Several students in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday boycotted their regular classes in order to demand for campus democracy and the right to live with dignity in the varsity.
In wake of illegal migration of Rohingyas from Myanmar, the Jawaharlal Nehru Univ has published a report titled, “Illegal immigrants to Delhi: Analysing Socio-economic and Political Consequences”, under guidance of Professor Manuradha Chaudhary and Professor Preeti D Das.
With the passing away of Sitaram Yechury, India has lost a conscientious politician and revolutionary. He belonged to the first crop of free India’s bright youngsters who carried the dream of a better India, a socialist India which would serve the interests of the many and not just the few.
The veteran diplomat, who was not keeping well for the past month due to various age-related ailments, breathed his last at the Fortis Escorts Hospital.
Urvashi Rautela gives fans a glimpse of her performance in 'JNU' (Jahangir National University) with a special snippet.
If the BJP did not anticipate the students taking to the streets in such large numbers, the party also does not seem to have expected the citizenship law and the NRC to raise tempers to such a pitch. It is possible that the party had been lulled into believing that it will be able to get away with anything by the ease with which it succeeded in dispensing with the constitutional provisions granting special status to Kashmir. Given the magnitude of its drastic step in Kashmir, including the conversion of the state into a Union Territory, the jailing of all the mainstream leaders and the shutting down of the Internet for months on end, the citizenship law and the NRC may have seemed to the government to be no more than routine measures.
Panaji Police have arrested Satish Nilkanthe, a Maharashtra resident, for allegedly stabbing the student, search is on for three other accused who are on the run.
There are several versions of what happened. It appears that there was violence by several rival groups against others.
For a transparent, rigorous and fair selection, a UPSC type of recruitment system to fill vacant permanent positions in the university and its colleges could be adopted with waivers regarding age only and nothing else. Counting of ad hoc service, another DUTA demand, is unfair as it puts candidates who did not apply because of the temporary nature of appointment at a disadvantage.
On the matter, Paswan after meeting the faculty members said that the allegations are serious and should be looked into.
