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Suffocated HPU students gather to protest, Over 70 arrested for violation of 144
SHIMLA-After recent, brutal, insensitive assault by police, HPU students again came out to bear canes, kicks, and abuse of HP Police, over 70 of which were arrested and booked under sectons 147,151,188 and 341 for violation of CrPC 144. As per the report, all the students were later released on bail.
They did not retaliate, they did not carry weapons, but they just grabbed each other tightly when they were being dragged into police vehicles. We saw no one abusing the police, but we saw police abusing and behaving like savages, again. We did not see scared students, but some rebels smiling at the Govt.’s favorite tool of suppression; our own police.
Here is footage from HPU Campus:
Police tried to act very decent and dutiful, not because they were asked to do so, but just because today all media cams were present. Still, these angry young-men in Khaki tried their hand on students, who weren’t retaliating.
The lady police personals showed their ‘Mohalla- Quarrel’ like attitude, but resisted the temptation due to the presence of media.
A Jawan of QRF was heard and captured challenging and insisting others to drag one of the students out so that he could trash him.
We saw policemen desperate to show how typical and similar they are to the police in states like UP, Delhi, Bihar etc. Today, students gathered for an intentional violation of unnecessarily impose 144 at HPU campus for a prolonged time. They gathered to protest against the reduced timing of Library when the exams are nearing. They violated it after the campus turned into a suffocating police cantonment.
The police would say, “We just follow the orders”. However, we have one question for the police and the Quick Reaction Force; what law empowered you to kick and abuse protestors in vulgar language? What law encourages you to go beyond your assigned and aptly defined limits and try to be the decisive institution when you are just authorized to detain the protestors, who are, in no way, trying to assault or attack them?
One of HW members asked a policemen (without disclosing association to HW or media)whether the orders of a lathicharge allow them to use kicks, drag girls from hair and insult them using vulgar language. He replied, “ Haan sab allowed hai, laat, hath job hi chale chalalo, app IPC 144 padh lena”.
The Govt., headed by a blind and deaf CM along with equally self-centered opposition, watches while the only Govt. higher educational institute burns in the flames of protest, while the students are subjected to unlawful assault and abuse by the hands of police. Isn’t it an apt evidence to convince us that the politicians don’t care about the unrest of their sympathizers? They’ll play the same old game with the public which once British exploited to rule India; divide and rule.
However, all that matters now is the strength that lies in unity. We would appeal the public to dive deeper into the affairs going on at HPU campus, and try to figure out who is actually a nuisance, who spoiled the academic environment, and who drove HPU into financial crisis. It would be a very easy act to murmur critical words against these protesting students, but for these students, it takes heart to gather again to protest when they are aware of the consequences.
Once again, take a look at some of the massive fees hiked, against which the student are protesting from past many months:
Photo Credits: Tarun Sharma
Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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