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Violence in Bengal over rape and murder of teenager

Violence in Bengal over rape and murder of teenager

Rediff.com22 Apr 2023

The 17-year-old girl, whose body was found in a canal in Kaliaganj police station area on Friday, knew the man, Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Sana Akhtar said, identifying him as the prime accused.

Karnataka BJP leader Eshwarappa 'retires' from politics

Karnataka BJP leader Eshwarappa 'retires' from politics

Rediff.com11 Apr 2023

Eshwarappa would turn 75 in June, the unofficial age bar in the BJP for leaders to contest polls and hold official positions.

DUSU removes busts of Savarkar, others from campus

DUSU removes busts of Savarkar, others from campus

Rediff.com24 Aug 2019

The busts of the trio were installed on August 20 by outgoing DUSU president Shakti Singh without taking permission from the varsity authorities. They were removed on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

'BJP writing new grammar of electoral politics'

'BJP writing new grammar of electoral politics'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

'The party is breaking stereotypes by not inviting senior leaders to become chief ministers.' 'No other party has had the guts to do this.'

Bengal to reopen schools, colleges on Feb 3, allows daily flights

Bengal to reopen schools, colleges on Feb 3, allows daily flights

Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

Schools for classes 8 to 12, colleges and varsities will reopen in West Bengal on February 3, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday.

Vishwanath temple remark: Lucknow prof assaulted

Vishwanath temple remark: Lucknow prof assaulted

Rediff.com18 May 2022

"Karthik Pandey, a student leader, came to me and started hurling abuses and casteist slurs at me and hit me," Professor Ravi Kant Chandan of the university's Hindi department said.

Day after students clash, JNU seeks detailed report from security branch

Day after students clash, JNU seeks detailed report from security branch

Rediff.com11 Nov 2022

The scuffle that broke out near the Narmada hostel on Thursday was a fallout of events that unfolded at a birthday party a day before.

'JNU attack couldn't happen without political support'

'JNU attack couldn't happen without political support'

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

'They want to establish the silence of the graveyard in university campuses across India.' 'They cannot bear any questioning or dissent. They want subordination and obedience.' 'And that is not going to happen,' says Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat.

Huge uproar erupts over Jadavpur University student death

Huge uproar erupts over Jadavpur University student death

Rediff.com17 Aug 2023

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in Delhi reprimanded Jadavpur University for submitting a "generic" report about the incident.

Prof's death: ABVP activist surrenders

Prof's death: ABVP activist surrenders

Rediff.com22 Sep 2006

Vishal Rajoria had been absconding since the murder.

BJP makes Sunil Bansal in charge of West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana

BJP makes Sunil Bansal in charge of West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

The BJP appointed Sunil Bansal, one of the party's key election managers, as its national general secretary and in charge of three opposition-ruled states -- West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana -- in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

How the violence was unleashed at Delhi's Ramjas college

How the violence was unleashed at Delhi's Ramjas college

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

'At Ramjas too, slogans for Kashmir's azaadi were heard. We won't let DU become JNU.'

JNU students clash over movie screening on love jihad

JNU students clash over movie screening on love jihad

Rediff.com28 Apr 2018

Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union and the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment had disrupted the film's screening, alleging a hate campaign was being propagated in its guise.

Left students attacked in Visva Bharati university, 2 held

Left students attacked in Visva Bharati university, 2 held

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

An SFI member was hospitalised and several others suffered minor injuries in the attack that comes a week after BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta was heckled by Left-leaning students at the university. SFI blamed the ABVP for the attack, however the latter said attackers were TMC members.

12 arrested for clash at Savitribai Phule Pune University

12 arrested for clash at Savitribai Phule Pune University

Rediff.com25 Feb 2017

Activists of ABVP and SFI clashed following verbal spat and altercation over putting up of posters on the varsity campus on Friday evening.

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

'Education played the most significant role in entrenchment of Hindutva ideology in coastal Karnataka.' 'Teachers of most of the schools, junior colleges, degree colleges and universities are active agents of Hindutva propaganda.'

United Left wins all 4 panel posts in JNU Students' Union polls

United Left wins all 4 panel posts in JNU Students' Union polls

Rediff.com16 Sep 2018

The AISA, SFI, DSF and AISF have come together to form the 'United Left' alliance.

Hey students, fight for your own minds!

Hey students, fight for your own minds!

Rediff.com4 Mar 2017

There is going to be no defence of freedom of thought from this government.

Medha Patkar booked over alleged 'misuse of funds'

Medha Patkar booked over alleged 'misuse of funds'

Rediff.com12 Jul 2022

As per the complaint, cash worth more than Rs 1.5 crore, whose audit for withdrawal and expenditure remained unclear, has been recovered during the probe.

Hindu Sena puts up saffron flags, posters outside JNU, with a warning

Hindu Sena puts up saffron flags, posters outside JNU, with a warning

Rediff.com15 Apr 2022

In a video circulated on WhatsApp, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta is purportedly heard saying in Hindi, 'Saffron is being insulted in the JNU campus on a regular basis. We want to warn those who are doing this. Mend your ways. We won't tolerate this.'

Another students' march in Delhi, but this wasn't just about free speech

Another students' march in Delhi, but this wasn't just about free speech

Rediff.com4 Mar 2017

A students' march against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Saturday featured issues beyond free speech, with "simmering discontent" against the Narendra Modi government finding expression through colours, posters and poetry.

New JNU rules levy Rs 20,000 penalty on students for dharna, Rs 30,000 for violence

New JNU rules levy Rs 20,000 penalty on students for dharna, Rs 30,000 for violence

Rediff.com2 Mar 2023

Students can be imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 for holding dharnas and face admission cancellation or a fine of up to Rs 30,000 for resorting to violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University, its latest rules stipulate.

Ujjain: Professor mobbed by ABVP dies

Ujjain: Professor mobbed by ABVP dies

Rediff.com26 Aug 2006

Sabharwal, who had undergone a bypass surgery recently, was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead.

BJP, Left supporters clash in Jadavpur; baton charged

BJP, Left supporters clash in Jadavpur; baton charged

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Several students organisation, civil society groups and parties cutting across political lines took out rallies in various parts of Kolkata and the state to protest against the violence that rocked JNU.

Some JNU students asked me not to supply chicken: Meat vendor

Some JNU students asked me not to supply chicken: Meat vendor

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

'I have been supplying meat to JNU for the last 25-30 years and never has it happened that I have been asked not to supply meat'

The Strange Answers Of Shivaji Pawar

The Strange Answers Of Shivaji Pawar

Rediff.com7 Mar 2023

For four days, the officer avoided giving any straight answers, becoming the first witness in the 48 witnesses that have appeared so far, to have achieved this feat.

Now, Irani accused of 'harassing' AU students' union president

Now, Irani accused of 'harassing' AU students' union president

Rediff.com8 Mar 2016

Opposition parties say the HRD minister is acting like ABVP's patron saint.

Every Ruling Party Like Its Writ To Run

Every Ruling Party Like Its Writ To Run

Rediff.com24 Jun 2023

Despite their opposition based on ideology, both the political Right and the political Left possess similar behaviour, observes Shyam G Menon.

NSUI makes comeback in DUSU polls, bags president, VP posts

NSUI makes comeback in DUSU polls, bags president, VP posts

Rediff.com13 Sep 2017

NSUI's Rocky Tusheed won the president's post by a margin of 1,590 votes while ABVP's Mahamedha Nagar defeated NSUI's Minakshi Meena by 2,624 votes to win the post of secretary.

Professor's murder: 3 more ABVP activists held

Professor's murder: 3 more ABVP activists held

Rediff.com20 Sep 2006

Three more Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activists were arrested on Wednesday for alleged involvement in professor H S Sabharwal's murder, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.

Meet the BJP's silent army in Bengal

Meet the BJP's silent army in Bengal

Rediff.com3 Apr 2021

'They are our go-to men, our trouble-shooters.' 'They draw their strength from remaining low-key and accessible only to our workers.'

DUSU president doesn't remember his graduation subjects

DUSU president doesn't remember his graduation subjects

Rediff.com6 Oct 2018

>The ABVP has put the onus on Delhi University to verify Ankiv Baisoya's degree and is defending its leader. But there's not a single word of support from its political masters.

How BJP ensures beneficiaries of govt schemes vote for it

How BJP ensures beneficiaries of govt schemes vote for it

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

A vistarak is assigned to convince voters of the 'far-reaching benefits' of the schemes and doles handed out by the Centre and the UP government.

Hundreds march to 'save DU', 'reclaim' space to dissent

Hundreds march to 'save DU', 'reclaim' space to dissent

Rediff.com28 Feb 2017

Hundreds of students and teachers of Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia on Tuesday hit the streets with a call to "save" the varsities from the "onslaught" of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and "curbing" of dissent.

'Who's polluting your mind', asks Rijiju from girl 'threatened with rape'

'Who's polluting your mind', asks Rijiju from girl 'threatened with rape'

Rediff.com27 Feb 2017

In her complaint to the DCW, the student has said she has received 'rape' threats on social media allegedly from members of the ABVP after she condemned 'violence in name of nationalism' in the backdrop of Ramjas incident.

Karnataka home minister gives clean chit to Amnesty

Karnataka home minister gives clean chit to Amnesty

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

Amnesty International India has never involved itself in any kind of anti-national activities, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday, even as it faced sedition charges over an event held by it in Bengaluru in which anti-India and anti-Army slogans were allegedly raised.

Babul Supriyo heckled at Jadavpur University

Babul Supriyo heckled at Jadavpur University

Rediff.com19 Sep 2019

Describing the behaviour of the agitating students as "absolutely deplorable", he alleged that the protesters were trying to "disturb peace" at the institute by "instigating the students and seminar organisers to create a stampede-like situation".

JNU moves HC against students; Police file FIRs

JNU moves HC against students; Police file FIRs

Rediff.com19 Nov 2019

Hundreds of JNU students rocked the national capital on Monday, bringing several parts of the city to a halt.

'BJP is nearing its expiry date'

'BJP is nearing its expiry date'

Rediff.com5 Apr 2023

'BJP loses a democratic election, then buys MLAs from the ruling party's flock and rides to power in these states.' 'Do you think Atalji would have tolerated this?'

Road inside JNU named after Savarkar; signboard defaced

Road inside JNU named after Savarkar; signboard defaced

Rediff.com17 Mar 2020

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh slammed the move, terming it a "shame" that Savarkar's name had been put in the university.