The magistrate on Monday sent Hari Padman, the dance professor at Chennai's Kalakshetra's Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts to judicial custody till April 13 in an alleged sexual harassment case.
The students of the Kalakshetra college in Chennai's Thiruvanmiyur were protesting over a delay in action against a professor and others, against whom sexual harassment allegations.
Amid the sexual/verbal abuse allegations levelled by the students' Union of Kalakshetra college, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday assured that if proven guilty, appropriate action would be taken against the alleged perpetrators.
The students are demanding the dismissal of four staff members accusing them of inapporpirate behaviour and sexual/verbal abuse. The Union also demanded reconstitution of the internal complaints committee and also recognise the students' union which was formed on Thursday.
"Large numbers of students were protesting since Thursday afternoon, and a call for a temporary halt was made by Kalakshetra students' representatives at around 02.00 am," sources told ANI.
The students of Kalakshetra Educational Institute, which operates under the control of the central government, sat on a protest inside the institute to take action against the professor who sexually harassed the students.
Guwahati (Assam) [india], February 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma handed over appointment letters to 210 candidates from the Departments of Fishery, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Industries, Commerce and Public Enterprises and Public Health Engineering at a function
With the view to encourage, popularize and inculcate the scientific temper among the children, the Governor of Assam Prof Jagdish Mukhi on Tuesday inaugurated the 49th Rashtriya Bal Vaigyanik Pradarshani (RBVP) at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday attended as Chief Guest the colourful inaugural ceremony of the silver jubilee celebration of Srimanta Sankardev Kalashetra held at the headquarters of the cultural organisation in Guwahati. Sarma also happens to be the Chairman of the Sr