BHU students continue protest, Muslim prof feels 'insulted'
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students continue protest, Muslim prof feels 'insulted'

India Today  

The students' protest against the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University entered its 14th day on Wednesday with the students refusing to give up on their demand. The Muslim professor Feroz Kahn, meanwhile, said that he felt 'insulted' by the incident and added that he would have never applied for the job if the university had mentioned in the Students sitting on dharna, on the other hand, have started reciting Hanuman Chalisa to underline their opposition to a Muslim faculty member. Chakrapani Ojha, a student leader leading the protest since November 7, said: "The appointment of a Muslim faculty member has hurt the sentiments of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya who established the BHU. The university spokesman Rajesh Singh said that there is no stone inscription on the premises that says non-Hindus cannot study or teach in BHU.

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Bangladeshi students can stay till situation normalises back home: BHU
5 months ago

Bangladeshi students can stay till situation normalises back home: BHU

Hindustan Times  

While considering the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh, the Banaras Hindu University has decided to allow Bangladeshi passed out students staying on its campus to continue their stay in hostels till the situation normalises in their native country. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Public relations officer, BHU Dr Rajesh Singh said that a total of 205 students of Bangladesh have been enrolled in …

Bangladeshi students can stay till situation normalises back home: BHU
5 months ago

Bangladeshi students can stay till situation normalises back home: BHU

Hindustan Times  

While considering the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh, the Banaras Hindu University has decided to allow Bangladeshi passed out students staying on its campus to continue their stay in hostels till the situation normalises in their native country. Public relations officer, BHU Dr Rajesh Singh said that a total of 205 students of Bangladesh have been enrolled in various courses …

FACK CHECK: Muslim students embrace Sanskrit education in Kerala, debunking false claims
1 year, 1 month ago

FACK CHECK: Muslim students embrace Sanskrit education in Kerala, debunking false claims

India TV News  

A viral video depicting Muslim students learning Sanskrit at the Academy of Sharia and Advanced Studies in Thrissur, Kerala, is circulating on social media with the misleading claim that these students are being trained to become Hindu temple priests. The 5.29-minute video, shared on social media platforms, came with a caption suggesting that Muslim teachers in Kerala were instructing Muslim …

Banaras Hindu University launches 'Teach for BHU' scheme to engage PhD students in teaching
2 years, 9 months ago

Banaras Hindu University launches 'Teach for BHU' scheme to engage PhD students in teaching

India Today  

Committed to the growth and development of students, Banaras Hindu University has launched a special scheme called “TEACH FOR BHU” for its PhD students, which will help them nurture their skills to excel in professional life. The decision to introduce the scheme was taken at the Governing Body meeting of Institution of Eminence, BHU, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sudhir K. …

Hijab Row: Protests Flare Up in PU Colleges as Students Denied Entry; HC Adjourns Matter Till Thursday
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab Row: Protests Flare Up in PU Colleges as Students Denied Entry; HC Adjourns Matter Till Thursday

News 18  

Chaos prevailed on Wednesday in several pre-university colleges in Karnataka, which were opened on Wednesday after remaining shut for a week owing to the Hijab row, as Muslim students were asked to remove their Hijab while entering the institutions. Students launch a protest at Government PU College in Karnataka’s Vijayapura after teachers insisted students remove Hijab at the gates of …

BHU Commences MA in Hindu Studies, Claims First Such Course in India
2 years, 11 months ago

BHU Commences MA in Hindu Studies, Claims First Such Course in India

News 18  

The Banaras Hindu University has begun its master’s courses on Hindu Studies which it claims is the first such course in India. Prof VK Shukla, vice-chancellor of BHU said that the course will make the world aware of many unknown aspects of Hindu Dharma and help in taking its teachings to more people. The first week’s timetable comprises lectures on …

Mangaluru: 3 Hindu Mahasabha leaders arrested for inciting religious sentiments
3 years, 3 months ago

Mangaluru: 3 Hindu Mahasabha leaders arrested for inciting religious sentiments

India TV News  

The Mangaluru police on Sunday arrested three Hindu Mahasabha leaders for inciting religious sentiments of the people. The arrested leaders — Dharmendra, Rajesh Pavitraan and Prem Polali — held a press conference where they made statements over demolition of Hindu temples. One of the leaders Dharmendra made an objectionable remark saying when Mahatma Gandhi, who hurt the sentiments of Hindus, …

BHU Shuts Down Till May 15, Cancels Online Classes
3 years, 8 months ago

BHU Shuts Down Till May 15, Cancels Online Classes

News 18  

In view of rising cases of Covid-19 in the country, the authorities of Banaras Hindu University have decided to shut down the campus till May 15 and have even suspended all online classes during this period. The university released a notification late Wednesday following the meeting in which it was stated that officials will work from their homes till May …

BHU students end stirafter Muslim teacherquits, joins another dept
5 years ago

BHU students end stirafter Muslim teacherquits, joins another dept

Hindustan Times  

VARANASI The Muslim professor, whose appointment in Banaras Hindu University’s Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan faculty led to over a month-long protest by students, has resigned from the faculty and will teach Sanskrit in a different department of the same institution. There are 750 students enrolled in the department of Sanskrit in courses, including Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and …

Communalising the BHU campus
5 years, 1 month ago

Communalising the BHU campus

The Hindu  

While students in Jawaharlal Nehru University, who are running a campaign demanding the rollback of a huge hostel fee hike and the withdrawal of a ludicrous hostel manual, get beaten up and arrested, students of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, are getting away with a communal agenda targeting professors and university officials. The students of the Sanskrit department …

BHU SVDV students sharpen their protest against management
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU SVDV students sharpen their protest against management

Op India  

The protest by BHU’s SVDV students against the appointment of professor Firoz Khan in the Dharma Vigyan faculty of the university continues unabated. Read- BHU Protests: Emeritus Professors of SVDV write to President Kovind, slam the appointment of Firoz Khan The worship of the village deity which commenced with the blessings of Vijay Sri for the success of this movement …

After Sanskrit controversy, BHU's Muslim professor prepares to teach Ayurveda
5 years, 1 month ago

After Sanskrit controversy, BHU's Muslim professor prepares to teach Ayurveda

India Today  

After a controvery erupted on his appointment as an Assistant Professor in Benaras Hindu University, Firoze Khan will now appear for an interview to teach Ayurveda at the varsity. This comes after students held protests spanning over a two weeks opposing his appointment as an Assistant Professor to teach Sansnkrit in Sanskrit Vidya Dharam Vijnan. The protesting students say they …

After students now ex-faculty object to BHU Muslim Professor
5 years, 1 month ago

After students now ex-faculty object to BHU Muslim Professor

India TV News  

Day after the agitating students of the Banaras Hindu University called off their sit-in stir, former faculty members of the same Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department, raised objection to the appointment of a Muslim professor. "The Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department should not be tinkered with as the appointment of any non-Hindu is against the established norms and tradition of …

BHU students call off stir on fifteenth day of agitation; RSS earlier backed appointment of Muslim professor to Sanskrit department
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students call off stir on fifteenth day of agitation; RSS earlier backed appointment of Muslim professor to Sanskrit department

Firstpost  

‘The Sangh is of the opinion that opposing Dr Firoz Khan is wrong’, said Jayprakash Lal, Vibhag Sanghchalak, RSS Kashi Varanasi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh backed professor Firoz Khan as students protesting against his appointment at Banaras Hindu University ’s Sanskrit department called off their agitation on Friday. Functionaries of RSS’ Kashi unit held a meeting today to discuss the students’ …

BHU students call off protest as RSS backs Sanskrit professor
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students call off protest as RSS backs Sanskrit professor

Hindustan Times  

Students called off a fortnight-long sit-in protest on Friday against the appointment of a Muslim to teach Sanskrit in Banaras Hindu University’s Sanskrit studies department, apparently swayed by the support he received from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and vice chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar. Students called off a fortnight-long sit-in protest on Friday against the appointment of a Muslim to teach Sanskrit …

As students burn VC’s effigies, Shankacharya writes to PM Modi on the BHU protests, PMO asks BHU admin for report
5 years, 1 month ago

As students burn VC’s effigies, Shankacharya writes to PM Modi on the BHU protests, PMO asks BHU admin for report

Op India  

The students of SVDV, which is the Dharma Vigyan department of Banaras Hindu University are protesting the appointment of one Dr Firoze Khan in the Dharma Vigyan department. The students are now alleging that the controversial appointment of Dr Firoze Khan in the Dharma Vigyan department was done by the VC to brush under the carpet and distract people from …

BHU students give 10-day break to dharna, Sanskrit literature department reopens
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students give 10-day break to dharna, Sanskrit literature department reopens

India Today  

A group of Banaras Hindu University students has been protesting against the appointment of Firoze Khan in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the BHU for over two weeks now. The BHU had announced on Thursday that classes at the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan's literature department would resume, indicating that the stir against the appointment of assistant professor Firoze Khan …

Respect Muslim prof, but non-Hindu can't teach us our rituals, dharma, say BHU students amid appointment row
5 years, 1 month ago

Respect Muslim prof, but non-Hindu can't teach us our rituals, dharma, say BHU students amid appointment row

India Today  

The students’ protest against the appointment of Firoze Khan in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University has been going on for over two weeks now. With the BHU maintaining that they won't reverse the appointment, varsity students say they are not opposing the Muslim professor teaching Sanskrit. The protesting students say they are against a Muslim …

Protest against appointment of Muslim teacher in BHU Sanskrit faculty not right: UP Dy CM
5 years, 1 month ago

Protest against appointment of Muslim teacher in BHU Sanskrit faculty not right: UP Dy CM

Hindustan Times  

Breaking his silence on the controversy over appointment of a Muslim teacher in the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan of Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday said subjects and teachers did not have any religion. HT Image Sharma said those protesting against the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the Sanskrit faculty were …

‘Not against Muslims’ – protesting students at BHU explain their position. An OpIndia exclusive
5 years, 1 month ago

‘Not against Muslims’ – protesting students at BHU explain their position. An OpIndia exclusive

Op India  

‘Pandit Krishnakant Chaturvedi will soon teach Islam, Shariat and Islamic studies…’ What happened? Recently, in Banaras Hindu University ’s Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan stream, a Muslim professor Dr Firoz Khan was appointed as an assistant professor. One Shashikant Mishra, a student in SVDV stream in BHU told OpIndia that their protest is against appointment of a non-Hindu in ‘Dharma Vigyan’ …

Banaras Hindu University backs Muslim professor's appointment in Sanskrit department
5 years, 1 month ago

Banaras Hindu University backs Muslim professor's appointment in Sanskrit department

India Today  

The Banaras Hindu University on Friday backed the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying it is committed to provide equal opportunities to everyone irrespective of religion, caste, community or gender. The clarification comes after the RSS students' wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad opposed the appointment of Firoz Khan as an assistant professor in the Sanskrit literature …

BHU students protest over Muslim professor’s appointment in Sanskrit department
5 years, 2 months ago

BHU students protest over Muslim professor’s appointment in Sanskrit department

Hindustan Times  

The appointment of a Muslim assistant professor in the literature department of the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan of Banaras Hindu University has triggered protests. However, the BHU administration has made it clear that “the appointment has been made as per the University Grants Commission rules and the BHU Act in a transparent manner based on the eligibility of …

DMK says Anna University teaching Gita is ‘Sanskrit imposition’
5 years, 3 months ago

DMK says Anna University teaching Gita is ‘Sanskrit imposition’

Op India  

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has accused the Central government of ‘Sanskrit imposition’ in Tamil Nadu after it was reported that Anna University had decided to teach its students Hindu scriptures and Philosophy as a subject to its 3rd semester B.Tech and M.Tech students. Chennai:Anna University has decided to teach ‘Philosophy’ as a compulsory course to its 3rd Semester BTech&MTech students. …

AMU, BHU bear witness to rising violence, polarisation as political parties invade campuses to spread their ideologies
5 years, 7 months ago

AMU, BHU bear witness to rising violence, polarisation as political parties invade campuses to spread their ideologies

Firstpost  

Both the BHU and the AMU have been witness to ‘academic interference’, giving space for outsider and anti-social forces to create a disruptive environment in India’s educational hubs Editor’s Note: A network of 60 reporters set off across India to test the idea of development as it is experienced on the ground. But the ABVP has continued to protest other …

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