Thursday, Apr 18 2024 | Time 18:02 Hrs(IST)
image
India


JNU row: CPI(M) leaders, Bassi meet Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Feb 13 (UNI) Left leaders and Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the developments in the Jawaharlal Nehru University wherein anti-India slogans were raised recently in the university premises at an event against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. In his meeting with the Home Minister, Mr Bassi apprised Mr Singh of the law and order situation prevailing in the university. He also informed the Home Minister that seven more JNU students were detained and were being questioned. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju also condemned the incident. 'Those who resorted to sloganeering were not kids unaware of what was being done. The guilty will not be spared. University premises cannot be made a hotbed for sedition activities at any cost,' Mr Rijiju said. Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and party leader D Raja also raised with the the Home Minister the issue of sedition charges being slapped on a few university students. They also expressed their worry over the students' arrest. 'Whatever is happening now, did not even happen at the time of Emergency,' Mr Yechury told reporters after the meeting . He said concrete evidence should be provided before charging the alleged 20 students as guilty. 'Mr Singh has assured that there will be no proceeding against the innocent and the matter will be probed in a transparent manner,' the CPI(M) leaders said after the meeting. A commemorative programme in the memory of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front founder Maqbool Bhat was organised on February 9 in the university campus in which a few students had raised anti-India slogans. Following this, the police had arrested university's student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar and eight other students on the basis of a video clip. However, the Left leaders have questioned the authenticity of the clip. Further investigation in the matter is on. Besides, police deployment is strengthened around the university area. UNI PR/AR RSA AE 1713

More News
DRDO successfully flight tests Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile

DRDO successfully flight tests Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile

18 Apr 2024 | 4:51 PM

New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday successfully conducted flight-test of Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

see more..
Delhi court extends judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia till April 26

Delhi court extends judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia till April 26

18 Apr 2024 | 4:23 PM

New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) A Delhi court today extended the Judicial Custody of Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till April 26 in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

see more..
SC asks ECI to look into allegations of BJP getting extra votes during mock poll in Kerala

SC asks ECI to look into allegations of BJP getting extra votes during mock poll in Kerala

18 Apr 2024 | 3:38 PM

New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to look into the allegations made by Advocate Prashant Bhushan that during a mock poll in Kerala, extra votes were recorded in favour of the BJP in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

see more..
Key poll battle all set to begin, voting on 102 LS seats on Friday

Key poll battle all set to begin, voting on 102 LS seats on Friday

18 Apr 2024 | 3:06 PM

New Delhi, April 18 (UNI) A high-stake political battle is set to kick off on Friday with as many as 102 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states and union territories (UTs) going to the hustings in the first of the seven-phase Indian general election.

see more..
Waqf Board has jurisdiction to decide on Mutawalliship : SC

Waqf Board has jurisdiction to decide on Mutawalliship : SC

18 Apr 2024 | 2:11 PM

New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Waqf Board has the authority to deal with any issue on administration or relating to Mutawalliship.

see more..
image