharashtra government and student leader of FTII on a PIL seeking to put an end to the ongoing strike at the Pune-based film institute.
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Film Institute Students Not Averse to Top Ministry Official Taking Charge
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) are not averse to the Information and Broadcasting secretary assuming the post of chairman till a transparent mechanism to select the institute's governing body is evolved, sources on the campus have said.
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Pune Film Institute Row: Talks Fail to Break Deadlock; Next Meeting on October 6
With FTII students sticking to their demand for removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as the institute's chairman, a second round of talks in Mumbai today between the striking students and I & B Ministry officials failed to break the deadlock but the two sides agreed to meet again in New Delhi on October 6.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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Film Institute Students to End Hunger Strike if Centre Ready for Dialogue
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the Information and Broadcasting ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands, including removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute.
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Third Student of Pune Film Institute Taken to Hospital
A third student of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who was on a relay hunger strike, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after his sugar levels dropped, even as protests against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as institution's chairman continued.
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Kanhaiya Kumar To Meet Students Of Pune Film Institute On April 24
After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.
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Was Willing To Accept Post Of FTII's Interim Chairman: Shatrughan Sinha
Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.
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Agitating FTII Students, Government Hold Talks, Deadlock Continues
Agitating students of FTII today held one more round of talks with the government but there were no indications of an immediate end to the four-month-old deadlock over appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman.
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Pune Film Institute Row: Fresh Meeting Today in Delhi
A key meeting will be held today between the government and the agitating FTII students in a fresh bid to end the four-month-long strike at the Pune-based institute.
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PIL on Pune Film Institute Row: Bombay High Court Issues Notice to Centre, Others
The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Union I&B and Home ministries, the Maharashtra government and student leader of FTII on a PIL seeking to put an end to the ongoing strike at the Pune-based film institute.
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Film Institute Students Not Averse to Top Ministry Official Taking Charge
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) are not averse to the Information and Broadcasting secretary assuming the post of chairman till a transparent mechanism to select the institute's governing body is evolved, sources on the campus have said.
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Pune Film Institute Row: Talks Fail to Break Deadlock; Next Meeting on October 6
With FTII students sticking to their demand for removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as the institute's chairman, a second round of talks in Mumbai today between the striking students and I & B Ministry officials failed to break the deadlock but the two sides agreed to meet again in New Delhi on October 6.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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Film Institute Students to End Hunger Strike if Centre Ready for Dialogue
The agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the Information and Broadcasting ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands, including removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute.
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Third Student of Pune Film Institute Taken to Hospital
A third student of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who was on a relay hunger strike, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after his sugar levels dropped, even as protests against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as institution's chairman continued.
