Kanhaiya Kumar is Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate from Begusarai in Bihar. He is a former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union. He received his doctorate from JNU in 2019. Kanhaiya Kumar was born in Bihat village in Bihar. The village is in Begusarai District. He graduated in Geography from College of Commerce in Patna. He topped entrance examination of Jawaharlal Nehru University and pursued his Ph.D. in African Studies. In 2016, Kanhaiya Kumar got embroiled in a controversy after which he was arrested in connection with a program against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. He was also accused of being involved in 'anti-India' sloganeering. Kanhaiya Kumar has denied the charges. Information in the pubic domain includes Kanhaiya Kumar's statements in which he says that he always says that "Kashmir is an integral part of India". In Begusarai, Kanhaiya Kumar is facing-off with BJP MP Giriraj Singh in Lok Sabha Election 2019.
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New Delhi: Coming out in support of JNUstudents' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, students and teachers of several international universities, including those from University of California and Yale, are narrating his
New Delhi: We all agree that India is one of the worst victims of terrorism in the world. We also agree that this terrorism is aided and abetted from across the border. Yet, we have
Mumbai: Former TMC MP and national award-winning musician Kabir Suman has claimed that his Facebook account was blocked on late Thursday after he shared a post in support of 2001 Parliamentary attack convict Afzal Guru.Suman's
New Delhi: A petition was filed in Delhi High Court Friday accusing city police commissioner B S Bassi of "influencing" the probe in the sedition case against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.The plea, which is likely
New Delhi: A Delhi-based journalist, who is a friend of Umar Khalid, has been questioned by Delhi Police about the whereabouts of Khalid, who the police are searching for in connection with the sedition case
New Delhi: In a scathing indictment of Delhi Police, a probe team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said that the physical assault on JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in the court premises
Kolkata: Protests and sloganeering by Jadavpur University students notwithstanding, its Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das today said the varsity would not file FIR against any student as it has always stood for freedom of expression, freedom of
New Delhi: As the focus has shifted from JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to Umar Khalid, a JNU student leader, who is accused of leading the group that raised anti-India slogans on the evenging of February
New Delhi: Delhi High Court will not hear bail plea of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar today. Kanhaiya has been arrested by Delhi Police on sedition charges.According to Registrar General of Delhi HC, Kanhaiya's bail plea
New Delhi: JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar's mother Meena Devi today slammed the attack on her son in the Patiala House Court premises and questioned who will be responsible if he dies in custody."I
New Delhi: Call records of two mobile numbers belonging to former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, believed to be the main organiser of the February 9 event at the varsity's campus where alleged anti-India slogans
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New Delhi: In an apparent bid to evoke strong nationalistic sentiments amidst alleged anti-India slogans being raised during protests at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Jadavpur University in West Bengal, the central government
New Delhi: Arrested on charges of sedition, JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar today moved the top court seeking bail. The bail plea of Kumar, in judicial custody till March 2, will be heard tomorrow, the Supreme
New Delhi: The arrest of JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar over sedition charges has snowballed into a major political controversy. He has been charged under Section 124A of Indian Penal code.Sedition as defined under IPC Section
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was yesterday sent to judicial custody till March 2, has been kept at the jail number 3 of Tihar Jail, the same cell where
New Delhi: The Bar Council of India has decided to crack the whip on the group of unruly lawyers who indulged in violence at the Patiala House Court complex here, saying the licences of those
New Delhi: Support is pouring in for JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing charges of sedition for his alleged involvement in anti-national sloganeering during a controversial event for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, from
New Delhi: JNU teachers have questioned the "scope" of the university probe panel inquiring into the raising of alleged anti-national slogans on campus and demanded that more members should be included into the high-level committee.The
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has criticised the BJP leadership in recent times, says he is with the central government on the JNU row. At the same time, Sinha also said in
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