Protests at JNU after alleged stone pelting over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been called off, said JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh on intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jawaharlal Nehru University students marched towards Vasant Kunj Police station late on Tuesday night amid claims of stone pelting by ABVP outfit during the screening of a banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Modi.
Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday warned against the screening of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has been banned by the Centre in the country, stating that strict action will be taken against the students who defy the order.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitab Rawat issued notice to Tihar Jail superintendent and asked him to file a reply on the application of Umar Khalid. The matter has been listed on January 21 for further hearing.
Delhi Police had registered a case against former JNU student Sharjeel Imam for the alleged seditious speeches during the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act)-NRC (National Register of Citizens) protest.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has granted sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union vice president and AISA member Shehla Rashid Shora for her tweets on the Indian Army, officials said on Tuesday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Dr Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President (Health Initiative) at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York delivered the second annual JNU Alumni Association lecture at Continental Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) MP Anil Desai on Thursday gave zero-hour notice in the upper house of Parliament on the issue of casteist remarks found written on the walls of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
"Those 2-3 outsiders came with ulterior motives knowing that whatever happens in JNU gets publicized. It was mischief created before university elections for teachers and Assembly elections," said JNU VC SD Pandit.
The FIR in the case in question was registered at Khajuri Khas police station. The case pertains to an incident of arson in a parking lot in the Chand Bagh area of N-E Delhi and assault on police personnel and others who had taken shelter from rioters there.