Citizens for Justice and Peace
Uproar over ‘beef biryani’ allegedly being served at AMU medical college canteen
20-Feb-2016
The reports spread the impression that it was cow meat and not the meat of buffalo that was being served. A picture of the canteen’s menu card also went viral on social media. By: PTI | Aligarh | Updated: February 20, 2016 4:22 pm The Aligarh Muslim University which has been battling to preserve its…
JNU row: Teachers union warns of protest
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • mumbai The All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations (AIFUCTO) has warned the Cente of a nationwide protest by teachers, students and staff if the JNU issue is not resolved at the earliest. The union has also asked the government to justify its action…
Kanhaiya Kumar’s father refuses security, slams RSS, BJP
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • PTI | • Begusarai (Bihar) JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s father on Thursday refused to accept security at his home here and alleged that his son was “punished” by BJP and RSS for defeating their candidate in the students’ union elections. “We politely urged the policemen to go back as we…
Thousands join solidarity march for Kanhaiya Kumar
19-Feb-2016
Protesters demand strict action against Delhi Police chief Bassi ‘Stand with JNU’ movement gets wider support from students as parties continue to attack one another Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid New Delhi: In a massive show of strength, more than 10,000 people turned up at a rally organised in support of the Jawaharlal Nehru University whose student…
Fearing witch-hunt, Kashmiri students in JNU leave hostels
19-Feb-2016
• 19 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Gulam Jeelani gulam.jeelani@hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI: Danish ( name changed), a PhD student from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been changing hostels since February 9, when the row over the ‘anti-national’ event erupted. Thirty-two-year-old Danish had nothing to do with the event organised…
`Modi Sena’ threatens to burn activist
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kolkata TNN A Jadavpur University student has complained to police that right-wing supporters on Facebook have threatened to burn her to death for showing solidarity with JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. The complainant, Triparna Dey Sarkar, says the trolls and attacks mounted soon after her…
Kanhaiya was badly beaten up, Supreme Court told
19-Feb-2016
Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI, February 19, 2016 “We could have been beaten black and blue. We barely escaped with our lives,” senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan told the Supreme Court on Thursday. He was recounting the “atmosphere of terror” at the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday as a mob dressed in lawyer’s black robes unleashed…
Girl hit for asking more of mid-day meal, father killed for protesting
19-Feb-2016
Bihar schools finding it hard to meet demand at Rs 3.86 per child per day; education official says poor parents also send along siblings to school for free meals. Written by Santosh Singh | Gokhlapur (araria) | Published:February 19, 2016 3:08 am With just Rs 3.86 allocated per day per child at government primary schools…
Teachers, students stop ABVP rally from entering JU campus
19-Feb-2016
The rally was taken out a day after BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha had said that JU students should be “beaten up” for indulging in anti-national activities in the name of protests against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. Written by Arshad Ali , Premankur Biswas | Kolkata | Published:February 19, 2016 12:11 am…
Political activist held for abusing women journos
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: A political activist, Arvind Sawant, and a bouncer with a private security company, Kiran Kumar, were arrested by the Sion police after they allegedly abused, manhandled and passed lewd comments at two women journalists at the Sion hospital on Thursday. The police said the journalists…