JNU students protested outside a police station in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and later called it off after a complaint was filed, said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh
On 1 December, ABVP held protests against a book written by a Muslim author. It then morphed into allegations of ‘Hinduphobia’ and ‘love jihad’ against the college’s professors.
ABVP candidates won seven, SFI two and Independents five presidential posts in the Rajasthan student union polls, while Congress' student wing NSUI drew a blank.
ABVP students demanding disbursal of 'pending' fellowship grants clashed with JNU security guards last week, with both sides going on to get FIRs registered against each other.
The students were staging a protest on the campus alleging that they had not received their fellowship in over a year, a member from the RSS-backed student group said.
Protests began soon after photos of V-C attending iftaar function at Mahila Mahavidyalaya were posted on Twitter. BHU says iftaar at the university has been a years-old tradition.
After last week's clash over chicken consumption on Ram Navami, Dattatreya Hosabale claims organisation has been misrepresented in the press. It's working for democracy, he says.
Current & former students say there had never been clashes over religious rituals or celebrations on 'secular' campus, making Sunday's violence a first.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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