Articles for Jnu Students

Considering starting sensitisation camps on caste, says JNU V-C
5 months ago

Considering starting sensitisation camps on caste, says JNU V-C

The Hindu  

Two days after casteist slogans were found painted on the walls of Jawaharlal Nehru University ’s Kaveri Hostel, Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Monday said an inquiry is under way to identify the culprits. JNUSU president Dhananjay said, “We put forth a demand for sensitisation on issues pertaining to caste and identity among students since such incidents have increased recently.” …

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New narrative around JNU poses a challenge to intellectual freedom and opportunity
8 months ago

New narrative around JNU poses a challenge to intellectual freedom and opportunity

The Hindu  

On April 10, the day World QS rankings declared Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University as India’s top-ranked university, JNU’s Narmada hostel lights up at 9 p.m. As students eat dinner in the mess and wrap up for the night, two young men use markers to write ‘Hastinapur University’ on chart paper stuck in front of the hostel. The student experience Garwita …

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In first JNU student polls in four years, Left sweeps 4-0
8 months, 4 weeks ago

In first JNU student polls in four years, Left sweeps 4-0

Hindustan Times  

A coalition of Left student parties, the Left Unity, swept the student union elections at Jawaharlal Nehru University, winning all four central panel seats on offer — president, vice president, general secretary, and joint secretary. For the elections, student organisations such as the All India Students’ Association, Democratic Students’ Federation, Students’ Federation of India, and the All India Students’ Federation …

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Adah Sharma defends anti-JNU remark in Bastar The Naxal Story teaser: 'Like I said during The Kerala Story...'
9 months, 1 week ago

Adah Sharma defends anti-JNU remark in Bastar The Naxal Story teaser: 'Like I said during The Kerala Story...'

Hindustan Times  

Adah Sharma defends her film Adah Sharma said, “When you play a tough cop like Neeraj Mathur in Bastar, I want people to think that I portrayed her in the strongest, most fearless and powerful way. I might not say it as Adah but Neerja would.” Bastar The Naxal Story-JNU controversy In the Bastar: The Naxal Story teaser, Adah Sharma, …

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‘Hate propaganda’: JNU students protest against makers of ‘Bastar: The Naxal Story’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Hate propaganda’: JNU students protest against makers of ‘Bastar: The Naxal Story’

The Hindu  

A section of students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday protested against the teaser of upcoming film Bastar: The Naxal Story, demanding “immediate action” against the director and actors of the movie. The film, directed by Sudipto Sen — known for his previous controversial production, The Kerala Story — showed in its teaser a scene wherein actor Adah Sharma, …

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'Prevented' from attending mahapanchayat in wrestlers’ support, claims section of JNU students
1 year, 6 months ago

'Prevented' from attending mahapanchayat in wrestlers’ support, claims section of JNU students

The Hindu  

A section of Jawaharlal Nehru University students on May 28 alleged that the varsity authorities "prevented" them from taking part in the 'Mahila Maha Panchayat' by ramping up security on campus. The 'maha panchayat' was called to express solidarity with the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. pic.twitter.com/ry5Wv9xn5A — Vinesh Phogat …

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India students watch BBC film on Modi despite power cut
1 year, 10 months ago

India students watch BBC film on Modi despite power cut

Al Jazeera  

JNU students blame university for power outage after officials said screening of documentary might ‘disturb peace and harmony’ on campus. A top Indian university cut off power and internet supply on campus before a screening by its students’ union of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India has dismissed as propaganda, broadcaster NDTV reported. JNU Students start …

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ABVP lied about no non-veg decision, say JNU hostel 'office bearers' after clashes on campus
2 years, 8 months ago

ABVP lied about no non-veg decision, say JNU hostel 'office bearers' after clashes on campus

India Today  

The mess secretary of the Kaveri hostel at the Jawaharlal Nehru University refuted the ABVP's claims over Sunday clashes on campus and said, "The concern was not of right vs left. The Kaveri hostel union president also said that the ABVP lied about the no non-veg decision. "ABVP goons prevented us from meeting the warden and mess supervisor on Sunday …

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The Kashmir Files: What the movie is about and the distasteful review by Anupama Chopra's website
2 years, 9 months ago

The Kashmir Files: What the movie is about and the distasteful review by Anupama Chopra's website

Op India  

On the 6th of March, my husband, who is woefully apolitical and I went for the special screening of Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’. With viewers walking out of the movie feeling shaken, stirred and everything in between, one has to wonder what goaded Anupama Chopra, a veteran movie reviewer, to publish the most insipid review of the movie, which …

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Afghan students of JNU request return to varsity
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan students of JNU request return to varsity

India Today  

Jawaharlal Nehru University has issued a press note regarding Afghan students of the university who have pleaded the varsity to facilitate their return to the campus. Here's the press note: Students afraid of returning to Afghanistan The current crisis brewing in Afghanistan with the Taliban gaining increasing ground is making students who have almost completed their courses here afraid of …

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JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
3 years, 10 months ago

JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others

Hindustan Times  

A court here has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a 2016 sedition case and summoned them on March 15. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma on Monday took the cognisance of the final report almost a year after the Delhi Police received …

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Opinion | Modi to JNU students: Put national interest above ideology
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | Modi to JNU students: Put national interest above ideology

India TV News  

While unveiling a 13-feet tall statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told students why they should put national interest above ideology. Modi also reminded JNU students how during the dark period of Emergency in the Seventies, leaders from Congress, Socialist Party, Jana Sangh and Left parties joined hands under the …

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Narendra Modi unveils Vivekananda statue at JNU amid student protests, says 'ideology should not override national interest'
4 years, 1 month ago

Narendra Modi unveils Vivekananda statue at JNU amid student protests, says 'ideology should not override national interest'

Firstpost  

JNU students flashed posters of ‘Modi go back’ and ‘we want answers’ ahead of the unveiling of the statue by the prime minister at the varsity’s north gate New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda in the JNU campus, for long an ideological battlefield for the Left and Hindutva groups, and asserted that …

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JNU to conduct its fourth convocation in November amid Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

JNU to conduct its fourth convocation in November amid Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagedesh Kumar mentioned that convocation is a special moment in the life of a students, therefore, the university has decided to hold the convocation to make it a memorable event of the students. The executive council, which met here, approved the holding of the fourth convocation of the varsity, JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar said. It is all …

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