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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

Maharashtra Governor inaugurates ‘tirth darshan circuit’ it’s now Jainism’s turn

The Mahabharata state’s tourism department has involved several sites, some of them dating back to several centuries

Is the Election Commission vigilant enough in safeguarding India’s election process from the influence of social media?

A former bureaucrat, secretary to the GOI, EAS Sharma raises pertinent questions

Complaint filed with Times Now against ‘Ram Mandir’ show

During the debate, the speakers abused each other and even got into a scuffle, yet the debate continued

No criminality in journalist, Mohd Zubair’s tweet says Delhi Police to High Court

 In an interesting turnaround, Delhi Police has now, on...

AMU Withdraws Profiling Order of J&K Students Amidst Criticism

An order from office of controller of examination had sought personal information of Kashmiri students

IITs IIMs cave in to government pressure, agree to partial sharing of post grad research

When the Modi 2.0 government came up with a unique way to ensure compliance— data uploaded on Shodhganga considered for ranking under the National Institutional Ranking Framework— premier central institutions were forced to comply 

Savitri rally to be held in Thane on January 3 for the first time 

The rally, organised by the Mali community, will start from Thane market go via Shivaji market and will end at Court Naka in front of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Thane 

PCI censures ‘Star of Mysore’ newspaper for anti-Muslim editorial

The evening newspaper had in its editorial blamed the community for spread of the corona pandemic

Kashmiri students allege attacks in AMU, write to Shah for probe

They have been protesting for three days against alleged harassment faced by them on campus

UP school teachers abuse Dalit students daily, no police action yet

The police arrived at the spot to disperse the community members, however instead of filing suo moto complaint, said that no written complaint has been filed by victims

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