JNU administration has issued show cause notices to 20 students including sedition accused Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, seeking explanation for the alleged illegal confinement of Vice Chancellor and other officials in the varsity building. A group of agitating students had confined the VC and other senior officials in the[Read More…]
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Justice for Najeeb: Police stops Parliament march
JNU students and the family members of missing students tried to march from Mandi House to Parliament on Wednesday demanding justice for Najeeb but were stopped midway by Delhi Police. Fatima Nafees, mother of Najeeb, alleged that her son has been held captive. She said that UP Chief Minister Akhilesh[Read More…]
JNU footballers sport with ‘Najeeb’ jerseys
Red Star JNU,A football team from JNU, played a tournament with stickers saying ‘Najeeb’ pasted over their own names on their jerseys. The players also wore white armband with ‘Find Najeeb’ written on it. The team also sloganeered for Najeeb during the gap between matches. “in the football pitch, we[Read More…]
JNU missing student protest : Police detains Najeeb’s mother and students
Delhi Police on Sunday detained students of JNU who were protesting at the India gate over inaction by the authorities to find Najeeb Ahmed, an MSc student who went missing 22 days ago. Najeeb’s mother was also detained by the police. The detained students were lodged at Mayapuri police station[Read More…]
PhD student found dead in hostel room in JNU
A PhD student was found dead under mysterious circumstances from his hostel in Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday night. A resident of Manipur, JR Philemon Chiru as reported by police had locked himself in his hostel for the past three days and when other students complained of a foul smell[Read More…]
Najeeb Ahmed: JNU students retain VC and other staff members for over 15 hours
Protesting students gheraoed the administrative building in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and for over 15 hours on Wednesday night. The situation worsened as students did not let the vice chancellor and other office staff go out from their offices and continued the agitation throughout the night. The agitation was called[Read More…]
NSUI burns effigy of PM Modi as ‘Ravana’ in JNU, probe ordered
Dussehra witnessed the burning of effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi’s Jawahar Lal Nehru by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). The university is now “investigating the matter”. The JNU administration had recently served proctorial notices to four students for burning an effigy of[Read More…]
Left Unity wins 14 out of the 15 councillor seats in JNU
The United Left has claimed victory over 14 councilor seats in Jawaharlal Nehru University’s three of the largest schools. The remaining one seat in the combined seats of School of Languages, School of International Studies and School of Social Sciences has been claimed by Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF). An alliance[Read More…]
JNU, DU elections: Polling underway in both universities as students flock to cast ballots
The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) vote to elect their representatives for the students unions on Friday. Currently, voting is underway in the two politically charged campuses and the nerve centres of student politics in Delhi. The JNU elections are the most closely watched one after[Read More…]
Former AISA-Delhi President faces rape allegations from fellow JNU student
A 28-year-old PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University was allegedly raped by a fellow student on Saturday when she went to his hostel room to copy a movie on a pen drive. The accused, Anmol Ratan is a fellow student and leader of AISA, the student wing of the CPI[Read More…]
JNU blocks registration of Kanhaiya, Umar and 19 others
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has blocked the registration of all 21 students related toFebruary 9 sedition issue in JNU campus. Their registration for next semester has been blocked and the circular was signed by JNU registrar Pramod Kumar. The list of 21 students includes JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar,[Read More…]