Hindu College rusticates 15 students over 'indiscipline' during students' elections
New Delhi (PTI): Around 15 students of Delhi University's Hindu College have been rusticated and action against three more is underway with charges of "indiscipline" during the college union elections, the college principal said on Monday.
"The action has been taken on the recommendations of the college's Disciplinary Resource Committee which has found the involvement of these students in disruption during the college elections. Students are rusticated for a finite period based on their level of involvement in the hindrance," Hindu College Principal Prof Anju Srivastava told PTI.
In an e-mail dated October 27, the Disciplinary Resource Committee of the college informed students that it had noticed "gross indiscipline" on their part during September 15-18 when elections for the students' union in the college were conducted.
The committee in its e-mail cited its October 16 meeting with the students during which it showed them photos and videos of their "involvement" in the alleged incidents.
"... the committee has found that your conduct during September 15-18 falls in the act of gross indiscipline (sic)," the letter read.
Students of Hindu College had in September staged a hunger strike over the rejection of 30 student nominations for the positions of 'prime minister' and central councillors at the college. At Hindu College, the head of the students' union is referred to as 'prime minister' instead of president.
The college had cited low attendance as the reason for the cancellation of the nominations and ordered an inquiry after the matter escalated and required police action.
"The college did not consider our attendance in practicals and only took into consideration the attendance in theory classes. We demanded the administration to issue a notice releasing our attendance," one of the students, who has been rusticated, said on condition of anonymity.
According to the eligibility criteria for students contending for union polls laid down by the Lyngdoh Committee, students must have a minimum of 75 per cent attendance.
"Around 15 students have been rusticated for their involvement in the disruption caused during elections and inquiry on three others is under process. A maximum of four months rustication has been given by the disciplinary committee," DRC committee head, Rameshwar Rai, said.
The students have been rusticated on counts of indiscipline, destruction of institutional property, and disruption of academic functioning.
The rusticated students have been asked to submit an undertaking in an affidavit stating they will not get involved in any such activities in future.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
