OU nixes request to scrap its detention policy
(WorldNews India)

HYDERABAD: The Osmania University, on Friday, turned down all requests made by engineering students to scrap the detention policy. The decision comes despite months of protests and representations made by students over the issue. Unmoved, the university vie-chancellor, S Ramachandam denied all allegations raised by students about there being large-scale detentions during the last academic year, under the choice based credit system. `Of the total 18,947 students who appeared (for the exam)...