New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Dec 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Schools in the national capital will remain closed on…
By Gokul Bhagabati Much water has flowed under the Yamuna bridge — dirty though — since the February 9 “cultural” event inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)campus, against what the organisers called the “judicial killing”…
Aligarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (retd.) on Saturday denied allegations that beef was being serving in the medical college canteen, and termed it a “vicious” attempt…
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday urged the Indian government to invest…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of Moulana Azad National Urdu University has demanded the withdrawal of “false cases” against the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University including students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. While seeking justice…
Saurabh Sharma photo by Amit Mehra New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Sparking off a new controversy, the JNUSU joint secretary on Friday called and chaired a council meeting which passed several resolutions including for a…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday extended support to Jawaharlal Nehru University students and condemned “attempts by the State to stifle dissent in educational institutions and…
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) will collaborate with left-aligned students unions countrywide to combat “a concerted effort by the ABVP and the BJP to take control of university campuses”,…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Amid the pro-Afzal guru slogan controversy, Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das called on West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday and later asserted the varsity will maintain its tradition of…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Three members of the JNU’s ABVP unit on Wednesday resigned their posts and decided to disassociate themselves from the organization following “difference of opinions” over the recent developments and crackdown…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Jadavpur University was on the boil on Wednesday as posters appeared on the campus expressing solidarity with students “seeking independence” for Kashmir and demanding ‘freedom’ for Manipur and Nagaland. The posters,…
By Priyanka New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, has never made anti-national remarks and in fact opposes all forms of extremism, fellow students and his Phd teacher-guide say….
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after anti-national slogans echoed in a rally at Jadavpur University, vice chancellor Suranjan Das on Wednesday claimed certain “fringe elements” had indulged in such sloganeering. He said such slogans…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Ten student organisations on Wednesday came out in support of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar who has been arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans. We want a…
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) A bomb hoax at the Karachi University caused panic on Wednesday, leading to its evacuation, Dawn reported. Police found no bomb or explosive. The police came to know that three bombs…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Amid the row over anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, slogans eulogising parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru and demands for “azadi” echoed in Jadavpur University here on Tuesday. Slogans…
New Delhi: Actor Shah Rukh Khan receive his graduation degree after 28 years at Annual Fest of Hansraj College in New Delhi on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Superstar…
New Delhi: JNU students stage a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Tuesday got support from over…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association on Tuesday questioned Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar over permission to Delhi Police to carry out searches on the campus and arrest students and…
Beijing, Feb 16 (IANS) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will establish a supply chain education centre in China’s Ningbo city, which houses the world’s largest port by cargo tonnage, said the city’s education bureau…