Student Protests
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JNU January violence: Delhi Police fact-finding panel clears its own personnel, says report
The committee has reportedly concluded that the situation at the campus on January 5 was brought under control with police intervention.
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Jamia firing: Injured student discharged from AIIMS, protestors evicted from police headquarters
Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar said the university will bear the medical expenses of the student who was injured in Thursday’s shooting.
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51 years ago, the death of a student leader sparked a mass upsurge in former East Pakistan
Amanullah Mohammad Asaduzzaman’s nephew recalls how his uncle’s killing in police firing eventually led to the Bangladesh war for liberation.
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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‘I kept feeling it was a nightmare’: Safoora Zargar on surviving 38 days in solitary confinement
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India’s poor were struggling to refill LPG cylinders. Now with record price hike, many have given up
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JNU violence was ‘state-sponsored’, VC must be dismissed, says Congress fact-finding panel
The panel called for a criminal inquiry against M Jagdish Kumar, the security company and the faculty members ‘complicit in the incident’.
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Arvind Subramanian writes on JNU, Jamia: ‘Jobs fewer, violence on students only adds hopelessness’
The former chief economic adviser warned that if universities became war zones, ‘we make carcasses of the hopes of our students’.
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Ex-AMU vice chancellor writes: Why did police go berserk in Jamia, Aligarh but fail to act at JNU?
The inaction of the police was dictated by reasons other than the interests of the country and fair play, writes Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah.
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‘India’s illiberal slide has been steady and swift’: Journalist Fareed Zakaria
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Watch: AR Rahman posts video of young boy playing the drums in Nagaland
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Watch: Comedy film ‘Dahej Ka Scooter’ highlights fears, excitement, courage of women during weddings
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Watch: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview reimagined as Indian soap opera
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‘Totally un-self-aware’: How social media reacted to Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey
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‘I want to know Deepika Padukone’s political affiliation’: Smriti Irani criticises actor’s JNU visit
The Union minister lashed out at the actor for expressing solidarity with students who were attacked by a mob at the campus on January 5.
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Mysuru student charged with sedition for carrying ‘Free Kashmir’ placard at JNU solidarity march
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening. The police have not identified the protestor yet but filed charges against the organisers of the protest.
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Delhi Police baton-charge, detain JNU students marching to Rashtrapati Bhavan
At another protest at Mandi House, students and activists demanded that the JNU vice chancellor be removed.
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The Reel
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‘OK Computer’ trailer: In sci-fi comedy, a robot named Ajeeb gets involved with a murder
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Actress Devika Rani ‘kept her dignity despite all the things done to her’: biographer Kishwar Desai
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‘The Married Woman’ review: Passion, caution and unanswered questions as two women fall in love
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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‘Systematic attack’: Students, faculty of IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta condemn JNU violence
Academic institutions must be able to function without fear, they said.
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JNU violence: No arrests yet, police face criticism for FIRs against student leader
The Delhi Police and forensic experts visited the campus on Tuesday morning to gather evidence and talk to students about the January 5 violence.
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Kolkata: Police lathicharge BJP workers, students protesting against JNU violence
The police apologised for the action against students and alleged that it was a misunderstanding.
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The Field
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Playing IPL 2021 in India will be great preparation for T20 World Cup, says England’s Sam Curran
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India vs England: Few of our players were ill during fourth Test, suffered weight loss, says Stokes
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Really slack: Justin Langer rues Australia missing out on World Test C’ship final due to over rate
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ISL semi-final: Brilliant but wasteful FC Goa, adaptive Mumbai City, madness scoring over method
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Serie A: Milan Skriniar stars as Inter defeat Atalanta to go six points clear