TISS urges protesting students to end strike
(WorldNews India)

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has expressed regret and dismay over the decision of a section of its students who are on hunger strike since Monday. The TISS administration urged protesting students to withdraw their fast immediately so that talks can be facilitated on the continuation of the post-matric scholarship scheme, which caters to the needs of students from the disadvantaged category who are going to join the institute in future. On February 21, students across all four campuses of TISS - in Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad and Guwahati - went on strike in protest against the institute`s decision to seek hostel and dining hall payments from...