Firoze Khan

Six people, including ex-Balrampur MP of Samajwadi Party, Rizwan Zahir, and his daughter have been arrested for their alleged involvement in killing of former Tulsipur panchyat chairman Firoz Khan Pappu on January 5, police said.

The Muslim professor whose appointment to Banaras Hindu University's Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma sparked protests by students who said a non-Hindu could not teach Sanskrit has resigned

On Sunday morning, 32-year-old Firoz Khan woke up to flames engulfing the room where he was sleeping along with his fellow workers in a building in Delhi's Anaj Mandi.

Comparisons are odious but this one tells a tale. At the Banaras Hindu University, a Sanskrit professor has been facing resistance from a section of students because he is a Muslim.

Banaras Hindu University students protesting the appointment of a Muslim professor to the Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma faculty today called off their 15-day sit-in protest and vacated the area outside the Vice Chancellor's office and residence

BHU Chancellor Giridhar Malviya, who is the university founder Madan Mohan Malviya's grandson, on Thursday backed the Muslim professor whose appointment at the Sanskrit department triggered a row, saying had the leader been alive he too would approved.

The Sanskrit department at BHU reopened today despite continued protests by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach the subject

As classes at Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Sanskrit faculty remain suspended for the fourteenth straight day over a protest by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach Sanskrit , many in the university have now openly started speaking in favour of Professor Firoze Khan.

Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal has condemned the ongoing lockout by students at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) over the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying he is "stunned by the protest" against Firoze Khan.

A student-enforced lockout at the "Sahitya" or the literature wing of the Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vijnan, a unit of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has been continuing for nearly two weeks, with the controversy over the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor refusing to die down.

A day after footage of a Samajwadi Party leader weeping at the foot of a Mahatma Gandhi statue in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district provoked claims of "overacting" on social media, the politician hit back today by claiming that he has done more to maintain such structures than the ruling BJP can ever be credited for.

Firoz Khan, Samajwadi Party leader from Sambhal, wore a sehra or headdress and disguised himself as a groom to evade the police.

Imtiyaz Khan Pathan, 42, is a candidate of the Apna Desh Party from Kheda, while his elder brother Firoz Khan Pathan, 45, has filed his nomination as an Independent from Gandhinagar, where he is pitted against BJP chief Amit Shah.

A case was filed against Firoz Khan, the Samajwadi Party leader, for allegedly making sexist remarks against actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who recently switched over to the BJP. The Uttar Pradesh police said that an investigation into the case has been started on Thursday.

A Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh has stepped on a landmine with his sexist comment against his former party colleague and actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who joined the BJP earlier this week. Jaya Prada will contest from Rampur constituency, where the party headed by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has fielded Azam Khan, another S...

Six people, including ex-Balrampur MP of Samajwadi Party, Rizwan Zahir, and his daughter have been arrested for their alleged involvement in killing of former Tulsipur panchyat chairman Firoz Khan Pappu on January 5, police said.

The Muslim professor whose appointment to Banaras Hindu University's Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma sparked protests by students who said a non-Hindu could not teach Sanskrit has resigned

On Sunday morning, 32-year-old Firoz Khan woke up to flames engulfing the room where he was sleeping along with his fellow workers in a building in Delhi's Anaj Mandi.

Comparisons are odious but this one tells a tale. At the Banaras Hindu University, a Sanskrit professor has been facing resistance from a section of students because he is a Muslim.

Banaras Hindu University students protesting the appointment of a Muslim professor to the Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma faculty today called off their 15-day sit-in protest and vacated the area outside the Vice Chancellor's office and residence

BHU Chancellor Giridhar Malviya, who is the university founder Madan Mohan Malviya's grandson, on Thursday backed the Muslim professor whose appointment at the Sanskrit department triggered a row, saying had the leader been alive he too would approved.

The Sanskrit department at BHU reopened today despite continued protests by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach the subject

As classes at Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Sanskrit faculty remain suspended for the fourteenth straight day over a protest by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach Sanskrit , many in the university have now openly started speaking in favour of Professor Firoze Khan.

Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal has condemned the ongoing lockout by students at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) over the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying he is "stunned by the protest" against Firoze Khan.

A student-enforced lockout at the "Sahitya" or the literature wing of the Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vijnan, a unit of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has been continuing for nearly two weeks, with the controversy over the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor refusing to die down.

A day after footage of a Samajwadi Party leader weeping at the foot of a Mahatma Gandhi statue in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district provoked claims of "overacting" on social media, the politician hit back today by claiming that he has done more to maintain such structures than the ruling BJP can ever be credited for.

Firoz Khan, Samajwadi Party leader from Sambhal, wore a sehra or headdress and disguised himself as a groom to evade the police.

Imtiyaz Khan Pathan, 42, is a candidate of the Apna Desh Party from Kheda, while his elder brother Firoz Khan Pathan, 45, has filed his nomination as an Independent from Gandhinagar, where he is pitted against BJP chief Amit Shah.

A case was filed against Firoz Khan, the Samajwadi Party leader, for allegedly making sexist remarks against actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who recently switched over to the BJP. The Uttar Pradesh police said that an investigation into the case has been started on Thursday.

A Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh has stepped on a landmine with his sexist comment against his former party colleague and actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who joined the BJP earlier this week. Jaya Prada will contest from Rampur constituency, where the party headed by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has fielded Azam Khan, another S...