Ned Price, the US State Department spokesperson, underlined that it is a matter of utmost importance to highlight democratic principles like freedom of expression.
The screening of ‘India: The Modi Question’, scheduled for 6 pm on the campus, was called off in the face of a massive police build-up outside the institute.
Earlier in the day, four students from a left-wing student organisation were detained for allegedly creating a ruckus outside the campus over the screening of the documentary.
On Tuesday, Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union could not hold a proposed screening of the documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’, because lights suddenly went off in the union office.
The university had issued a notice, asking the students not to watch the film. JNUSU released a statement questioning the validity of the notice and went ahead with its programme.
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
The Centre had issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the controversial BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question".
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
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