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Engineering student leaves hostel in 7 days over poor food, no wifi, wins Rs 40,000

July 10, 2026 10:44 am

The Kangra District Consumer Commission was hearing a consumer complaint filed by a B Tech student against a Greater Noida hostel seeking refund of the fee alleging deficiency in service.

Bachelors Kitchen: Apna Swaad, Apna Andaaz by Vineet Kumar articulates the angst of a whole generation that moved from small towns to big cities. (Generated using AI)

The politics of the pot: How Bachelor’s Kitchen dissolves gender and reclaims labour

July 08, 2026 5:18 pm

The kitchen, in most Indian households, has been a woman's domain. A man cooking is either an emergency or a joke.

Kerala High Court Sainik School postal employee hostel subsidy

No government hostel subsidy for this Kerala Sainik School student, says court. Here’s why

June 10, 2026 4:05 pm

The Kerala High Court said the Children’s Education Allowance Scheme for postal department employees could only be availed of when the hostel stay is necessitated by distance, not by the parents’ personal choice of a particular school.

Police Commissioner raises concerns over private hostels/PGs lacking control on student timings and inter-hostel visits. (File)

Moral policing? Pune Top Cop flags lack of restrictions in private students accomodations

November 20, 2025 1:14 pm

Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said these accommodations had become ‘addas’ of ‘unwanted things’.

The Surat police have lodged an accidental death report in connection with the matter.

16-year-old student found dead in Surat hostel room

June 17, 2025 9:55 pm

According to police, the victim, who was studying in a private school, had shifted to the school’s hostel a few days back, on June 9.

The coach has a television, several chairs, and quite a few water coolers–making it feel more like a hostel than an old train

Old train coach transformed into fully-equipped bachelor pad; video goes viral

April 25, 2025 5:37 pm

The video shows an old Indian Railway coach creatively repurposed into a full-fledged house with all amenities.

Warden comes to stop party at girls' hostel, joins the fun instead: ‘Warden in parallel universe’

January 08, 2025 1:29 pm

The warden joined the girls partying on New Year's Eve, and danced with them.

Students clash over seating capacity in hostel mess; force deployed on Khanna campus

October 12, 2022 10:03 am

Inspector Nachhatar Singh, SHO Khanna Sadar police station, said that it started off as a scuffle in the mess which soon turned into a full-blown clash.

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No students being forced to leave campus amid pandemic: IIT Kanpur

April 25, 2021 5:59 pm

The institute claimed that the reports of students being forced to leave the IIT Kanpur campus in the middle of the pandemic “are totally incorrect”.

Tribal girls on warpath over safety, other issues at hostel

September 25, 2018 8:32 am

More than 60 students of two hostels in Hadapsar had started their fast on Monday morning. They listed various issues ranging from security to lack of proper study material in their hostel