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Lathicharge on students not acceptable: Manoj Sinha

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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Lathicharge on students, especially female students, is totally unacceptable and strong action would be taken against those involved in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) incident, Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday.

“Lathicharge on any student, especially girl students, is not permissible. Strong action will be taken against those involved in this incident,” Sinha said on the sidelines of an event here.

The Minister is an alumnus of IIT (BHU) and a Lok Sabha Member from the adjoining Ghazipur constituency.

“Government is keeping an eye on the situation and appropriate action has been taken. The officials who were responsible have been removed,” Sinha added.

On September 23 night, a protest by female students outside the Vice Chancellor’s office against molestation of a student on the campus turned violent.

The protesting students got into a heated argument with security personnel when they tried to stop them. As the news spread, male students from other hostels came out to support the women students and in some time the agitation turned violent.

Over 1,500 police personnel in the area carried out a baton charge on the students and even fired some rounds in the air. In response, students threw stones and burnt a police motorcycle.

On Tuesday, Varanasi Commissioner Nitin Gokarn submitted a report in connection with the September 23 lathicharge on protesting students and blamed the BHU administration for the violence.

Gokarn has in the report, sent to Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar, said that the BHU did not deal with the victim’s complaint in a sensitive manner and did not handle the situation on time.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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