Afzal Guru Hanging

Two journalists were called for questioning by Jammu and Kashmir police after reporting on a Kashmir Valley shutdown call issued by banned separatist outfit JKLF to mark the hanging of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat

A chargesheet was filed on Monday against former student union leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and eight others for allegedly holding an "anti-national" event at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi in February 2016.

JNU student Umar Khalid today said that the students will not "lie low" and vowed to challenge in court the University panel's recommendation upholding his rustication in connection with the February 9, 2016 incident against Afzal Guru's hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the campus.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said he was not aware of rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur when he tweeted a comment criticising her post. Mr Rijiju also said he believed that the 20-year-old is being used as a pawn by "leftists who support Afzal Guru (the parliament attack convict hanged in 2013)".

For an event organised in February against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, an appellate authority of Jawaharlal Nehru University has found 21 students guilty of indiscipline.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is believed to be seeking legal opinion over punishment to a few students in connection with an event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Former senior police officer Kiran Bedi has termed as "crime" the February 9 event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and claimed the issue was blown out of proportion because it was "politicized".

The Jawaharlal Nehru University today revoked the academic suspension of eight students including its students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the controversial event at its campus to protest the hanging of Afzal Guru.

Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNU Students Union president, had objected to cancellation of permission for the controversial event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, JNU Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi has claimed.

Ridiculing allegations of having received "foreign funding", the students charged with sedition in connection with a controversial event on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus against hanging of Afzal Guru claimed that it takes only "Rs 100" to organise any programme at the varsity.

The Delhi Police is searching for three JNU students allegedly involved in organising a controversial event on February 9 on the university campus. The event was organised to protest the hanging of Afzal Guru, convicted for the terrorist attack on Parliament House on December 13, 2001.

Three years after his hanging, the JNU row has drilled Afzal Guru into the collective psyche of the nation.

As the row at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over an event against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru raged, a video allegedly showing members of student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) shouting 'pro-Pakistan' slogans has gone viral.

Expressing disappointment over the event at the Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that it had support of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed. Mr Singh's comments drew a lot of reactions.

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and briefed him about the investigation into the sedition case registered in connection with an event at the JNU campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Two journalists were called for questioning by Jammu and Kashmir police after reporting on a Kashmir Valley shutdown call issued by banned separatist outfit JKLF to mark the hanging of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat

A chargesheet was filed on Monday against former student union leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and eight others for allegedly holding an "anti-national" event at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi in February 2016.

JNU student Umar Khalid today said that the students will not "lie low" and vowed to challenge in court the University panel's recommendation upholding his rustication in connection with the February 9, 2016 incident against Afzal Guru's hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the campus.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said he was not aware of rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur when he tweeted a comment criticising her post. Mr Rijiju also said he believed that the 20-year-old is being used as a pawn by "leftists who support Afzal Guru (the parliament attack convict hanged in 2013)".

For an event organised in February against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, an appellate authority of Jawaharlal Nehru University has found 21 students guilty of indiscipline.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is believed to be seeking legal opinion over punishment to a few students in connection with an event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Former senior police officer Kiran Bedi has termed as "crime" the February 9 event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and claimed the issue was blown out of proportion because it was "politicized".

The Jawaharlal Nehru University today revoked the academic suspension of eight students including its students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the controversial event at its campus to protest the hanging of Afzal Guru.

Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNU Students Union president, had objected to cancellation of permission for the controversial event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, JNU Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi has claimed.

Ridiculing allegations of having received "foreign funding", the students charged with sedition in connection with a controversial event on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus against hanging of Afzal Guru claimed that it takes only "Rs 100" to organise any programme at the varsity.

The Delhi Police is searching for three JNU students allegedly involved in organising a controversial event on February 9 on the university campus. The event was organised to protest the hanging of Afzal Guru, convicted for the terrorist attack on Parliament House on December 13, 2001.

Three years after his hanging, the JNU row has drilled Afzal Guru into the collective psyche of the nation.

As the row at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over an event against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru raged, a video allegedly showing members of student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) shouting 'pro-Pakistan' slogans has gone viral.

Expressing disappointment over the event at the Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that it had support of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed. Mr Singh's comments drew a lot of reactions.

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and briefed him about the investigation into the sedition case registered in connection with an event at the JNU campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.