JNU protesters were not manhandled, claims police
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Sunday said the protesters and mother of Najeeb Ahmed, who were demonstrating against alleged administrative inaction in the case of a missing student, were not manhandled.
Two videos of JNU anti-India slogans doctored, 5 authentic says lab report
Hyderabad, Mar 2 (IBNS): Two videos of the controversial anti-India slogans being shouted at a JNU event to observe the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru were doctored while five others are authentic, said a forensic probe ordered by the Delhi government.
Kanhaiya recounts what happened in court premises on Feb 17
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS): Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail after his arrest on sedition charges, claimed that he was beaten and almost disrobed in the presence of police personnel in Patiala House Court premises which looked like a mute spectator on Feb 17, according to a new video that surfaced capturing his account of the incident before lawyers.
P Chidambaram says Afzal Guru case not correctly decided
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
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.
Delhi Police opposes Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Tuesday said they will oppose JNU students’ union leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea.
Students accused of sedition visit JNU campus
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IBNS): Five "absconding" students, who are accused of sedition over anti-India chants , returned to New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Sunday. History student Umar Khalid was among the five and he addressed the students in the administrative block.
JNU row: Congress demonstrates in Kolkata ahead of Modi's visit
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IBNS): Protesting against the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issue and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kolkata, the youth and student units of the Congress on Sunday evening held a demonstration near Netaji Indoor Stadium in the city, where Modi will be joining an event shortly.
Jat students of Delhi University join the job quota stir
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IBNS) The Jat quota stir of Haryana reached Delhi on Saturday as Jat students protested at the north campus of Delhi University and agitators gathered at the Delhi-Sonepat border blocking National Highway 1 that connects Delhi with Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Kejriwal blasts BJP over OP Sharma treatment
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS) Taking a jibe at the soft treatment meted out by police to BJP legislator OP Sharma, who was seen beating up a Leftist supporter of arrested JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar during his production in a court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said under the union government anyone can get away with murder, rape and assault with the excuse of acting against those shouting anti-India slogan.
Anti-India chanter Umar Khalid can surrender if situation is conducive, says father
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS) The family of Umar Khalid, the missing student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who was caught in camera shouting anti-India and pro-Afzal Guru and Kashmir independence slogans, said he can surrender only if there is a conducive atmosphere for the same.
JNU: SC denies to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea
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).
After controversial slogans, pro Afzal Guru posters found at Jadavpur University
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IBNS): Posters against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon were found in Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) premise on Wednesday.
I don't think he was beaten up: BS Bassi on Kanhaiya Kumar attack
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Wednesday denied reports that JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was beaten up when he was brought to the court here.
Rahul Gandhi has become principal misleader of Indian politics: BJP
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and said he has become the 'principal misleader' of Indian politics.