Tension mounted in Hyderabad Central University following the resumption of duty by controversial Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile with authorities on Wednesday barring outsiders from entering the campus and classes being suspended for four days. “In view of the situation, classes are suspended from March 23 to 26. We have taken a decision not to allow any outsider, including mediapersons and political parties, on the campus,” Registrar M Sudhakar told […]

Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was given a roaring welcome at JNU upon his release from Tihar jail on Thursday — nearly three weeks after he was arrested on a controversial sedition charge — and said he never “asked for freedom from India, but freedom within India”. Kumar, who returned to the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus amid celebrations by hundreds of students and teachers, took on the Prime Minister, saying “Modiji […]

We all agree that India is one of the worst victims of terrorism in the world. We also agree that this terrorism is aided and abetted from across the border. Yet, we have a section of people in our country which believes that those who publically advocate dismemberment of India should be treated with kid-gloves. Can we afford to be so ignorant that we would allow these people to create […]

Security was increased at the Delhi High Court today for a hearing on JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar’s request for bail, but it could not be taken up today for technical reasons. The Supreme Court declined to take up Mr Kumar’s petition and asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to ensure that his lawyers get protection at the high court. Here are the latest developments: Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested […]