Manipur tribal students stage protest demanding release of ST scholarships
Press Trust of India | December 6, 2024 | 05:45 PM IST | 1 min read
A student representative said that their ST scholarships for 2023-24 haven't been released yet. They will meet officials from the tribal affairs department to discuss the issue and decide on the next steps.
NEW DELHI: At least 200 tribal students of different colleges in Manipur staged a protest near the Raj Bhavan here demanding immediate release of Scheduled Tribe scholarship for 2023-24, police said. Holding placards and raising slogans, the students, under the aegis of All College Tribal Students Union (ACTSU), gathered in front of GP Women's College near Raj Bhavan to make their demand.
They were, however, prevented from taking out a rally by security forces deployed at the location, leading to a brief confrontation. Police fired a few teargas shells to disperse the agitating students. "Few students complained of breathing difficulties, but no serious injuries have been reported," police added.
Later, G Panmei, a student representative, told reporters, "Our ST scholarships for 2023-24 have not been released yet. We will meet officials of the tribal affairs department later to discuss the situation, and further course of action will be decided after that."
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]Featured News
]- SCERT, DIET vacancies as high as 50% in many states; Haryana, MP, Maharashtra top list, reveals PAB meet
- SNU Chennai VC: Mechanical, civil, chemical engineering still deliver; demand for BTech cybersecurity on rise
- Delhi University’s MAMC, UCMS draw NEET toppers but offer dead computers, lagging wi-fi, and delayed degrees
- ‘Bureaucratic hurdle’: KCET rank list not updated after CBSE re-evaluation, affects admission, says student
- How Bihar Engineering University is powering through violence, floods, placement woes
- As tighter immigration norms rub shine off UK, US for Indian MBBS grads, Australia, Germany, Middle East gain
- Maharashtra’s new Class 6 social science textbook drops caste system, meat diet; paints rosy Vedic past
- IIIT Allahabad fines B.Techs who accept campus placement offers and then take other jobs, allege students
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai LKG fees highest in state; fee details of thousands of TN private schools public
- GMR Aero Technic’s aviation course produces professionals airlines can deploy from day one: President