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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

Nita Ambani may soon be teaching Women Studies at BHU

The University’s Women studies and Development center has invited Ambani, to be a visiting professor at the university

BJP leader challenges Places of Worship Act in SC

The petition states that the law takes away rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to reclaim their places of worship through Courts , says it legalises illegal acts of invaders

Stop showing “Bombay Begums” for depicting minors inappropriately:  NCPCR to Netflix 

The Child rights Commission said that it received two complaints on Twitter about the allegedly offensive depiction in the show

What will Waseem Rizvi gain by antagonising the Muslim community?

The ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’of 26 verses of the Quran

Twelfth of March: Gandhi and Grande

Today is the date of two significant anniversaries!

Bad news for those still looking for gold in cow milk

Govt ‘admits’ no conclusive information available on difference in quality of milk of foreign breeds and indigenous cattle

Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya

UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best

Swiss Vote for Burqa Ban and Its Reaction among Indian Muslims

The established theologians of Islam around the world have debunked the untenable theological justifications around the full-face veil of all forms

Have the RW’s “land jihad” claims been busted?

News reports suggest that, contrary to media claims, a very small percent of land was allotted to Muslim community in the Hindu-majority Jammu region under the Roshni Act

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice

Petition had been filed to remove the Gyanvapi mosque from the site of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple

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