Ramjas College Violence

The police today told the Delhi High Court that it had set up a panel to look into the recent violence at Ramjas College, where students and scribes were allegedly assaulted by cops. Police admitted that the panel of senior cops was set up after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sought the agency's response regarding the alleged assault o...

Playback singer Chinmayi Sripaada has started an online petition after she was trolled, threatened with rape on Twitter. Why? Simply for expressing her views

The ripples of the Delhi University violence that stoked a debate on free speech in India, have now reached foreign shores. Largely critical of RSS-affiliated ABVP, a large number of students, studying in USA, UK and across Europe, have come out in solidarity with the DU.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday weighed in on the debate on free speech and nationalism following last week's violence at Ramjas College, saying there is "no room in India for the intolerant Indian". At the same time, he underscored that those in universities "must engage in reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagate a culture of u...

Adding insult to injury for Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who led a campaign against in-campus violence and blamed students' group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP for it, Haryana Minister and BJP leader Anil Vij on Tuesday said that all those in her support should be thrown out of India. "Those who are supporting Gurmehar K...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju's comments on Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur may be raised in parliament by the Congress when the budget session resumes, a senior lawmaker of the party said today.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday issued notice to Facebook seeking details to identify those who issued rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur.

Amid the raging debate on 20-year-old Gurmehar Kaur's Facebook posts, Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor weighed in, expressing regret over cricketer Virender Sehwag's tweet that was seen as mocking Ms Kaur's views about her father's death. In response to Ms Kaur's post that said her father, a soldier, was killed by war and not Pakistan, the cricket ...

Two students of Delhi University, who belong to the BJP-linked student organisation ABVP, were arrested hours after the DU protest against campus violence that drew a huge crowd on Tuesday. The arrests took place after two students, who participated in the protest, said they were attacked by ABVP supporters on their way back, sources said. They wer...

Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who alleged rape threats over her social media campaign against the student group ABVP, pulled out of a march today against campus violence.

The activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad clashed with their rivals from Students For Society (SFS) on the Punjab University campus today, apparently in a ripple effect of the violence in Delhi's Ramjas College.

A Facebook post by a soldier's daughter, Gurmehar Kaur, against BJP-linked student outfit ABVP over campus violence is at the centre of a huge political row. The Delhi University student has two women constables for protection after she complained about death and rape threats.

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag is facing anger after a tweet that appeared to mock a post by a Kargil martyr's daughter, Gurmehar Kaur. She is currently in the news over her social media campaign against the BJP-linked student group ABVP. Last week, she posted a strong message on Facebook after clashes over Ramjas College inviting Jawaharlal Nehr...

A day before his retirement, Ramjas College principal Rajendra Prasad on Monday expressed pain over the violence that swamped the college last week and urged students to adopt peaceful means to deal with any conflict of ideas.

Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil martyr, fought back tears when she told NDTV that she was being threatened with rape after her social media posts against the ABVP, the BJP-linked students' group accused of violence at Ramjas College last week.

The police today told the Delhi High Court that it had set up a panel to look into the recent violence at Ramjas College, where students and scribes were allegedly assaulted by cops. Police admitted that the panel of senior cops was set up after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sought the agency's response regarding the alleged assault o...

Playback singer Chinmayi Sripaada has started an online petition after she was trolled, threatened with rape on Twitter. Why? Simply for expressing her views

The ripples of the Delhi University violence that stoked a debate on free speech in India, have now reached foreign shores. Largely critical of RSS-affiliated ABVP, a large number of students, studying in USA, UK and across Europe, have come out in solidarity with the DU.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday weighed in on the debate on free speech and nationalism following last week's violence at Ramjas College, saying there is "no room in India for the intolerant Indian". At the same time, he underscored that those in universities "must engage in reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagate a culture of u...

Adding insult to injury for Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who led a campaign against in-campus violence and blamed students' group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP for it, Haryana Minister and BJP leader Anil Vij on Tuesday said that all those in her support should be thrown out of India. "Those who are supporting Gurmehar K...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju's comments on Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur may be raised in parliament by the Congress when the budget session resumes, a senior lawmaker of the party said today.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday issued notice to Facebook seeking details to identify those who issued rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur.

Amid the raging debate on 20-year-old Gurmehar Kaur's Facebook posts, Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor weighed in, expressing regret over cricketer Virender Sehwag's tweet that was seen as mocking Ms Kaur's views about her father's death. In response to Ms Kaur's post that said her father, a soldier, was killed by war and not Pakistan, the cricket ...

Two students of Delhi University, who belong to the BJP-linked student organisation ABVP, were arrested hours after the DU protest against campus violence that drew a huge crowd on Tuesday. The arrests took place after two students, who participated in the protest, said they were attacked by ABVP supporters on their way back, sources said. They wer...

Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who alleged rape threats over her social media campaign against the student group ABVP, pulled out of a march today against campus violence.

The activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad clashed with their rivals from Students For Society (SFS) on the Punjab University campus today, apparently in a ripple effect of the violence in Delhi's Ramjas College.

A Facebook post by a soldier's daughter, Gurmehar Kaur, against BJP-linked student outfit ABVP over campus violence is at the centre of a huge political row. The Delhi University student has two women constables for protection after she complained about death and rape threats.

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag is facing anger after a tweet that appeared to mock a post by a Kargil martyr's daughter, Gurmehar Kaur. She is currently in the news over her social media campaign against the BJP-linked student group ABVP. Last week, she posted a strong message on Facebook after clashes over Ramjas College inviting Jawaharlal Nehr...

A day before his retirement, Ramjas College principal Rajendra Prasad on Monday expressed pain over the violence that swamped the college last week and urged students to adopt peaceful means to deal with any conflict of ideas.

Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil martyr, fought back tears when she told NDTV that she was being threatened with rape after her social media posts against the ABVP, the BJP-linked students' group accused of violence at Ramjas College last week.