An IPS officer's thumb was bitten by a woman protester when he was pushing back agitators, who were trying to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Thursday, police sources said.
JNU violence: A day after JNU violence, senior warden of the Sabarmati Hostel tendered her resignation. "We tried but could not provide security to the hostel," said R Meena, JNU's Sabarmati Hostel senior warden said after masked men entered the hostel during Sunday's violence in the JNU campus.
JNU violence: Launching a scathing attack on JNU Vice-Chancellor, JNU Student's Union in a strong-worded statement said, "At every step, the Vice-Chancellor has tried to destroy the culture and academics of the university. Mr. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, it is time to go!"
JNU violence: At least 28 people, including JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh and a faculty member, were injured as chaos reigned on the campus for nearly two hours on Sunday. Meanwhile, around 20 of those injured have been admitted to AIIMS trauma centre.
The protest march was also attended by former JNUSU President and CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Students holding torches raised slogans like "Hai Jaan Se Pyaara Hindustan, Pyaara Pyaara Hindustan, Zindadil hai Hindustan, Protest Karega Hindustan, Nahi Jhukega Hindustan, Arey Gandhi Waala Hindustan... (India will not cow down, India will protest, India of Mahatma Gandhi will protest...)"
JNU’s teachers say that the institution remains as popular as ever among the Indian youth, even as the students of India's top liberal arts university boycott examination for the first time in decades
The letter also cites sections from two letters from Jawaharlal Nehru University students, who have urged the administration to ensure that the end semester exams are completed without any obstruction.
The JNUSU, which has been protesting for over a month against the proposed hike in hostel fee, said at least 17 centres have held meetings and supported the call for boycott of semester exams.
Shiv Sena's editorial 'Saamna' accused the BJP for the ongoing ruckus at JNU. It further read it does not support the students crossing barricades, however, lathi-charge on blind and disabled students is also not the right way to contain such a situation.
The issue of the ongoing protests at JNU also resonated in the Lok Sabha with Opposition members describing the alleged police action on the students as "suppression of voice" and demanding total rollback of hostel fee hike.
Rajya Sabha proceedings on Tuesday were adjourned till 2 pm after opposition uproar over alleged police action on protesting JNU students in the national capital and detention of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
The situation in Delhi remained tensed on Monday as hundreds of students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) gathered to march towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike.
The students' protest against the increase in hostel fee is going on for the past three weeks, even as the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on Wednesday announced a partial rollback of the hike. The union had termed the decision an "eyewash".
Union Human Resource Development Minister Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was stuck inside the AICTE auditorium here for over six hours on Monday as protests by JNU students escalated, forcing him two cancel two events later in the day.
New Delhi: A gardener of the nursery where a 30-year-old woman was found dead on Saturday in Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi has been arrested in connection with her gangrape and murder.According to police,
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