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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

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IIT Prof’s meltdown, abuse of students is a lesson on how not to teach

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Three Mumbai journalists succumb to Covid-19

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Twitter removes posts critical of gov’t handling of Covid-19 emergency

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India’s Covid-19 surge through the global lens

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Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies

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Rules for offensive social media content laid down: Delhi HC

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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