India, Oct. 1 -- Police have registered separate cases against 80 KSU/Youth Congress activists and 80 SFI/DYFI activists following a violent clash in Thiruvananthapuram's Palayam area on Wednesday night.

The confrontation broke out when a Youth Congress/KSU protest march against the Union government and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar reached near the Kerala University men's hostel. Youth Congress activists alleged that stones and other objects were thrown at the march from the hostel. SFI/DYFI activists, meanwhile, alleged that protesters hurled burning torches towards hostel inmates. Both claims are being investigated.

Police intervened and used tear gas and lathicharge to disperse the groups. Several students and others wer...