SFI Condemns Police Lathi-charge On NIT, Srinagar Students

THE central executive committee of the Students’ Federation of India in a statement issued on April 8, has strongly condemned the police lathi-charge on the students of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar. This is a repeat of what we have seen recently in HCU and JNU - use of police force against student agitations.

Barbaric Attack on SFI Leader by RSS-ABVP Goons

THE central executive committee of the Students’ Federation of India, in a statement issued on December 21, has strongly condemned the cold-blooded attack on Subhash Jakhar, SFI Sikar district secretary by the RSS-ABVP criminals. He is admitted to SK Hospital in a critical condition with 25 stitches on his head. SFI has also condemned in strongest possible words the police attack on the protest demanding immediate arrest of the culprits behind the heinous crime. Hundreds of SFI activists were arrested by the police in Sikar. Many were manhandled and picked up even from the office of SFI.

DYFI 11th Odisha State Conference Held

THE 11th state conference of DYFI Odisha State Committee was held at Berhampur on 27-28 June. The conference gave a call to strengthen the organization in the state by expanding it to new areas in the coming days and intensify struggle against the anti-people policies of the central as well as state governments and job for all.

DYFI Holds Political School

A THREE day political school for leading youth cadre from south Indian states was held in Hosur, Tamilnadu from May 22-24, 2015. Inaugurating the school, Prakash Karat, former youth leader and Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), said that the classes would help youth activists in achieving clarity on important issues as well as in their ideological development.

A total of 106 young cadre attended the classes, including 32 young women cadre.

SFI Stands in Solidarity With The Fighting Students of FTII

THE Central Executive Committee of the Students Federation of India in a statement issued on June 15 has expressed solidarity with the students of Film and Television Institute of India, FTII who are bravely protesting against the shameless attempts to saffronise one of the prime institutes of the country. An indefinite hunger strike has been launched by the students against the Modi led NDA government's appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the governing council of the FTII.

SFI Congratulates Rajasthan Unit for the Victory in Student Union Elections

THE central executive committee of the Students’ Federation of India has in a press release issued on August 26, congratulated the Rajasthan unit of SFI for registering encouraging victory in the recently conducted first phase of the student union elections in the state on August 23, 2014. The second phase of voting will be on August 30, 2014.

The SFI contested in 57 colleges and three universities. It won the full panel in 26 colleges and one university. SFI candidates won the posts of 30 presidents, 32 vice presidents, 30 general secretaries and 31 joint secretaries.

In Focus: Punjab’s Drug Menace

HARSEV Bains, was heading back to London. In Delhi, back after a short visit to his ancestral village in Punjab, Bains, the secretary of the Indian Workers’ Association, Great Britain said “drugs” are going to be a major issue in these polls. That was much before the election campaign had actually begun in the state. Even for a casual observer of the political scene in Punjab, like this writer, the development was not surprising. The state had been plagued by this menace for long and it was high time that the issue was addressed.

Huge Rally Marks 23rd SFI State Conference

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DYFI Holds All India Young Women’s Convention

THE Democratic Youth Federation of India held its Fourth All India Young Women’s Convention in Mumbai on May 25-26. Apart from central executive committee members of the organisation, 94 delegates from various states assembled for the convention at Lakshmi Sehgal Nagar (Aarsh Vidyalaya Campus, Chembur).

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