Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Kerala RSS worker’s killing: Police identify 20 suspects, but yet to establish ‘political rivalry’
18-Feb-2016
According to the Kannur SP, while the family had named only eight people, police investigation indicated the involvement of 20 people. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Kannur | Published:February 18, 2016 3:16 am Two days after an RSS worker was hacked to death at his house in Pappinissery, Kannur, police said they have identified 20…
Students refuse to appear before JNU panel, teachers demand more members
18-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 18, 2016, (PTI) JNU teachers have questioned the “scope” of the university probe panel inquiring into the raising of alleged anti-national slogans on campus and demanded that more members should be included into the high-level committee. The members of the students council, who have been asked to appear before the committee, have…
ABVP disrupts event attended by Shah Rukh
18-Feb-2016
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, February 18, 2016 A group of students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Tuesday disrupted an event at Hans Raj College here attended by actor Shah Rukh Khan. The police detained several students who opposed the participation of Mr. Khan, who was there to promote his upcoming film Fan…
JNU students ate beef, worshipped Mahishasur: police report
18-Feb-2016
Kritika Sharma Sebastian NEW DELHI, February 18, 2016 Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) ate beef on the campus and worshipped Mahishasur instead of goddess Durga and hence they are “anti-nationals,” said a Delhi Police report on the Afzal Guru event held on the campus on February 9. The report reveals how the police had…
JNU STUDENT LEADER SWEARS BY CONSTITUTION – Rowdy Lawyers Beat up Kanhaiya, Journalists in Police Presence
18-Feb-2016
Feb 18 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) New Delhi: Our Political Bureau A bunch of lawyers beat up JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar at the Patiala House District Court on Wednesday as he was brought in by the police after his two-day custody expired. They also beat up journalists and heckled other lawyers who had…
Lawyers attack Kanhaiya, inside and outside court
18-Feb-2016
Unprecedented security made little difference | Monday attackers involved Ritika Jain & Azaan Javaid @dna New Delhi: Student union president of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Kanhaiya Kumar, was beaten up by the lawyers outside the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday. Kanhaiya was brought to be produced before the metropolitan magistrate (MM) Loveleen’s court for…