Afzal Guru

JNU row: As it happened on February 22, 2016

The five students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash had gone missing from the campus since February 12.

Feb 22, 2016, 21:44 PM IST

JNU row: Delhi Police verifying video clips, says Bassi

Delhi Police is "verifying" all video clips which it has used in the probe into the sedition case registered over the controversial JNU event, Commissioner BS Bassi said on Monday hours after briefing Lt Governor Najeeb Jung about the entire row and return of five students in the campus.

Feb 22, 2016, 20:57 PM IST

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi meets Lt Governor Najeeb Jung over JNU row

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Monday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and briefed him about the JNU row, for which the force drew severe criticism from several quarters.

Feb 22, 2016, 18:42 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar's family say he is 'satisfied and safe' in jail, urge PM Modi to intervene

Family members of the jailed Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar have said that he is fine in Tihar jail.

Feb 22, 2016, 17:55 PM IST

JNU row: SC to hear contempt plea against Kanhaiya Kumar, SAR Geelani today

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking contempt action against jailed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, former DU lecturer SAR Geelani and few others on the ground that they allegedly termed the execution of Afzal Guru as judicial killing.

Feb 22, 2016, 02:22 AM IST

BJP in no mood to relent on JNU issue, to adopt aggressive stand in Parliament

The Budget session of Parliament is set to start on a stormy note on Tuesday with issues like the JNU row, Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide and Pathankot terror strike set to dominate the proceedings.

Feb 21, 2016, 20:01 PM IST

Don't bring Religion and Region into JNU row: BJP to Opposition

Amidst the raging JNU row, BJP today accused opposition parties of invoking "religion and region" to "protect" some accused and asserted that it will not tolerate "anti-India" activities on campuses and those doing so will find themselves behind bars.

Feb 21, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar did not say anything anti-national: Azam Khan

Coming out in support of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today said he did not utter anything which may be termed "anti-national".

Feb 21, 2016, 11:38 AM IST

JNU row: SC to hear contempt plea against Kanhaiya Kumar, SAR Geelani on Monday

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking contempt action against jailed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, former DU lecturer SAR Geelani and few others on the ground that they allegedly termed the execution of Afzal Guru as judicial killing.

Feb 21, 2016, 11:10 AM IST

Anti-India slogans: Delhi police issues look out notice against three JNU students

The Delhi police on Saturday issued a look out circular (LOC) against three JNU students who are suspected to be a part of the group responsible for allegedly raising anti-national slogans on the university campus on February 9.

Feb 20, 2016, 10:52 AM IST

JNU row: Kanhaiya subjected to psychological pressure, attack on him appears planned, says NHRC

Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on February 12 on sedition charge following a controversial event at JNU campus where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.

Feb 19, 2016, 21:51 PM IST

Pro-Afzal Guru slogans: Bail plea of former DU lecturer SAR Geelani dismissed by Patiala House Court

Geelani was on Tuesday remanded to two-day police custody by a Delhi court.

Feb 19, 2016, 16:42 PM IST

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar moves Delhi HC for bail after SC order

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail.

Feb 19, 2016, 15:53 PM IST

Fierce clashes erupt in Srinagar; 'Afzal our Hero', 'Thank You JNU' banners raised

Guru, a Kashmiri, was executed for his involvement in the Parliament attack case.

Feb 19, 2016, 14:47 PM IST

Yes, I am anti-national because while I am a proud Hindu who wakes up to the Gayatri mantra, I also like a well done beef steak: Rajdeep Sardesai

Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai has now jumped into the ongoing JNU fiasco with his latest blog where he claims himself to be an 'anti-national'.

Feb 19, 2016, 12:35 PM IST

JNU row: Don't link my past as SIMI leader with my son Umar Khalid, says Syed Qasim Ilyas

The father of Umar Khalid, a PhD student in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who has been named as the main organiser of a cultural evening on February 09 to mark the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, on Friday said his son was not a terrorist.

Feb 19, 2016, 12:16 PM IST