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August 26, 2016 JNU appeals court upholds punishments for 21 students over ‘anti-national’ event
The Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Appellate Authority on Tuesdayupheld the fines and punishments awarded to 21 students over an event held on its campus where “anti-national” slogans were allegedly raised, The Indian Express reported. While the fines imposed on some students have been reduced, the court has upheld temporaryrustication orders for Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. […]
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April 7, 2016 How JNU and HCU were ranked as the best universities in the country (and why it may not matter much)
Image credit: PTI They might have been called dens of anti-nationalists and good for nothing. But on Monday, the government added another label to Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University: The best educational institutions in the country. In its first-ever nationwide ranking of educational institutions and other universities, JNU and HCU came in at the […]
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March 2, 2016 JNU rally for convicted terrorist wrong: poll
A demonstrator waves Indian national flag as she takes part in a protest demanding the release of Kanhaiya Kumar in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters A majority of respondents to an instaVaani poll opposed the rally staged by some Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students to commemorate the anniversary of the hanging of Afzal Guru, a convict […]
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February 29, 2016 Parliament watch: Smriti Irani offers to cut off her head as aggressive BJP joins JNU fight
Photo Credit: PTI 33.2K Total Views If there was any question about the way the Bharatiya Janata Party feels about the sedition case that has rocked Jawaharlal Nehru Unversity, it was laid to rest in Parliament on Wednesday. BJP Members of Parliament Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur and Venkaiah Naidu took the floor on the second […]
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February 18, 2016 We were detained because we ‘looked like’ JNU students: Theatre group members picked up by police
Photo Credit: Sangwari/Facebook 61.5K Total Views In the aftermath of protests at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of student union president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of criminal conspiracy and sedition on Friday, the police swung into action again on Saturday. A day after Kumar’s arrest, seven people were reportedly detained while trying […]
