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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society
For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...
CU students protest against Choice Base-Credit System, wants more time
Vice-Chancellor sympathises with the students, but refuses to do anything for the benefit of CU students, who feel that the gap between two semester is little for them to prepare for their examination
You can’t stifle them all – IIT B students
Students of IIT Bombay hold event about Art 370 in park, after permission for seminar hall gets cancelled last minute. Many universities have prevented such discussions from taking place in their campus, across India, ever since Article 370 was abrogated.
Protesting JNU students target media, target female journalists
Students were protesting the fee hike imposed by the Inter-Hall administration
In ruins: Gol Gumbaz, the largest dome in India, is crumbling away
ASI says it hasn’t received any recent information on the same
‘Indians Less Charitable Than Asian Counterparts’
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JNU Protest: May Have to Quit After Fee Hike, Say Students
The students allege that the new hostel manual approved by the administration proposes 400% hike and recommends curfew timings.
Students, Cops clash at JNU on convocation
Students have been protesting against the fee hike that was ordered without consulting them
Thousands throng to Tipu’s tomb on his birth anniversary
Srirangpatana saw heavy security arrangements to maintain law and order
On 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji- Hope, Faith live on
With the opening of the Kartarpur corridor on this auspicious occasion, many Sikhs’ prayers have been answered.
Babu and Bhasha: The Game may end with this
Image Courtesy: educationworld.inThe Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy Government recently issued orders...
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