New Delhi: 7:57 pm: Aam Aadmi Party workers gather at 7, Race Course Road, which is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence. They deflate tyres of Delhi Police buses even as police presence is increased at 7 RCR.
6:16 pm: The accused in the Delhi minor rape case Manoj Kumar is produced in court and is sent to judicial custody till May 4.
6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at India Gate, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and at police headquarters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) members block ITO crossing near police headquarters even as around 100 protesters gather at India Gate and hold peaceful protests.
5:45 pm: Police drag away demonstrators from outside PM's residence at 7, Race Course Road....
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07:32 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at India Gate, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and at police headquarters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) members block ITO crossing near police headquarters even as around 100 protesters gather at India Gate and hold peaceful protests. 5:45 pm: Police drag away demonstrators from outside PM's residence at 7, Race Course Road. 5:30 pm: AAP workers...
09:49 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: KR Nayar, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been suspended on charges of sexually harassing a student. JNU Public Relations Officer Poonam Kudaisya said on Sunday that KR Nayar was a senior faculty member at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH) and been suspended following allegations of sexual harassment made against him. The order of suspension was issued on Friday and will remain...
04:27 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Nationwide protests continue over the shocking gangrape of a young 23-year-old medical student who was assaulted with an iron rod, stripped and thrown off a moving bus by a group of men in the national capital on Sunday night. The incident happened despite reports that the bus crossed five police pickets. And according to the main accused, he assaulted the girl because she resisted his attempt to rape her and...
11:05 AM, Dec 21, 2012
The students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University came out in large numbers on Tuesday to protest against the gangrape of a medical student inside a moving private bus in Delhi. They blocked the Ring Road at Munirka where the incident took place. ...
02:20 PM, Dec 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and city police to ensure that no "beef and pork" festival takes place in the campus on September 28. A student organisation of the university had announced plans to hold a beef-and-pork festival on September 28. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, "The JNU and police are directed...
08:44 PM, Sep 19, 2012
The much-awaited JNU students union election results are out. The All India Students Association (AISA) has won 3 out of 4 seats. ...
04:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: The All India Students Association (AISA) notched three out of four seats in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union elections on Sunday. The top seat, that of the President, however, went to its rival Students Federation of India-JNU (SFI-JNU), a rebel faction of the CPI(M). V Lenin Kumar was declared the President. Meenakshi Buragohain of AISA is Vice President. The posts of General Secretary and Joint Secretary too...
12:52 PM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: The results of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union elections will be announced on Sunday. The results are expected to be mixed. Early trends have indicated a close tie between the All India Students' Association (AISA) and the Students Federation of India-JNU (SFI-JNU), a rebel group of the CPI(M). Close to 60 per cent of the student body cast their votes on Saturday. ...
08:23 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Members of Team Anna discuss IBN7 Managing Editor Ashutosh's book 'Anna -13 Days That Awakened India' at the book launch. ...
02:21 PM, May 05, 2012
Patna: A special court in Patna on Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) leader and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Chandrasekhar in Bihar's Siwan 15 years ago. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Dhirendra Kumar Pandey sentenced Dhruv Kumar Jaiswal, Sheikh Munna and Illyas Warsi, all residents of Siwan, to life in prison. The court had convicted...
05:20 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Rajiv Gandhi was still alive. The RSS mobilization on the Ayodhya issue was peaking. I was in JNU, studying international politics. The campus was untouched by religious polarization because student politics was dominated by the students' wings of left parties. The Students' Federation of India (SFI) was the leading force. JNU was a very open and liberal campus. Gender equality was a big thing and violence was anathema. The National...
12:06 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University was drowned in the cries of 'Naxalbari' and 'Lal Salaam' as ultra-Left body AISA swept the student union polls on Saturday, winning all four office bearers' posts as well as majority of councillors' seat to the body. All India Students Association's Sucheta De won the president's post by a historic margin, trumping her closest rival Zico Dasgupta of CPI-M-linked Students Federation of India (SFI) by...
11:33 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to hold its students' union elections, which had been stayed by the apex court in 2008 for non-compliance of some of its guidelines. While allowing the polls, a bench headed by Justice AK Ganguly also relaxed some of the eligibility criteria recommended by the Lyngdoh committee for students to contest polls. The bench increased the age limit to...
03:22 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Policemen in Ghaziabad were seen catching couples and handing them punishment on the spot. 'Operation Majnu' is being led by Station Officer Alka Agarwal of the Ghaziabad police. ...
09:18 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Ghaziabad: Humiliating lovers in public, policemen in Ghaziabad have started a moral policing act to discourage couples from sitting in public places. Policemen have resumed the drive called 'Operation Majnu' to crack down on couples, which they claim will curb sexual harassment. On Tuesday, policemen were seen harassing couples in a park in Sahibabad and forcing men to do sit-ups. They have also been picking up couples from other parks...
08:30 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Kathmandu: Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai was on Sunday elected Nepal's new prime minister defeating his Nepali Congress rival RC Poudyal, with the Terai-based Madhesi alliance extending crucial support to the former rebel leader. 57-year-old Bhattarai, who has a PhD from New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, polled 340 votes, while Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Poudyal could secure 235 votes. The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), the alliance of Madhesi...
07:08 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will give its verdict on Thursday clarifying the mode of implementing 27 per cent reservation for OBC quota in central universities. A bench of justices RV Raveendran and AK Patnaik will decide whether the cut-off marks for OBC candidates should be 10 per cent less than the marks fixed for the general category candidates or should it be 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum...
09:12 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: It's the season when academics take precedence, new chapters begin and lessons are learnt. But it seems some educational institutions have failed to do the latter. Because, with the onset of monsoons have arrived vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue etc. On Monday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) found various educational institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), IIT Delhi and National Institute of Health and Family Welfare of...
04:45 PM, Jul 27, 2011
On this week's episode of 'Secret Kitchen', Professor Pushpesh Pant shows his culinary skills. ...
06:34 PM, Jul 09, 2011
