The march was its attempt to retaliate against All India Students' Association and assorted Left-inclined groups, which had put up a massive anti-ABVP show on February 28, by projecting alleged violence "perpetrated" by Communists in the country.
The principal of Fergusson College, who had asked the police to take action against those who "raised anti-national slogans" on the campus during a verbal clash between two students' groups, retracted his statement on Wednesday, saying he had meant to seek a probe into whether such slogans were raised or not.
This country is a democracy. Why only artistes, even a common can go anywhere and express his opinion, Javadekar said.
A 21-year-old Indian-origin student was allegedly subjected to a racial slur at a prestigious US university, prompting the student's body to pass a "diversity resolution" to promote an inclusive atmosphere on its campus.
Shah said police used force as the protesters indulged in violence, set blaze vehicles. He also said the NRC was not a religion-based exercise.
The joint action committee members for social justice at Hyderabad Central University, on Saturday blocked the main gate of the varsity protesting removal of makeshift tents near the shopping complex on the campus.
'This is a public institution, run on public money and our fees,' the students say. 'Yet, decisions that affect us crucially are being taken without consulting us.'
The VC said that he has contributed a lot to improve the functioning of the university.
'Once our voices are crushed, they can bring in an agenda of privatisation.'
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As opposition parties targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party over the police action on the campus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and asked him to address the issue at the earliest.
With the proposed 'beef and pork' food festival sparking protests from right-wing groups, Jawaharlal Nehru University authorities on Monday stepped in to prevent any further flaring of tempers, warning students against organising such an event. A circular that appeared in the campus on Monday warned students against the possession, consumption or cooking of beef on campus, pointing to the law that prohibits cow slaughter.
Tension prevailed on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad on Monday after students clashed with police which lobbed teargas shells on protesters indulging in heavy stone-pelting.
While no one has been named in the two FIRs yet, the official said police is investigating the video evidence of the violence that took place on the days of incidents.
Varsity security personnel, who yesterday stopped entry of three Kerala MPs and social activist Teesta Setalvad into the campus, on Friday prevented Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav and others from entering the campus.
The fracas began after the film's screening ended late in the evening, and students from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad fought with activists of Left-backed student unions in which a few of them received minor injuries, officials said.
A group of activists under the banner of Telangana students and OU-JAC held protests in front of the OU Police Station located on the varsity campus and later pelted stones on the police station and cops, a senior police officer told PTI.
The faculty and students of Jawaharlal Nehru University alleged that over 10 students, including the visually and physically challenged, were injured due to the "brutality" of police personnel who severely baton charged them during their protest against the hostel fee hike on Monday, even as the Delhi Police denied the accusations.
The fascists in control of our nation, are afraid of the voices of our brave students. Today's violence in JNU is a reflection of that fear, Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet
Political parties have demanded a thorough probe after the family of the student, who hailed from Kerala, accused a faculty member of the IIT-M of driving her to commit suicide.
He had been involved in organising the protests at Shaheen Bagh but came into limelight after a video clip went viral wherein he could be heard making some disturbing comments while addressing a gathering at Aligarh Muslim University, following which he was booked under the sedition charge in the UP town.
The sources said the ministers and HRD officials however assured the students that their genuine demands like better amenities inside the campus and improving the academic atmosphere will be addressed.
The court took note of the suicides at IIT-Madras since 2006 and advised the institute to provide periodic counselling to students.
Eminent scientists and writers from across the world, including renowned thinker Noam Chomsky and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, have joined the chorus of protest against the arrest of JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
However, no one was injured in the incident.
The students should think only about their career, studies, classes, minor examinations and semester examinations, and should not be deterred by any advice or persuasion to the contrary, the VC said.
Registrar Pramod Kumar said a few 'miscreants' had severely damaged the information and communication service (CIS) systems of the university 'as part of their continuing agitation'.
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.
Jawaharlal Nehru University students' protest against the government over missing student Najeeb Ahmed turned violent on Sunday near India Gate when police took the protestors back to their buses in order to prevent any clash. Shocking visuals, which appeared all over social media, showed Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees being dragged by Delhi Police personnel from the protest site.
The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities.
Ahmed, an MSc student at JNU, went missing allegedly after a brawl with ABVP members.
"Slogans are a subset of freedom of expression. You express your politics through it. I can chant any slogan, you can differ or agree. But you can't slap sedition charges," Aparajitha Raja, the 25-year-old president of the JNU unit of AISF and daughter of CPI leader D Raja, tells Shivam Saini.
Pakistan's legendary cricketer and opposition leader Imran Khan was on Wednesday detained by radical students at a university in Lahore and subsequently handed over to the police after he emerged from hiding to join a protest on the campus against the emergency rule.
Over 260 policemen were also injured, of whom 57 received gunshot wounds, IG (Law and Order) Praveen Kumar said on Saturday.
Pro-Telangana students on Thursday clashed with police on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad for the second consecutive day.
An IIT-Kanpur student recited the poem 'Hum Dekhenge' by Faiz against which a complaint was filed by Dr Vashimant Sharma, a temporary faculty member, and 16 others, including faculty members and students.
University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula's mother was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after she complained of chest pain.
Students resolved to change their "method" of protest and resort to peaceful agitation till missing student Najeeb Ahmed is traced.
The JNU panel had in 2016 recommended rustication of Khalid and two other students and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kumar.
Groups of students supporting the demand for a separate state of Telangana clashed with police at Osmania University campus for the second day on Friday.
