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Who is Dhananjay? JNU student union's first dalit president after 30 yearsJawaharlal Nehru University student union's first Dalit president, Dhananjay, elected from a Left-wing alliance after nearly three decades....
Opposition seeks probe into JNU student's death, govt assures actionParliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar assured the House of "suitable action" and said the entire House shared the grief over the deat...
JNU suicide: Victim Muthu Krishnan not associated with any political group, says policeThe deceased Muthu Krishnan, who had named himself 'Krish Rajini' on Facebook, hanged himself at his South Korean friend's house in Munirka...
Dalit JNU scholar who was found dead had led Rohith Vemula movementThe deceased student, a resident of JNU's Jhelum hostel, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a friend's residence in South Delhi's Mu...
Protests refuse to die down, another march staged over Delhi University violenceStudents, many having their faces smeared in myriad shades of red, blue and yellow, raised slogans against ABVP, punctuated with cries of "...
Rahul Gandhi gives Kanhaiya Kumar an hour, supportKanhaiya, who shot into the limelight after he was slapped with sedition charge over the raising of alleged anti-national slogans in JNU, v...
Assembly polls: Kanhaiya Kumar not to campaign for left parties in Kerala, West BengalThe Left parties are unlikely to field JNU students’ leader Kanhaiya Kumar for campaigning in the upcoming elections to West Bengal and Ker...
Senior IIMC faculty resigns, says was being targeted by govtA senior faculty member of IIMC resigned alleging that he was "targeted" by the I&B Ministry for supporting the protests over Dalit student...
Jantar Mantar rally: Rohith Vemula, Kanhaiya Kumar & future of Indian universities were top of the mindAt the head of the march, the Tricolour swayed with the same fervour as the flags bearing the names of different students’ unions.
BJP does not mention Rohith Vemula even once in Rajya SabhaJaitley made a veiled reference but added a context of sedition, an argument extended by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad since the begin...
Stop interfering in central universities: Sitaram Yechury to governmentCPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today castigated the BJP for trying to suppress dissent and impose their idea of a "theocratic, fascistic Hin...
ABVP holds march to denounce 'anti-nationals'ABVP supporters today marched from Ramlila Maidan to Jantar Mantar to denounce "anti -nationals" and demand strong action against JNU stude...
Postcard messages to President Pranab Mukherjee for justice to Rohith, KanhaiyaPeople writing to Pranab Mukherjee to seek justice in the context of Vemula’s suicide and the arrest of JNU student Kumar on alleged sediti...
Students march for Rohith Vemula, JNU; Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal join themIn the second such protest in less than a week, thousands of students from various universities across the country took to the streets in t...
At students' march, Rahul Gandhi demands law for their protectionRahul Gandhi today accused Modi government and RSS of crushing voices of dissent of college and university students across the country.
How student activism is taking India by storm, with issues ranging from caste discrimination to high feesDebates and free speech enrich college education. To control this freedom is to allow the manufacture of young minds conditioned by majorit...
Ram Vilas Paswan shows sympathy for ‘Bihar son’ Kanhaiya KumarPaswan said he too is a product of student politics and added that JNU has produced several great personalities and its dignity must be pro...
Rahul Gandhi visits JNU campus, accuses NDA of suppressing students voiceRahul accused NDA govt of "suppressing" students' voice as he visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with them, a day after the arres...
Scholar suicide: JNU students begin indefinite hunger strikeThree students of the varsity have decided to sit on the fast to express solidarity with students who are continuing their hunger strike at...
Rohith Vemula's suicide has triggered a sudden crystalisation of identity politics among Dalits who feel betrayed by the systemBeyond electoral politics, Dalits all over the country want this incident to act as a sharp reminder to the community that it is time to pr...