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Live: Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea to be heard in High Court today

According to the police, the investigation seeks to linkages among Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and the others mentioned in the status report.

JNU Row: 'Not for public interest but for publicity interest’, says Delhi HC dismissing plea against Bassi

The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition seeking action against Police Chief B S Bassi for allegedly "influencing" the probe in the JNU sedition case, saying the plea was for "publicity interest" and courts cannot be burdened with such applications.

We, the Barbarians: A spiritual examination of the hatred, anger and violence that has captured us

The barbarian in us has merely changed its weapons. Its spirit remains strong, it powers us, it pulls us back, it tells us that the temple of the body is where salvation lies not in the fuzzy ideas of the mind.

As it happened: RS descends into chaos as Smriti Irani raises Mahishasura martyrdom day issue

JNU Student Union president, Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea will be heard today by the Delhi High Court after the Supreme Court dismissed the petition on 19 February after which he was remanded to Tihar Jail.

#SeditionDebate: Concern should be over the provision of 124A of IPC which leaves little room for dissent

The draft IPC had sedition as an offence but it was not considered necessary and was dropped before the enactment of the code in 1860. It was, subsequently, introduced by the colonial government in 1870 and was given a broader meaning through an amendment in 1898.

Let the courts decide if my son is a seditionist: Umar Khalid's father

Father of Umar Khalid, one of the ten JNU students accused of shouting "anti-national" slogans on the campus, said it is for the judiciary to decide whether he was involved in the case and demanded that he be spared a "media trial".

#JNURow: The patriotic response would be to seek conversation, not confrontation

Perhaps it's time the Prime Minster had a Chai Pe Chacha at JNU. Everyone sits down over a cup of tea and hashes their disagreements out.

The JNU row: a case of competitive radicalism

The Jawaharlal Nehru University incident—involving the alleged ‘anti-India’ slogans by students, which in turn provoked extreme reactions by the Central government in the form of a sedition charge on the JNUSU president (Kanhaiya Kumar) is a perfect example of the mockery of India’s legal system.

BS Bassi says there is 'adequate' evidence against JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar

Faced with mounting criticism for slapping sedition charges on JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi on Wednesday asserted there was "adequate evidence" against him.

Using objectionable slogans to attack JNU and divide the country insults those who faced sedition charges from the British

JNU Row: Using those objectionable slogans to attack our finest university, and divide the country over ideology and politics, is an insult to the memory of my father, who faced sedition charges from the British