Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
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…
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…