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Chandigarh
Students protest fee hike: Students in government colleges across Punjab on Wednesday observed strike against their demands. Having gathered under the banner of Punjab Students Union, the protesters demanded refund of fee deposited by Dalit students in colleges, withdrawal of fee hike by universities, free education to girls at all levels, scrapping of semester system introduced in colleges at the BA level and release of scholarships to the minority community students.
Muktsar
Muktsar student leader held for snatching: The police on Wednesday arrested Amarjit Singh Sandhu, who had recently declared himself the president of the Government College Students’ Union, Muktsar, for allegedly snatching Rs 21,500 from a trader in Sriganganagar in Rajasthan. A case was registered against him and another person on the complaint of Narain Gupta.
Patiala
Students donate grocery items: Students of Government Bikram College of Commerce, Patiala, under the banner of "Aid for Suffering Humanity," have donated grocery items worth Rs 5,400 for a school for deaf and blind students in Saifdipur. College principal Satinder Kaur, Prof PS Rekhi, Dr Reetu Kapoor and Avinash Kant Sharma handed over the items to the school principal on Wednesday.
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