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Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.

Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.

Grappling with the intractable issue of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, the Supreme Court said the 1981 amendment to the AMU Act only did a "half-hearted job" and not restore to the institution the position it had prior to 1951.

An institution of national importance must reflect the "national structure", the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday while pointing out that around 70 to 80 per cent students studying at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are Muslims.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed surprise over the Centre's stand that it does not accept the 1981 amendment to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Act, which effectively accorded minority status to the institution.

Aligarh Muslim University cannot be a minority institution given its "national character", the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the hugely disputed question of the minority status of AMU.

Two men, aged 22 and 25, who allegedly planned to set up an ISIS-inspired module at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are in custody, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has said.

More than 300 women students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were taken to a hospital today morning with symptoms of food poisoning, authorities said. They started showing the symptoms after dinner at their hostel the previous night.

Days after some Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students allegedly took out a pro-Palestine march inside the campus, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Tuesday wrote a letter to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking action.

Police here on Monday lodged a case against four Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students for taking out a protest march on the campus to express solidarity with Palestinians, a senior officer said.

Three youths were wounded by gunshots in a fight between two rival groups allegedly belonging to two separate hostels of the Aligarh Muslim University in UP, officials said today.

BJP president JP Nadda rejigged the list of the party's central office-bearers today, bringing in a Pasmanda Muslim from Uttar Pradesh as one of its Vice Presidents

The authorities at Aligarh Muslim University are examining the records of Faizan Ansari, the 19-year-old student arrested by the NIA for allegedly being an ISIS member, a senior official at the institution said today.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old student of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) over his alleged links with terrorist organisation ISIS.

A man was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in the premises of Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday morning, police said.

Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.

Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.

Grappling with the intractable issue of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, the Supreme Court said the 1981 amendment to the AMU Act only did a "half-hearted job" and not restore to the institution the position it had prior to 1951.

An institution of national importance must reflect the "national structure", the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday while pointing out that around 70 to 80 per cent students studying at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are Muslims.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed surprise over the Centre's stand that it does not accept the 1981 amendment to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Act, which effectively accorded minority status to the institution.

Aligarh Muslim University cannot be a minority institution given its "national character", the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the hugely disputed question of the minority status of AMU.

Two men, aged 22 and 25, who allegedly planned to set up an ISIS-inspired module at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are in custody, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has said.

More than 300 women students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were taken to a hospital today morning with symptoms of food poisoning, authorities said. They started showing the symptoms after dinner at their hostel the previous night.

Days after some Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students allegedly took out a pro-Palestine march inside the campus, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Tuesday wrote a letter to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking action.

Police here on Monday lodged a case against four Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students for taking out a protest march on the campus to express solidarity with Palestinians, a senior officer said.

Three youths were wounded by gunshots in a fight between two rival groups allegedly belonging to two separate hostels of the Aligarh Muslim University in UP, officials said today.

BJP president JP Nadda rejigged the list of the party's central office-bearers today, bringing in a Pasmanda Muslim from Uttar Pradesh as one of its Vice Presidents

The authorities at Aligarh Muslim University are examining the records of Faizan Ansari, the 19-year-old student arrested by the NIA for allegedly being an ISIS member, a senior official at the institution said today.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old student of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) over his alleged links with terrorist organisation ISIS.

A man was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in the premises of Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday morning, police said.