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Delhi Police cites findings of JNU internal inquiry committee in its report

In its latest report on the JNU row, Delhi Police has cited evidence collected by the varsity's internal inquiry committee suggesting that eight students.

Booze, beedis and birds? Here's what BJP MLA Gyandev Ahuja discovered hidden on the JNU campus

BJP MLA from Ramgarh in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, Gyandev Ahuja exposed one of the biggest cover-ups in the JNU crisis. According to Ahuja, "2,000 Indian and foreign liquor bottles are found daily in JNU."

Jat quota stir: His home spared, Bhupinder Hooda makes timely exit from Rohtak for Delhi rally

My suspicion of the Congress hand in the violent Jat quota stir in Haryana — which I expressed strongly on Twitter on Saturday evening, without any serious opposition or denials from the Congress, save a weak reply by MP from Rohtak, Deepender Hooda — received unexpected confirmation late on Sunday

JNU teachers demand ouster of varsity's Registrar over Afzal Guru event row

JNU Teachers Association on Monday demanded that the varsity's Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi be sacked for alleged mishandling of the row.

Lawyers who beat up scribes now say it was a JNU mob which attacked journalists

Some lawyers, caught on camera beating up journalists, students and teachers of JNU at the Patiala House court complex, claimed a mob of students had resorted to the violence.

Five students wanted in sedition case hiding in JNU professors' residences: ABVP

Members of ABVP alleged that five students were hiding in JNU professors' residences.

Delhi Police Commissioner Bassi meets L-G Jung, briefs him about JNU row

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Monday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and briefed him about the JNU row.

JNU students, teachers appeal to VC to take a stand for five accused in sedition case

JNU students and teachers on Monday appealed to the Vice Chancellor to take a stand in favour of the five students who were being looked for by the police.

#JNURow: Five accused, including Umar Khalid, likely to surrender to Delhi Police

Around 300 students have gathered at the administration block of JNU. According to sources in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA), the five accused students – Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ashutosh Kumar, Anant Prakash Narayan, Riyazul Haq and Rama Naga – who appeared Sunday night in the campus, are most likely to surrender.

Anti-national sloganeering will not be tolerated: Union Agriculture Minister on JNU row

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the 'anti-national' sloganeering by anyone would not be tolerated.

#JNURow: Umar Khalid, other absconding students return to campus

Five JNU students, including Umar Khalid, who the police have been looking for in connection with a sedition case, on Sunday surfaced on campus, saying they did not do anything wrong but were "framed" using "doctored video".

The Alt-Politics series: The betrayal of AAP’s idealisations could decimate the party

When looking at AAP, it must be recalled idealism, however, is dangerous because it is inevitably accompanied by the belief that the end justifies the means

Thampu vs Samosa controversy: St Stephen's alumni and faculty slam treatment of Rohtas

Amidst, or rather, despite all the turmoil and chaos in National Capital, it appears St Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu's battle with the samosa refuses to go away

Sedition Debate: Now, University of British Columbia students voice support for JNU students

International support for Kanhaiya Kumar and his fellow Jawaharlal Nehru University students shows no sign of abating, with students from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada now throwing their hats into the ring

Attack on Kanhaiya Kumar in court premises was organised and pre-planned: NHRC

NHRC said that the physical assault on JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in the court premises appeared to have been "organised and pre-planned".

Police tampered with my mobile phone: SAR Geelani tells Delhi court

Former DU lecturer SAR Geelani, booked for sedition charges, on Friday alleged before a Delhi court that the police had tampered with his mobile phone.

JNU alternative classroom: P Sainath explains how criminalisation of dissent is nothing new

The criminalisation of dissent, what the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students are now facing, has existed for over two decades outside Delhi.

No end to JNU row outrage: Lawyers carry out protest march against 'anti-national' activities

Lawyers carried out a protest march from the Patiala House court to India Gate over the JNU row.

Odd-even policy: Delhi HC Rejects plea against exemption to women in the formula

Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea against exemptions granted to women and two-wheelers in the odd-even car rationing scheme, scheduled to resume from 15 April, terming it "premature".

Delhi Assembly committee to recommend BJP MLA OP Sharma's expulsion

The Ethics Committee of Delhi Assembly has decided to recommend stripping off BJP MLA OP Sharma's membership of the House.

#SeditionDebate: Everything you need to know about Umar Khalid, the man they're calling 'Kashmiri traitor'

Umar Khalid, 28, is former DSU leader, who resigned from his post in November 2015 along with 10 others, and is presently doing his PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU.

#OrElseDanda: University campuses are not Lal Chowk; forcing the Tricolour on them won't reap any dividends

On Thursday, vice-chancellors (VCs) of 42 Central universities met Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani and proposed flying the Tricolour on their campuses. The proposal — although well-received by the HRD minister — came with a caveat.

The Alt-Politics series: A year on, Arvind Kejriwal is the Maggi sauce of Indian politics; he provides the difference

To evaluate Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party is not easy. There is something ephemeral and unreal about Kejriwal. He looks like a village idiot with a PhD. He appears like a hypothesis that has to be constantly tested — an idea whose time comes again and again, only to be undermined by some insipid idea of his own

JNU row: Who will be responsible if my son dies in custody? asks Kanhaiya Kumar's mother

JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar's mother Meena Devi on Thursday slammed the attack on her son in the Patiala House Court premises.

Patiala House court violence was a result of collusion between police, attackers: Advocate

The violence in the Patiala House Courts was the result of "collusion" between police and attackers, senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan said.

Revolt! 3 ABVP members of JNU write stinging letter and resign, Kanhaiya Kumar taken 'safely' to Tihar

Three office-bearers of JNU unit of ABVP on Wednesday resigned from the student wing of the BJP, strongly protesting against the Centre's handling of the raging row at the premier university and "legitimising" actions of right wing fascist forces, reports PTI.

#JNURow boils over: The resignation of 3 ABVP students must force the BJP to rethink its idea of India

The resignation of three Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) students coupled with their refusal to be the mouthpiece of the government must have hurt the BJP. When your children show you the mirror, reflect on questions about morality, ethics and nationalism, it is bound to prick the ego and hubris of the elders

#SeditionDebate: India grapples with the violent and virulent siege within

Has India got in some kind of a war within? Break in India seems to have overtaken the Make in India program.

Firstpost journalist Tarique Anwar recounts assault: ‘Cops refused to step in as I was being beaten up’

Who are you? You are not a journalist but a traitor. These were the words of the goons in black coats before they assaulted me at Patiala House court today

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia skip at-home reception organised by BS Bassi

Kejriwal, who has been at loggerheads with BS Bassi over a range of issues, on Wednesday skipped the At-Home reception organised by the city police chief.