Aligarh: The Aarakshan Sangharsh Morcha on Tuesday held a march demanding reservation for Dalits and backward and Other Backward Classes in admission at Aligarh Muslim University. The protesters gathered at Raja Mahendra Pratap chowk in the Civil Lines locality and then marched to the University Circle at the entry point of the campus, raising anti-AMU and religious slogans. The students …
Aligarh : The Aligarh Muslim University has denied claims that it extends reservation on religious grounds to Muslim candidates in admissions and recruitment, asserting that it has no such system in place. The university said this in a statement on Monday, days after the Supreme Court held that the legal question over the AMU's minority status would be decided by …
The Aligarh Muslim University on Monday clarified that it gives no reservation to Muslim candidates either on admission to different courses or in recruitment. For reservation only The clarification comes after the university faced heat on the issue of there being no reservation for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes at Aligarh Muslim University. “The Aligarh Muslim University gives …
The Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association has “wholeheartedly welcomed” the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the right of Aligarh Muslim University to seek minority status. He said AMUTA would issue a comprehensive statement following consultations with all stakeholders and extended gratitude to the lawyers, alumni, and numerous individuals who have been instrumental in securing the outcome, which, he said, “upholds the …
After 34 deaths among teachers and retired colleagues due to COVID and COVID-like symptoms, the AMU vice-chancellor wrote to the ICMR on Sunday, urging it to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus. In a letter to the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, VC Tariq Mansoor said 16 serving and 18 retired …
