Afzal Guru

Uri attack: Yogeshwar Dutt pens down heart-touching poem for Indian soldiers killed in terror attack

Security has been beefed up in several parts of the country after the attack, in which 20 jawans were killed while 19 others were injured in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday

Sep 19, 2016, 12:21 PM IST

Afzal Guru event: JNU panel holds 21 students 'guilty of indiscipline'; no relief to Umar, Anirban

The Jawaharlal Nehru University panel, which heard the pleas of 21 students in connection with February 09 event, has found all of them guilty of indiscipline.

Aug 24, 2016, 11:08 AM IST

Afzal Guru row: JNU panel holds 21 students guilty

The punishment granted to Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya remained same while there was no clarity on JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar's punishment.

Aug 24, 2016, 00:32 AM IST

JNU withdraws Kanhaiya Kumar's private security cover

Kanhaiya was arrested in February this year in a sedition case over an event on campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Aug 08, 2016, 17:17 PM IST

JNU blocks registration of Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban, 18 others

In a fresh development involving the students related to the controversial February 9 event on the university campus, the JNU administration has blocked their registration for the next semester.

Jul 19, 2016, 22:58 PM IST

Video clip at the centre of JNU sedition row authentic, says CFSL

India's premier forensic lab, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), has found the video clip at the centre of the JNU sedition row to be authentic.

Jun 11, 2016, 15:42 PM IST

JNU student Umar Khalid not a traitor: Markandey Katju

The JNU February 9 event had led to the arrests of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Bhattacharya on sedition charges.

Jun 02, 2016, 10:01 AM IST

Confirmed! Anti-national slogans were raised during pro-Afzal Guru event at JNU on February 9

Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested on charges of sedition in connection with February 09 event.

May 17, 2016, 09:03 AM IST

Call off hunger strike as matter is sub-judice: JNU to students

Hinting at limited scope of negotiations with students on the punishment in connection with the February 9 event, JNU on Wednesday asked students to call off the hunger strike saying the matter is sub-judice.

May 11, 2016, 21:49 PM IST

JNU VC adjourns academic council meeting after students press demand

Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor M. Jagdeesh Kumar on Tuesday adjourned an academic council meeting after a group of teachers and students pressed their demand to discuss the high-level enquiry committee report related to February 9 incident, which was not part of the agenda.

May 11, 2016, 00:38 AM IST

Delhi HC refuses to stay rustication of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, seeks JNU response

Denying interim relief to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the rustication order passed by the university against them over a controversial event on Kashmir in the campus.

May 10, 2016, 19:03 PM IST

Smriti Irani rejects demand for waiving off punishment to students

Irani, in her 70-minute long reply, also lamented that there appeared to be a "Sanskrit phobia" and said the Government or NCERT have not carried out any change in the curriculum.

May 06, 2016, 20:31 PM IST

Fasting Kanhaiya hospitalised, refuses to end protest

JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday refused to end a protest fast he began a week ago despite doctors' appeals after his health deteriorated and he was moved to a hospital.

May 05, 2016, 23:40 PM IST

Afzal guru row: JNU sends varsity probe report to Delhi Police

 authorities have sent Delhi Police the report of a five-member panel on the controversial February 9 event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Apr 29, 2016, 15:46 PM IST

Afzal Guru row punishment: JNU students to conduct march, launch hunger strike today

JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar said that the students community will neither accept nor follow the punishment handed over to them.

Apr 27, 2016, 09:10 AM IST

Will not pay fine, vacate hostels: JNU students on Afzal Guru row punishment

Defiant JNU students who have been punished in connection with a controversial event on campus on Tuesday asserted they will not pay fine and vacate hostels as ordered by the university and will go on an indefinite hunger strike from tomorrow demanding withdrawal of orders.

Apr 26, 2016, 20:55 PM IST

How can Shiv Sena support Kanhaiya Kumar? asks BJP

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had recently said that it is wrong to brand Jawaharlal Nehru University leader​ Kanhaiya Kumar as anti-national.

Apr 26, 2016, 15:01 PM IST

JNU scholar claims her degree blocked due to Afzal Guru row

University officials said that certain protocols are to be followed when any matter is being investigated but maintained that they need to check details of the particular case.

Apr 18, 2016, 20:14 PM IST

JNU row: Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya to be rusticated; Rs 10,000 fine for Kanhaiya Kumar?

Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who allegedly organised the pro-Afzal Guru event at the campus on February 9, are likely to be rusticated, a report said on Monday.

Apr 11, 2016, 15:48 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar stokes fresh controversy, says will name my wife, children 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'

Amid the uproar over chanting of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has stoked a fresh controversy by stating that he will name his would be wife and children after the slogan to enjoy benefits.

Apr 09, 2016, 23:27 PM IST