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TopicJamia Millia Islamia

Topic: Jamia Millia Islamia

DCW asks police to file FIR for ‘online abuse’ of pregnant Jamia student held in riots case

Jamia student Safoora Zargar is 3 months pregnant and was arrested by the Delhi Police on 10 April. She has since been subjected to a slander campaign on social media over her pregnancy.

Jamia students asked to vacate hostels say they won’t leave, fear they will be quarantined

In a notice last week, Jamia asked its students to vacate hostels, citing that nearby areas are Covid hotspots. But students say they’re ‘safe and secure’ in hostels.

As arrested and pregnant Jamia student is slandered online, husband keeps faith in judiciary

Safoora Zargar, booked under UAPA, is lodged in Tihar jail amid the Covid-19 outbreak and has been denied bail. She is three months pregnant.

Dr Zakir Husain, India’s 3rd president, had a politician’s mind but an educationist’s heart

Dr Zakir Husain proved himself to be a strong believer in the intellectual integrity of universities in India. He believed education was the master and politics, the servant.

Arrests in Jamia Millia Islamia violence & Delhi riots made on forensic evidence: Police

The communal clashes in February claimed 53 lives and over 200 people were injured.

Arrest of 2 Jamia students during lockdown for February riots in Delhi kicks up a storm

Activists call the arrest of Jamia students Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar ‘arbitrary’. Online petitions demand their release.

Jamia to provide psycho-social support to students during Covid-19 outbreak

After providing tele-counselling services, the University has now set up a mental health & counselling committee to facilitate the well-being of students.

Delhi Court sends Jamia student to 3-day police custody

Meeran Haider, a PhD student at Jamia, was arrested Thursday for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to incite communal riots in northeast Delhi.

Jamia suspends professor for tweeting he ‘failed non-Muslims’, he says it was sarcasm

In clarification, assistant professor Abrar Ahmad says tweet, in which he claimed he failed 15 non-Muslim students, was just to ‘explain how minorities are treated under CAA’. 

Under political pressure or a scapegoat? Where Delhi Police chief Amulya Patnaik went wrong

Though Amulya Patnaik has been known for his 'honesty' and 'sense of judgement', many now see him as a Delhi Police commissioner who failed his force during the riots.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?