Sedition case

Sedition law: Can Modi govt do what Congress could not?

Among other things the arrest of JNU president Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged anti-national activities has brought the focus back is on the controversial sedition charge which under Section 124-A of th

Mar 07, 2016, 17:19 PM IST

'JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar had objected to cancellation of permission for Afzal Guru event'

 JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar may have had information about the event held on February 9 in the university, as per reports on Sunday.

Mar 06, 2016, 22:18 PM IST

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar walks out of Tihar jail, gets rousing welcome

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was released from jail on Thursday.

Mar 03, 2016, 18:37 PM IST

I’m no child, you are not a motherly minister: JNU student writes to Smriti Irani

One of the six JNU students accused of shouting seditious slogans has told HRD Minister Smriti Irani that he was not a child.

Feb 29, 2016, 16:33 PM IST

JNU row: Delhi High Court to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea today - Know why it is significant

Arrested in a sedition case for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in the university campus, JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea is likely to heard by the Delhi High Court on Monday.

Feb 29, 2016, 10:10 AM IST

Sedition charge against Rahul: Unfazed Congress promises to continue speaking against BJP's oppression

An FIR has been registered against Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury, Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Ajay Maken.

Feb 28, 2016, 23:56 PM IST

JNU sedition case transferred to Special Cell: Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said that it was his view that the sedition case against five students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been transferred to its Special Cell.

Feb 27, 2016, 16:38 PM IST

JNUSU prez Kanhaiya Kumar sent back to Tihar jail

Kanhaiya Kumar was sent back to judicial remand after the police told the court that they did not need his further custody.

Feb 26, 2016, 19:53 PM IST

Heated debate in Rajya Sabha over JNU row, Rohith​ Vemula's suicide; Smriti​ Irani's reply cut short

For the second straight day, HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday made a strong defence of the government's actions with regard to JNU issue and suicide of Dalit student.

Feb 26, 2016, 00:27 AM IST

No foreign funds were used for Afzal Guru event at JNU: Report

A Delhi court dismissed the plea of Delhi police seeking voice samples of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on sedition charges.

Feb 25, 2016, 23:07 PM IST

Here's why Arun Jaitley said 'tragedy of Bengal is that there are three Congress parties'

Arun Jaitley said in RS that Congress, jointly with Left parties, had jumped into the JNU issue 'without giving prior thought' in view of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.

Feb 25, 2016, 20:54 PM IST

Court rejects police plea seeking voice samples of Umar, Anirban

A court here on Thursday rejected the Delhi Police plea for voice sample of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, sources said.

Feb 25, 2016, 18:38 PM IST

Afzal Guru's case was perhaps not correctly decided: P Chidambaram

At a time when a controversial event organised by a group of JNU students in support of executed terrorist Afzal Guru has unleashed a political storm in the country, former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has raised serious doubts over the degree of his involvement in the 2001 Parliament attacks.   

Feb 25, 2016, 10:41 AM IST

Will enter JNU campus and shoot the traitors, warns DUSU president

Two days after rallies were held at the Jantar Mantar in support of the sedition-accused JNU president Kanhaiya Kumar and his supporters for organising an event in support of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, Delhi University Students' Union president Satender Awana has warned if no action is taken against those who had raised anti-India slogans he will shoot them.

Feb 25, 2016, 09:54 AM IST

Parliament debates JNU row, Rohith Vemula's suicide; Smriti Irani accuses Congress of 'political opportunism'

Heated exchange of words was witnessed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the raging JNU row and suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula was taken up for discussion.

Feb 24, 2016, 23:49 PM IST

Uneasy calm in JNU campus after surrender of two students

After two JNU students surrendered before police in connection with a sedition case, uneasy calm prevailed in the varsity campus on Wednesday amid confusion whether three more students will adopt the same approach.

Feb 24, 2016, 21:25 PM IST

Rohith Vemula-JNU debate: Powerful speech by Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha, says Rajnath Singh

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was all praises for HRD Minister Smriti Irani for leading government's charge in the Lok Sabha over JNU row and suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula. 

Feb 24, 2016, 21:08 PM IST

BJP MLA pulled up by Amit Shah for 'condoms and obscene dance in JNU' remarks

 The BJP MLA who stoked controversy alleging that JNU was a hub of sex and drugs where over 3,000 used condoms and 2,000 liquor bottles were found daily, has been pulled up by party chief Amit Shah, as per a media report.

Feb 24, 2016, 19:06 PM IST

JNU row: List of questions that police asked Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya

JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who surrendered before the police last night, were arrested in the wee hours on Wednesday after being questioned for five hours.

Feb 24, 2016, 18:39 PM IST