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Delhi University prohibits demonstration, public gatherings for one month
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Delhi University on Tuesday prohibited meetings, processions, and protests for a period of one month.
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DU VC requests students, teachers to maintain harmony after chaos at pro-U
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
This comes after chaos erupted at a protest demanding implementation of the new University Grants Commission (UGC) equity guidelines, which the Supreme Court put on hold, citing "complete vagueness" in the rules and potential misuse.
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"PM Modi calls himself biggest backward leader, what's his response to SC'
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Speaking at a public rally in Karimnagar, Owaisi said the UGC guidelines mandate that colleges and universities take action if students from backward classes, Dalits, tribals, or minorities face harassment. He claimed that "upper-caste groups tried to create a storm across the country" ag
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"Vague": SC stays UGC 2026 regulations on pleas challenging definition of
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, notified on January 23, 2026 which was challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the of th
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"No need to comment on court's order": UP DyCM Keshav Prasad Maurya on SC'
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that there's no need to comment on the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations and assured that the government will comply with the order.
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"True justice doesn't involve injustice to anyone": Akhilesh Yadav's welco
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations.
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Institutional use of caste discrimination is dangerous, says Alankar Agnih
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Agnihotri said that caste-based discrimination should never be used as an institutional tool and should remain confined to appropriate vocabulary and discourse. He alleged that the clause related to caste discrimination is increasingly being treated as a self-inflicted cr
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"Guidelines were outcome of SC's order, government diluted it": CPI MP Joh
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
He added that the guidelines' scope should have been broadened and lamented that political controversy, driven by the BJP, should not come at the expense of students.
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"Victory for us, guidelines were divisive:" Lucknow University students we
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The new UGC regulations, notified on January 23, were challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the Constitution as well as the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
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Cong MP Pramod Tiwari hails Supreme Court's decision to stay UGC's new reg
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for diverting from "real issues" of a country, adding that government's job is to ensure peace, but they "ignite fire in the name of religion and caste."
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"SC has stayed the UGC Regulations and kept them in abeyance," says petiti
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
He informed that the apex court has directed that the UGC Regulations of 2012 will remain in force until further orders. The matter has been listed for hearing on March 19.
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"Educational institutions will become centres of controversy": Bar Council
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP MP in Rajya Sabha and Chairman of Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra, criticised the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new regulations to curb caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, stating that educational institutions will become "centres of controversy."<
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