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Kajri: When the Village Sang Together in “Sawan”

Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē Hari. Hari kī saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Śyām saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Chāī ghāṭā ghanaghōrā hē Hari… Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē...

In place of shock and despair, we need steps towards justice and deepening democracy

 On November 9, 2019 Supreme Court delivered its verdict...

Agra to be renamed? Univ panel to examine if city had ‘ancient’ name

The Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra has now constituted a committee to go into the issue, following a letter from the local administration, Vice-Chancellor Arvind Dixit told PTI on Monday. A former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, late Jagan Prasad Garg, had demanded that Agra should be renamed Agravan.

BJP’s Hate Mongers out of Karnataka By-Poll Campaign

In an interesting move, the BJP has excluded two...

Widespread Protests Mushroom All Over Northeast; NESO Leads The Charge

Along with the commencement of the Partliament’s winter session, November 18 saw a profileration of student union protests over all the north-eastern state capitals.

Police brutality in the wake of peaceful JNU protests

Students sustain multiple injuries as police resorts to lathi charge

JNU students protested imposition of edu-preneurs on varsity: RTE Forum

 Condemning the arrest of over 100 Jawaharlal Nehru University...

Thousands of teachers to cease work in West Bengal colleges today

Not all is easy on the eastern front. Eighteen...

‘Where is Farooq’ opposition raises heat in Lok Sabha

Proceedings in Parliament got off to a stormy start...

No radicalism: BHU VC backs Feroz Khan’s appointment as Sanskrit professor

Students and members of ABVP have protested against his appointment in the Sanskrit department

Arunachal Pradesh University students join protests against CAB; Show Support to NESO

Rajiv Gandhi University Student Union (RGUSU) shows support to protest rally organised by AAPSU against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, likely to be tabled in the Parliament today.

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