On Day 1 at FTII, Gajendra Chauhan seeks to make peace with studentsChauhan hinted that, if approached, he could examine scope for withdrawal of police cases against some student-protesters filed during the ...
07 Jan, 2016, 11.12 PM IST
FTII row: Standoff continues, students to meet MoS next weekTalks between FTII students and Information and Broadcasting Ministry to resolve the standoff over appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as...
10 Oct, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
FTII students not averse to I&B Secretary becoming chairman: SourcesThe FTII students are not averse to the Ministry Secretary assuming the post till a transparent mechanism to select the governing body is e...
05 Oct, 2015, 09.00 PM IST
FTII-I&B talks fail to break deadlock; next meet on October 1Even as FTII students called off their relay hunger strike and held talks with the I&B Ministry officials, the parleys remained inconclusiv...
29 Sep, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
Rajkumar Hirani says was asked to head FTII academic council, declinesFilmmaker Rajkumar Hirani today said he was offered to head the academic council at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) but he de...
08 Sep, 2015, 09.06 PM IST
Government accepts resignations of Jahnu Barua, Santosh Sivan and Pallavi Joshi as FTII membersThe trio had quit earlier this month expressing their reservations on being part of the FTII Society in the wake of students' protests.
23 Jul, 2015, 11.15 PM IST
Who is Gajendra Chouhan, asks Soumitra Chatterjee, Mrinal SenSeeking removal of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chouhan as FTII chairman, legendary director Mrinal Sen and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee ac...
22 Jul, 2015, 09.04 PM IST
Aparna Sen, other Bengali directors support FTII studentsAparna Sen and other Bengali directors came out openly in favour of FTII students demanding dissolution of the institute's governing counci...
20 Jul, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
Disputes harm cinema, students: Varun Dhawan on FTII rowAs the strike at FTII continues over the appointment of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan, Bollywood star Varun Dhawan today said such controversie...
14 Jul, 2015, 11.43 PM IST
FTII students body alleges police high-handedness during Delhi protestMore than 100 activists and students were forcibly detained and lodged at Parliament Street police station, the statement said.
03 Jul, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
FTII row: Students protest against I&B Ministry on Gajendra Chauhan's appointmentThe students staged the protest outside Shastri Bhavan which houses the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that made the appointment.
03 Jul, 2015, 06.21 PM IST
FTII students protest against I&B Ministry on Gajendra Chauhan's appointmentThe students staged the protest outside Shastri Bhavan which houses the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that made the appointment.
03 Jul, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
Yudhishtira, don't teach us dharma: FTII students tell Gajendra ChauhanThe students raised slogans like "Yudhishtira do not teach us dharma" and said that FTII's institutional autonomy should be preserved.
02 Jul, 2015, 12.50 AM IST
Resume classes, willing to discuss issues: I&B ministry to FTII studentsIn a letter to President of FTII's students union, the ministry said the government exercises its prerogative to appoint members on the gov...
16 Jun, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
FTII row: Stalemate continues, students unrelentingNearly 150 students of FTII boycotted classes and continued their protest on the campus raising slogans against Chauhan and PM Narendra Mod...
16 Jun, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
FTII students warn of indefinite strike over Gajendra Chouhan's appointmentStudents said although they have kept open the channels for dialogue with I&B Ministry they would not compromise on their basic demand of r...
15 Jun, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
FTII reconstituted; Vidya Balan, Raju Hirani, Jahnu Barua inVidya Balan filmmakers Raju Hirani and Jahnu Barua and cinematographer Santosh Sivan are among the prominent persons nominated as new membe...
09 Jun, 2015, 09.44 PM IST