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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
At the Pyre of Caste Hatred: Dalit suicides and the Media
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JNU Teachers refuse to resume work unless VC resigns
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Pak Hindu girl permitted to give Board exams by Rajasthan Govt.
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No benches, no drinking water for 400 students of BMC-run school
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