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Deepika Padukone joins JNU students in solidarity, sends out bold message from Bollywood, draws support on Twitter

Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone showed up at JNU on Tuesday to express solidarity with students who were injured in violence inside the varsity campus on Sunday

JNU Violence Updates: Deepika Padukone joins gathering at JNU's Sabarmati Hostel in solidarity with students

JNU Violence LIVE Updates: Deepika Padukone on Tuesday was present at JNU to express solidarity with students and faculty after the 5 January violence.

JNU violence: Protestors 'relocated' from Gateway of India to Azad Maidan to avoid inconvenience to citizens, claims Mumbai Police

On Monday, protests were organised near the Hutatma Chowk in Mumbai's Fort area, but later the permission was denied. A call was given that people join the protest in front of the Gateway of India. Demonstrations had started there after Sunday midnight.

JNU violence updates: Smriti Irani says universities shouldn't become political hubs, Twitter users point out Narendra Modi was 'young pracharak', ABVP associate

JNU violence LIVE updates: Soon after reports of the violence in JNU surfaced, Union minister Smriti Irani said that universities shouldn't be turned into "hubs of politics". 'Neither should students be used as political pawns,' she added. However, Twitter users quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official website which said that he was also a 'young pracharak' and an associate of ABVP.

JNU violence: Congress’ Karan Singh slams M Jagadesh Kumar, calls university's Vice-Chancellor ‘completely ineffective’

Expressing shock at the events at JNU, former chancellor and senior Congress leader Karan Singh urged the Home Ministry to get the whole matter impartially probed

JNU violence: 18, including students' union president, injured after masked men run amok on campus; Oppn slams 'hooliganism,' Amit Shah orders inquiry

At least 18 people, including JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh, were injured and admitted to the AIIMS.

NCP’s Jitendra Awhad joins students protesting in Mumbai’s Gateway of India condemning violence at JNU

Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of NCP joined the students at the protest and sat with them discussing their demands

JNU violence: WhatsApp groups tied to ABVP show members were circulating plans to attack; group denies role in campus raid

It appears, from several accounts of students present on campus, that the attack was coordinated on WhatsApp groups, many of them tied to the ABVP.

‘Reminds of Nazi rule’: Congress’ Randeep Singh Surjewala condemns violence at JNU, accuses govt of harbouring enmity with country’s youth

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala also accused the JNU administration of being complicit in the violent attack on Sunday night. It also alleged that the Delhi Police remained a mute spectator when students were being attacked by armed miscreants

Congress accuses BJP of 'state-sponsored mayhem' after masked men attack JNU students; Fascists afraid of students, says Rahul Gandhi

The Congress on Sunday blamed the BJP government for the attack on JNU students by masked miscreants, terming it a 'state-sponsored mayhem'