New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to all 14 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students who were arrested during a march from the varsity campus to the Union Ministry of Education (MoE).The accused, including three office-bearers of the JNU Students’ Union, were produced before the Patiala House Court after being arrested during a confrontation with police on Thursday. The court granted bail to all 14 students on a bond of Rs 25,000 each. During the hearing, the Delh…
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Friday called for a complete university strike to protest the arrest of 13 students, including three office-bearers, during a march to the Ministry of Education (MoE). The union alleged that several students were “brutally attacked and injured” during the protest and claimed that a portrait of Babasaheb Ambedkar was damaged during police action. The arrested students have been produced in the Court as the D…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi remained in the ‘poor’ category on Wednesday, with Anand Vihar recording ‘very poor’ conditions, reflected by an AQI of 342. The Delhi-NCR region is witnessing a gradual increase in temperatures, though mornings and evenings continue to remain relatively cooler. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), several monitoring stations across the national capital city reported varying air quality levels. Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 3…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday slammed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, saying that whatever happened in the varsity is entirely her responsibility and accusing her of damaging one of India’s premier institutions. Karat’s remarks came after violence broke out at the JNU campus in the early hours of Monday, when a protest rally turned violent, with students from opposing ideological groups accusing each other of being t…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) ABVP activists recounted the events that unfolded in the wee hours of Monday at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus and shared the actions they plan to take next. Violence reportedly broke out at the JNU campus when a protest rally turned confrontational, with student groups from opposing ideological sides accusing each other of initiating the aggression.ABVP activist Vikas Patel said that around three months ago, a facial recognition machine was proposed to be …
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday released a statement regarding the clash between student groups on campus, stating that the JNU administration condemns such unruly behaviour aimed at the repeated destruction of public property and damage to its inclusive ethos. It added that strict action under the university’s rules and regulations, as well as under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), is being taken to ensure a proper academic environment on campus. JNU sha…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Reacting to the attack on ABVP students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday slammed the developments, stating that JNU has become a hub of urban Naxalism and that successive governments, including those led by the Indian National Congress and Left parties, have nurtured it for years. Speaking to IANS, Giriraj Singh alleged, “I would say that Jawaharlal Nehru University has become a hub of urban Naxalism, and for years, successiv…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Violence erupted in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the early hours of Monday as Left-affiliated student groups clashed with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).The confrontation reportedly followed protests by Left groups over alleged casteist remarks made by the university’s Vice-Chancellor. While the Left groups have accused ABVP members of attacking protesters, the latter have made countercharges of harassment, further escalating tensions …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday launched six Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) and flagged off the ‘Vayu Rakshak’ fleet for air quality checking, enabling effective and data-driven steps to fight pollution, an official said.The CAAQMS were launched at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) West Campus, CWG Akshardham, Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya (S…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) When a regulation vests wide discretionary power in authorities without clear guardrails, it stops being reformist and begins to look coercive. That is precisely how the University Grants Commission’s latest equity regulations have been perceived across campuses and beyond. The backlash they triggered was not against the principle of equality or social justice, but against the architecture of the rules themselves — marked by vague definitions, sweeping mandates and an en…