New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday invoked the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Jawaharlal Nehru University research scholar Sharjeel Imam who was arrested for allegedly giving a seditious speech and abetting violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019. “UAPA has been invoked against Sharjeel Imam,” Delhi Police Additional PRO Anil Mittal said. […]
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JNU takes digital route to start mid-semester exams
New Delhi: While other universities are debating ways to conduct examinations, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), here on Monday, started mid-semester examinations digitally. “In order to complete the academic requirements for MSc and MPhil/PhD degrees, the School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, has started the mid-semester exams using digital means from today until May 4. Way […]
Entrance exams including JNU, UGC NET, PhD, NEET, TTE postponed
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to postpone entrance exams including JNU, UGC, NET and IGNOU PhD and several others keeping in mind the lockdown. Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said: “The Director General of National Testing Agency has been advised to postpone the last date for submission of […]
JNU warns students against violating lockdown norms
New Delhi: A day after a JNU student claimed to have been thrashed by security guards for attempting to go out of the campus during the lockdown, the university administration here on Thursday asked campus residents to follow Covid-19 guidelines or face disciplinary action. “It’s highly unsafe and deplorable that a handful of JNU students have […]
JNU admin, JNUSU at loggerheads over shelter for riot victims
New Delhi: After the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Students’ Union (JNUSU) called for providing shelter to the Delhi riot victims inside the campus, the varsity administration has issued a warning to the union against any such step. The move has now invited yet another turn to ongoing tussle between the administration and JNUSU. “You have no […]
Imam tried to instigate people over CAA, Assam: Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have found that Sharjeel Imam, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student arrested for making inflammatory speech, was spreading false information over the new citizenship law (CAA). He was also trying to instigate people by claiming that Muslims were being put in the detention camps and killed in Assam. The police sources […]
Sedition-accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam arrested
New Delhi: JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who has been accused of making controversial statement “cut off Assam”, leading to sedition charges, was arrested on Tuesday from his home town Jahanabad in Bihar by Delhi Police after a four-day manhunt. This was confirmed to IANS by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch Rajesh Dev. Dev […]
Govt should fund public education: HC on JNU fee hike
New Delhi: Granting interim relief to the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Delhi High Court on Friday observed that “government has to fund public education”. “The government has to fund public education. In public universities, the burden of paying salaries to contractual workers can’t be put on students. It’s the responsibility of the government […]
Give pension to ‘elderly’ JNU students: Baba Ramdev
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at the protesting Jawaharlal Nehru University students, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday said the government should start a “pension scheme for the elderly students of the varsity so that they can quietly pursue their studies on the campus”. “I demand that the government start a pension scheme for JNU’s […]
JNU students get relief from HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday granted relief to the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) allowing them to register in the next semester as per the old hostel manual within one week. “So far as the remaining students are concerned, they need to register within one week as per the old manual. […]