New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Responding to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)’s demand for the immediate removal of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from academic curricula, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Saturday said that history cannot be altered and must be understood in its entirety. Speaking to IANS, Jha questioned the rationale behind such demands and emphasised the importance of studying historical figures in context.“I do not understand whose domain is what and who is commenting on which dom…
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Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade stated that women are not the abala (weak female), but the “empowered females” (sabala). He emphasised that when women move forward with this conviction, society progresses rapidly on the path of development.Addressing the 11th Convocation Ceremony of a private university on Wednesday, the Governor affirmed that women are second to none.Recalling the valour of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, he noted that she challenged the British at the y…
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 8 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday paid floral tributes to former President Dr Zakir Husain on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official said.Dr Zakir Husain served as the third President of India, holding office from May 13, 1967, until his demise on May 3, 1969. He was the first Muslim to serve as President of the country.Born on February 8, 1897, in Hyderabad, Dr Husain was not only an eminent Indian politician but also a distinguished educationist and i…