The Delhi police prosecutor on Friday compared the alleged planning of the February 2020 riots with that of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US while opposing former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid's bail plea.
The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the BJP.
While the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) alleged that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members stopped students from eating non-vegetarian food in the hostel and 'created a violent atmosphere', the ABVP denied the charge and claimed that 'Leftists' obstructed a puja programme organised at the hostel on Ram Navami festival.
According to the officials, the three-storey coaching institute, surrounded by residential and commercial establishments, had permission to use the basement as a store room, but it was being used as library in violation of the rules.
The meeting was attended by the JNU registrar, proctor and other admin officials who briefed the MHRD officials about the incident. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has vowed 'strong action' against the perpetrators of the violence at JNU.
Under the subhead 'why is this counselling session required', the contentious point has now been replaced with, 'Boys will be counselled to clearly distinguish between friendship and behaviour that may be considered sexual harassment. Girls will be counselled how to avoid sexual harassment.'
'Only when we show magnanimity and grace, give them the required respect and space, will they show the willingness to listen to us wholeheartedly,' says\nNCP leader Devi Prasad Tripathi.
Kanhaiya, who is out on bail in a sedition case, has been leading a movement demanding justice for Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad university scholar who was found hanging in his room earlier this year after he along with five others were suspended.
The chief minister said Najeeb, who has been missing for over two weeks now, will come back only when Prime Minister Narendra Modi could be made to realise that he is losing votes over the issue.
In a statement, the ICC on Tuesday said it has taken serious cognizance of the case reported to its office.
The former Naval chief said that the idea of nationalism is not restricted only to the military and its men and that booking students under such a law was 'ridiculous'.
Vouching for academic credentials of the students named in the probe report of the controversial Afzal Guru event on February 9, a group of Jawaharlal Nehru University faculty members has noted that the sequence of events "does not constitute a major act of indiscipline".
Kanhaiya, accompanied by a delegation of JNU students and members of All India Students Federation, met the Congress vice president at his residence in Tughlaq lane area.
In some Bihar constituencies, candidates named Ram are fighting each other.
"I had said it earlier and reiterating it now that educational institutions should not be made 'rajiniti ka akhada' (political battlefield) as it affects the life and progress of our students," Irani told reporters when asked about the violence in the campus. "I hope students will not be used as 'rajnitik mohre' (political tools)", the Amethi MP said. "A probe has started in the matter and it is not justified for me to comment on it as I am in a constitutional post," she added.
A day after of 'Kiss of Love' debuted in Delhi, a similar such event was held on Sunday at Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.
The five-member panel will recommend measures to ensure safety of students and will probe lapses in security, if any. The students and civil society members, meanwhile, took out a protest march demanding resignation of the V-C.
Taking exception to attack on Kanhaiya Kumar by some lawyers inside the Patiala House court complex, the parents of the JNUSU president refused to take police protection.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Under fire over his comments on 1984 anti-Sikh riots Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar appeared to be in a damage control mode on Wednesday and said he will fight against every massacre.
The accused have been identified on the basis of videos and the photos that went viral on social media. Statements of the warden, security guards and five students have been recorded by the police. 37 people from a WhatsApp group have also been identified.
Scores of lawyers, including those who allegedly assaulted journalists and Jawaharlal Nehru University students and teachers on two occasions, on Friday held a protest march demanding action against those "indulging" in "anti-India" activities.
The Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha leader, who had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for cutting off Jawaharlal Nehru University Students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar's tongue, was on Saturday expelled from primary membership of the party for six years.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Thursday alleged that a group of students broke into the central library and clashed with the staff there following which an FIR has been registered with the police.
Amid growing demands for his resignation, Kumar told the MHRD officials that efforts were being made to facilitate semester registration for 'willing' students.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar has appealed to "all" political parties to not "interfere" in the matters of university, which is caught in a row over an event against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and asserted that the varsity is "capable" of dealing with issues internally
The PM launched the multi-disciplinary sporting event through a video conference facility.
JNU's reply to the RTI said the main server was shut down on January 3 and had gone down the next day 'due to power supply disruption'. It also stated that 'no continuous and entire' CCTV footage of cameras was available of the day of attack.
The judge dismissed the plea observing that it is devoid of merits and filed in a mechanical manner and without application of mind by the high echelons of the Delhi Police and prison authority.
In the FIR, the police has claimed that the communal violence was a "premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.
While the warring groups blamed the other side for the ruckus, there was no immediate reaction from the JNU administration.
The draft guidelines have drawn flak from several quarters.
The students of the university have taken strong objection to the "technical certification".
Chomsky along with 86 other academicians had last week condemned "the culture of authoritarian menace that the present government in India has generated".
Khalid's petition challenging the October 18 last year order of the Delhi High Court, which had rejected his bail plea in the matter, came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A S Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge were among the top leaders who paid homage to former prime minister Manmohan Singh at his home in New Delhi on Friday.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari was the chief guest at the event which was also attended by Bhojpuri singer-actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua'.
"He is accused of delivering seditious speeches and inciting a particular section of community to indulge in unlawful activities, detrimental to sovereignty and integrity of the nation," the chargesheet said. "In the garb of protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, he exhorted people of a particular community to block the highways leading to the major cities and resort to 'Chakka Jam', thereby disrupting normal life," it said.
The JNU issued show-cause notice to 21 students after an inquiry panel found them "guilty of violating" norms in connection with the event against Afzal Guru's hanging.
In its supplementary charge sheet, the police said 'serious riots had broken out in consequence to the protest march organised by Jamia students' against the amended citizenship law on December 15 last year.
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