JNU panel recommends rustication of Kanhaiya Kumar, 4 others
Mar 15, 2016, at 05:48 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): An inquiry panel, which was set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), on Monday recommended rustication of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and four others for the Feb 9 incident in the university campus where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.
Congress should be ashamed for lending support to anti nationals: Shah
Mar 06, 2016, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS) bjp President Amit Shah on Saturday targeted the Congress over the JNU row and said the party should be ashamed for lending suppØort to anti-nationals in the name of freedom of expression.
JNU: FIR against Rahul, 8 others
Feb 29, 2016, at 05:27 am
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (IBNS): An FIR has been lodged against senior political leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, in connection with the recent JNU row.
Congress slams Irani on Durga remarks, says she should be charged
Feb 26, 2016, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) While Union Minister Smriti Irani defended her remarks on Goddess Durga, Congress went ballistic against her and said her words should be expunged and she might be arrested and charged for being blasphemous.
Oppn demands apology from Smriti Irani for Durga comment
Feb 26, 2016, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Amid opposition demand for apology for her remarks on Goddess Durga while replying on the JNU controversy, HRD Minister Smriti Irani Friday said she is a "practising Hindu and Goddesh Durga worshipper" and had to utter the words with "a lot of pain."
P Chidambaram says Afzal Guru case not correctly decided
Feb 25, 2016, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Amid the JNU row and arrests of students for glorifying Afzal Guru, former Union Minister P Chidambaram expressed grave doubts over Guru's involvement in the 2001 Parliament Attack and said that there is a possibility that the case was wrongly judged, here on Thursday.
Do not politicize education: Irani
Feb 25, 2016, at 01:43 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) The Lok Sabha turned into a battlefield on Wednesday with politicians debating over the JNU row and the suicide Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula as an emotional Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani urged lawmakers not to 'politicize' education.
Surrendered students throw more light on JNU row: CNN IBN
Feb 24, 2016, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) Interrogation of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, Anirban Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid, who surrendered to police on Tuesday late night, has, apparently, brought to light more details on the controversial event that took place at the university campus on Feb 9, according to TV reports.
Govt afraid of what I will speak in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi on JNU
Feb 24, 2016, at 06:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he would speak in Parliament on the issue of JNU but the government is trying to stop him as they are scared of what he is going to say.
JNU: SC denies to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea
Feb 19, 2016, at 05:29 pm
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS) The Supreme Court, where arrested Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar a day ago filed a bail plea fearing for his life as violent protests by lawyers marked his production in a lower court, on Friday refused to hear the petition and asked him to file for the same in an appropriate court (read high court).
Being opposed to BJP and RSS is biggest crime now: Kejriwal
Feb 19, 2016, at 02:28 pm
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the 'anti-India slogans' row and said being opposed to the ruling party and the RSS is the 'biggest crime now'.
SC to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea tomorrow
Feb 18, 2016, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS) The Supreme Court is all set to hear the bail plea of arrested Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday.
JNU row: ABVP's counter rally triggers tension in Kolkata's Jadavpur University
Feb 18, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): Protest and counter-protest on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issue raised tension in front of Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Thursday.
RSS is trying to impose a dead ideology on students: Rahul Gandhi
Feb 18, 2016, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Meeting President Pranab Mukherjee over the JNU row, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi slammed the RSS and said it is trying to impose a 'dead ideology' on students of the country.
SC agrees to hear plea on Patiala House court complex scuffle
Feb 16, 2016, at 10:37 pm
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition which sought action against those involved in beating up students, teachers and journalists in Patiala House court complex here on Monday.