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NSU activists lock TU VC’s office (ht 18/07/2008)

ANNFSU, ANNISU-R seize college officials (kp 17/07/2008)

Student Participation In School Management, by Suniva Shrestha (rn 28/06/2008)

Student Union reform in new Nepal, by Kesh B Malla (ht 26/06/2008)

Principals still captive on 3rd day (kp 21/06/2008), Locked principals freed after 3 days (ht 22/06/2008)

MEd examinees turn vandals, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/06/2008)

Students’ Behaviour And Peace In Schools, by Binod Khanda Timilsana (rn 03/06/2008)

ANNFSU wants colleges shut for polls (ht 12/03/2008)

College students, by Kushal Pokharel (kp 06/03/2008)

FSU election likely to be put off (nn 29/01/2008), SPA undecided over FSU poll (kp), FSU polls could be suspended (nn 04/02/2008), Steering Committee decides to stall FSU polls, formation of local bodies (nn 04/02/2008), No FSU poll if it hampers CA poll: PM (kp 04/02/2008), UML leader sore over FSU poll suspension (nn 04/02/2008), ‘Deferral of FSU poll unfortunate': Maoist students welcome (kp 05/02/2008), VC rules out change in FSU poll program (kp 06/02/2008), Bad advice (kp 06(02/2008)

Maoist student union to take part in FSU election (nn 28/01/2008)

FSU steps up poll campaign (kp 27/01/2008)h: Infant's body dumped in garbage container
Election system dispute rattles student unions (nn 10/01/2008)

Student grants, loans in offing (kp 17/11/2007)

Row between ANNFSU, ANNISU-R continues (kp 24/09/2007), UML tells ANNFSU: End row with ANNISU-R (kp 25/09/2007)

Student unions meet to ensure CA poll (kp 21/09/2007)

Students stimulate change, by Prem Bahadur Phyak (kp 11/09/2007)

Pro-Maoist students thrash students close to Congress in Thapathali campus (nn 13/08/2007), Irate NSU students close down educational institutions nationwide (nn 14/08/2007), ANNISU-R, NSU students clash again (nn 14/08/2007), Tension between NSU, ANNISU-R escalates (kp 15/08/2007), Kathmandu paralysed as student violence snowballs (wi 15/08/2007), NSU to hold protest rally on Thursday (nn 15/08/2007), Pro Maoist students close down engineering campuses (nn 16/08/2007), 4 vehicles vandalized, 23 activists arrested: YCL, ANNISU-R enforce sudden strike, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 16/08/2007), NSU, ANNISU-R students clash, 3 injured (kp 17/08/2007), Rival NSU and ANNISU-R to hold talks Friday (nn 17/08/2007), Talks between NSU and ANNISU-R cancelled; Valley campuses closed down (kp 17/08/2007), Don't force us to retaliate: NSU (kp 17/08/2007)

Four students injured during clash with police in capital (06/08/2007)

Youthful rivalry, by John Narayan Parajuli (nt 29/06/2007)

ANNFSU vandalises Finance Ministry (nn 11/06/2007)

NSU general convention in Nepalgunj (nn 08/06/2007)

ANNFSU (Sixth), ANNISU-R merge (samn 04/06/2007)

ANNFSU-sixth’s charge (samn 03/06/2007)

Republican students (kp 28/05/2007)

NSU convention in May 21-23 (nn 06/05/2007), Conflict hinders NSU convention again (nn 22/05/2007), NSU to amend statute (kp 22/05/2007), Gagan not to contest NSU prez (kp 22/05/2007), NSU closed session from today (nn 23/05/2007), Closed session from today: NSU dispute settled, by Narayan Sharma & Dipendra Baduwal (kp 23/05/2007), Representatives row resurfaces, by Narayan Sharma & Dipendra Baduwal (kp 24/05/2007), Tension mars NSU closed-door session (samn 24/05/2007), NSU patches up differences to begin voting (nn 24/05/2007), 15 candidates for NSU prez (kp 25/05/2007), Poudel elected NSU prez: Pro-republican faction sweeps poll, by Narayan Sharma & Dipendra Baduwal (kp 27/05/2007), Poudel elected NSU chairperson (samn 27/05/2007), From illiterate tempo driver to student leader: Muslim girl in NSU apex body, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 27/05/2007)

Padma Kanya clash leaves 12 injured, by Suraj Kunwar (kp 30/04/2007)

ANNISU-R padlocks OEC demanding increase of SLC centres (nn 23/02/2007), Maoist students unlock OCE (kp 26/02/2007)

ANNFSU announces fresh protest, by Phadendra Gadtaula (kp 21/02/2007)

Over 15 students injured in a clash at public hearing (nn 09/02/2007)

ANNFSU, ANNISU-R clash, 12 hurt (kp 29/12/2006)

5 injured as 4 student groups clash (kp 26/12/2006)

Magar students’ meet (samn 24/12/2006)

NSU to hold its general convention in March (nn 24/12/2006), NSU convention to be held in Janakpur (kp 24/12/2006), NSU to hold general convention in March (samn 24/12/2006)

UML student wing announces agitation (nn 20/12/2006), Students protest mismanagement in universities (nn 21/12/2006), Govt dilly-dallying irks students (kp 21/12/2006), UML affiliated students organize Chhaka jam; torch a police van (nn 22/12/2006), ANNFSU stages street protests (kp 23/12/2006)

College buses, shops vandalized: Students, businessmen clash (kp 09/12/2006), Stirring TU students lock OCE, VC offices (kp 11/12/2006), Students-traders clash leaves Biratnagar tense, by Binod Bhandari (kp 14/12/2006)

Students disrupt traffic (kp 07/12/2006)

Students’ clash (kp 02/12/2006)

Students' moral bankruptcy, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp 19/09/2006)

National conventions of ANNFSU, ANNISU-R kick off (nn 18/09/2006), ANNFSU becomes republican union (kp 21/09/2006), Gaire elected ANNSFU president; ANNISU-R convention over (nn 22/09/2006), Gaire ANNFSU prez, Jhakri VP, by Binod Tripathi (kp 23/09/2006), ANNFSU to adopt federal structure (kp 25/09/2006)

Student leaders for constructive protests (kp 21/08/2006)

20 injured in students, transport workers clash (kp 22/07/2006)

Students boycott exam, burn question papers (kp 27/06/2006)

ANNISU-R to hold national conference from Sept. 18-21 in Kathmandu (nn 26/06/2006)

Cash and brain drain: Nepali students pack up their dreams, and dollars, to study abroad, by Mallika Aryal (nt 16/06/2006)

Student leaders demand student unions in private universities (nn 11/06/2006)

Students vandalize FSU office in central campus; lock journalism Department (nn 14/05/2006)

NSU dissident warns of parallel central committee (nn 20/03/2006)

New committee of EnSAP formed (nn 13/03/2006)

Rebel candidates at Mahendra Morang (kp 03/03/2006)

ANNFSU bags majority of FSU posts; NSU second (nn 02/03/2006), FSU results favor agitating student unions (kp 02/03/2006), FSU elections (kp 02/03/2006), Mixed FSU panels do not augur well (samn 03/03/2006)

Anti government student bodies sweep FSU election (nn 01/03/2006), NSU, ANNFSU lead student polls (kp 01/03/2006), Minor clashes mar ‘friendly FSU polls’ (samn 01/03/2006), ANNFSU sweeps FSU polls in Bhairahawa (samn 01/03/2006), Anti-King student wing sweeps Nepal Univ elections (nk 01/03/2006)

FSU Polls Held Successfully, by Dipesh Chitrakar and Ujjwal Khatiwada (nln 01/03/2006)

Voting Continues Peacefully in FSU Elections (nln 28/02/2006), Voting underway for FSU elections (nn 28/02/2006), Student union elections today (kp 28/02/2006)

FSU polls to see tough contest (samn 28/02/2006)

Student unions warn TU, Saraswati Campus admin (kp 27/02/2006)

Hi-tech voting at Pulchowk campus, by Post B Basnet (kp 25/02/2006)

Disgruntled factions withdraw papers (samn 24/02/2006)

ANNISU-R threatens to boycott FSU polls (samn 20/02/2006)

Competition among student unions doesn't reflect split (kp 19/02/2006)

Preparations on for the FSU election (nn 15/02/2006), Colleges gear up for FSU elections (samn 15/02/2006), Participation of Women Lacking in College Election: Citizen reporter Rupa Kharel laments Nepal's male-Chauvinist society, by Rupa Kharel (Ohmy News 17/02/2006), NUTA warns to disrupt FSU elections (nn 18/02/2006), FSU election will be amicable (kp 18/02/2006), Student Wings to Contest in FSU Elections (nln 18/02/2006), Students file nominations for FSU elections (nn 22/02/2006), Poll fever at major campuses (kp 22/02/2006), FSU election at fever pitch (kp 23/02/2006), Students vandalise campus (samn 23/02/2006)

NSU for friendly competition in FSU election (nn 02/01/2006)

FSU election on February 28 (nn 29/12/2005)

Gagan to contest NSU presidency (kp 10/08/2005)

NSU begins hunger strike (kp 09/08/2005), Students clash (kp 09/08/2005)

TU becomes venue for gang fights, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 08/08/2005)

TU students lock offices of principal, warden (kp 05/08/2005)

Cops swarming in Engg college after group fracas (ht 03/01/2005)

ANNISU-R demands answers before dialogue (kp 12/10/2004)

Students’ rights tops new ANNFSU panel’s agenda (ht 10/10/2004)

Khimlal Bhattarai is new ANNFSU chief (ht 07/10/2004)

UML students warn against party meddling (kp 05/10/2004)

Constituent assembly only solution: ANNFSU (ht 24/09/2004)

Enraged students resort to arson (kp 09/09/2004)

NSU students thrash FSU leaders (ht 13/08/2004)

Student bodies warn of fresh protests (ht 24/07/2004)

Leadership change in NSU (kp 15/07/2004), It’s dictatorship, says Ghimire (ht 16/07/2004), NC gen secy faces ire of NSU students (ht 16/07/2004), NSU dissolution triggers controversy, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 16/07/2004), ‘NSU dissolved to settle controversy’ (kp 17/07/2004), NSU dissolution a minor issue: Koirala (kp 18/07/2004), NC leaders face students’ wrath (kp 22/07/2004), Row in NC over dissolution of NSU (pr 22/07/2004), NC leaders show reservation over NSU dissolution, by Ambar Mainalit (rn 23/07/2004), NSU issues 5-day ultimatum to NC (ht 25/07/2004), Ousted NSU chief calls it regression in NC (ht 26/07/2004), ‘NSU dissolution against party statute’ (rn 26/07/2004), Members walk out of NSU meet (ht 28/07/2004), NSU calls off hunger strike (ht 30/07/2004), NSU row to be settled once and for all: Koirala (rn 04/08/2004)

TU to kick out malafide boarders from hostel (ht 05/07/2004), TU kicks out illegal boarders from hostel (ht 06/07/2004), Hostel for needy (ht 06/07/2004)

Students lock VC’s office (ht 01/06/2004)

ANNFSU (ML) observes 16th convention (kp 23/05/2004)

ANNFSU to discuss rights, new statute (ht 21/05/2004)

When going gets tough, students seek pastures abroad, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 13/05/2004), Studying abroad (kp 14/05/2004)

Stop rights violations: Student leaders (ht 09/05/2004)

Leftist students lift lock-out in MSU (ht 31/03/2004)

Students in politics, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 30/12/2003)

Student unions serve ultimatum to schools (kp 02/12/2003)

Students take to the street in protest (kp 29/11/2003), Students’ new fee structure (ht 29/11/2003)

Medical students go on strike in Nepalgunj (Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2003)

NSU serves 15-day ultimatum to TU (Himalayan Times, 24/10/2003)

Student unions, TU arrive at consensus, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 12/06/2003)

Students’ nationwide stir today (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2003)

The word "feminist movement" itself doesn’t suit for the country like Nepal, interview with Ms. Nitu Singh, Masters Level Student, T.U. (Telegraph, 04/06/2003)

TU-students meet proves fruitless again (Kathmandu Post, 06/05/2003)

TU officials, 11 student organisations meet today; ANNISU-R decides to keep distance (Kathmandu Post,01/05/2003), TU-students meet endsinconclusively: Varsity to form taskforce, announce poll date soon (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2003)

Student politics, by Binita Rajya Laxmi Malla (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2003)

ANNISU-R backs tomorrow’s bandh, by Tika R Pradhan (Himalayan Times, 28/04/2003)

Govt finally releases detainees: Doors for dialogue opened, say student leaders (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2003)

Students plan vigorous stir against Govt: Bar associations throw weight behind agitation (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2003)

Students, TU meet reaches dead-end (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2003)

Students decide to continue protests (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2003), Dead body found claims ANNISUR (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2003)

Students announce launch of massive protests (Kathmandu Post, 14/04/2003), Protests gather steam; VC’s office ransacked (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2003), Students continue spate of attacks (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2003), Chronic student politics, by Arjun Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2003), Parties manipulating students' agitation: Govt. must be sensitive (People's Review, 17/04/2003), Student Politics (People's Review, 17/04/2003), Student strikes paralyse normal activities (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2003), Student Clashes: Where Did We Fail? by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 18/04/2003), Students take strike to new level of violence: Museum torched, over two dozen injured, several held, by Kiran Chapagain & Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 19/04/2003), Deceased student’s family gets compensation, by Om Prakash Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/04/2003), Students defy Govt ban on torch light rallies (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2003), Student leaders sideline ANNISU-R (Himalayan Times, 20/04/2003)

One student killed in police fire, by Kamal Panthi (Kathmandu Post, 09/04/2003), Students protest erupts in violence: Police fire tears gas shells; dozens injured, by Kiran Chapagain & Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 10/04/2003), Dangerous turn (Kathmandu Post, 10/04/2003), Massive protest disrupts valley, by Shailee Adhikari (Space Time Today, 10/04/2003), Highly regrettable (Space Time Today, 10/04/2003), Butwal shut down as students continue protests (Kathmandu Post, 11/04/2003), Butwal, Damak & Chitwan remain tense (Space Time Today, 11/04/2003)

NSU activists vandalise TU library (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2003)

Pro-Maoist body gearing up for students' polls (Himalayan Times, 05/03/2003)

Students need their own summit, by Ananda Bista & Vijaya Sigdel (Kathmandu Post, 04/03/2003)

Students: Time Used Or Wasted? (Spotlight, 21/02/2003)

FSU polls likely to be postponed by over a month, by Tika R Pradhan (Himalayan Times, 18/02/2003)

Security Council advises govt to suspend student elections (Space Time Today, 14/02/2003)

See also Students’ elections put off indefinitely (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2003)

Magar students demand lingual university (Himalayan Times, 12/02/2003)

NSU authenticity not decided yet (Himalayan Times, 12/02/2003)

Insurgency forces students to cities and abroad, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2002)

Ways to improve students’ union discussed (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2002)

Are the students being used as political tools? (Telegraph, 05/12/2001)

ANNISU (R) submits 25-point demand to PM (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001)

Marxists & Maoists: Dialectics of views on schools, by Ritu Raj Subedi (Rising Nepal, 26/07/2001)

Let school open or face public wrath, by Kulchandra Neupane ( Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2001)

Uneasy peace (Kathmandu Post, 22/05/2001)

Students, Revolutionaries and the Government, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2001)

ANNFSU (R) narrows down demands to two, by Tilak Pokharel and Utpal Mishra (Kashyap) (Kathmandui Post, 20/05/2001)

School Strike: Vigilante Injustice, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 18/05/2001)

Maladroit and intriguing (People's Review, 17/05/2001); see also Adding fuel to fire, by PR Pradhan (People's Review, 18/05/2001)

ANNFSU(R) leaders arrested, crisis looms, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 13 May 2001); see also Govt releases ANNFSU-R members, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2001)

ANNFSU (R) demands reasonable: Arjun Narsingh KC (People's Review, 10/05/2001)

ANNFSU(R) likely to call off school closure (Kathmandu Post, 07/05/2001)

ANNFSU protest program initiated (Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2001)

ANNFSU (R) to close down all private schools, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 01/05/2001)

ANFSU seeks 50 per cent discount in health services (Kathmandu Post, 24/04/2001)

ANNFSU calls for chakka jam and nationwide strike (Kathmandu Post, 03/04/2001); but see also Chakka jam called off 33 pc concession to students agreed (Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2001) and Safa tempos refuse concession to students (Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2001)

Student unions: root cause of college problems, by Deeleep Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2001)

First brush with campus politics, by Ritesh Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 19/03/2001)

Campus elections: violence, colors and traffic jams, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 02/03/2001); see also Student Elections: Politicization Of Education, ba Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 02/03/2001) and :jljo' lgjf{rg, ljBFyL{ /fhgLlt / SofDk;sf] ;d:of, by Madhavi Bhatta (Kantipur, 25/02/2001)

Counting still continues NSU wins in over 50 colleges and ANNFSU gets 28 (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2001)

Students, politics, proxy wars, by C.K. lal (Nepali Times, 23/02/2001)

Election fever affects studies (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2001)

ANNFSU to come up with protest programmes (Kathmandu Post, 22/01/2001)

The state of student: Architecture, by Razen Manandhar (Sunday Post, 24/12/2000)

ANNFSU for 'harsh' movement (Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2000)

ANNISU vows to hold convention (Kathmandu Post, 14/02/2000)

Stop political interference (Telegraph, 09/02/2000)

ANNFSU to press for its demands (Kathmandu Post, 4 February 2000)

Students set campus property on fire (The Kathmandu Post, 25 January 2000)

Students warn of hunger strike (The Kathmandu Post, 21 January 2000)

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