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Institutional use of caste discrimination is dangerous, says Alankar Agnih
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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
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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
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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
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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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Amid uproar, SC stays UGC's new regulations, 2012 rules to continue
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The Top Court said that, for now, the 2012 UGC regulations will continue to apply.
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"Delayed but welcome step": Tamil Nadu CM Stalin backs UGC regulations, ur
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Thursday described the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 as a "delayed but welcome" reform, calling it a crucial step towards addressing deep-rooted discrimination and institutional apathy within India's higher educat
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Students protest against new UGC guidelines at DU North Campus
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Students, mostly belonging to the general category, staged a protest on Wednesday at Delhi University's North Campus against the newly notified University Grants Commission (UGC) equity rules, demanding their immediate withdrawal.
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"New UGC guidelines will increase separatism, violate fundamental rights":
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"We have demanded that the unconstitutional rules, which are based on caste discrimination, and which include OBCs, should be amended. I believe that all sections of society need to be included in this," Mishra told ANI.
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Congress' Digvijaya Singh calls for resolution of issues in new UGC guidel
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"The UGC's final Regulations also got rid of a separate provision that penalised students for lodging false cases of discrimination... the protests against the Regulations are by General category students and largely concentrated on two issues - removal of provisions penalising students f
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"Educational institutions will become centres of controversy": Bar Council
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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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"EWS is totally reserved for the 'Swarn' category": SP's Ram Gopal Yadav r
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This came after new rules notified by the UGC on January 13, which update its 2012 regulations on the same subject, have sparked widespread criticism from general category students, who argue that the framework could lead to discrimination against them.
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