Firoze Khan

In BHU Face-Saver, Transfer For Muslim Sanskrit Professor Facing Protests

India News | Written by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday December 10, 2019

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

Delhi Factory Worker Recalls How He Escaped Fire; Others Weren't As Lucky

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 8, 2019

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.

Bengal College Welcomes Muslim Sanskrit Professor As Row In BHU Continues

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday November 23, 2019

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.

BHU Students End Sit-In Stir Against Muslim Professor But Boycott Classes

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday November 22, 2019

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

Protests Against Muslim Sanskrit Professor Wrong: BHU Founder's Grandson

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 22, 2019

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.

BHU Sanskrit Department Reopens Amid Muslim Professor Row, Students Boycott

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday November 21, 2019

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

At BHU, Many Back Muslim Professor For Sanskrit Despite Lockout

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Thursday November 21, 2019

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.

Paresh Rawal's "Mohammed Rafi Logic" In Support For Muslim Professor Firoze Khan At BHU

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday November 20, 2019

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.

Students Protest As BHU Firm On Muslim Professor For Sanskrit

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Wednesday November 20, 2019

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.

"BJP Neglecting Gandhi Statues": UP Leader Defends Crying On Camera

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday October 3, 2019

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.

How Samajwadi Party Leader, Dressed Up As Groom, Tried To Hoodwink Cops

India News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Saturday September 14, 2019

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

Gulberg Massacre Survivor To Contest Against Amit Shah In Gandhinagar

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2019

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.

Case Against SP Leader For Alleged Sexist Remarks Against Jaya Prada

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday March 29, 2019

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.

With Sexist Remark Against Jaya Prada, Samajwadi Leader Steps On Landmine

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday March 29, 2019

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...

Court Allows 3 More Charges Against Activist Teesta Setalvad in Embezzlement Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 11, 2015

A magistrate's court here today allowed police to add charges under three forgery-related sections of IPC to the complaint against social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Gulberg Society fund embezzlement case.