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Live Now Osmania University Professor held for alleged links with Maoists
A professor of the Osmania University wasarrested on Saturday for suspected links with the Maoists, police said. An Associate Professor in the Telugu department, C Kasim was allegedly involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act among other sections in Mulugu Police station in 2015. "That case is under investigation and we collected the material...
- 23 hrs ago
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Live Now Is there any truth to the posters about paying for professor posts in JNU?
Even as the Jawaharlal Nehru University roars with students' unrest, allegations of discrepancies in appointments across departments and centres of the university continue. A two-page poster, allegedly exposing the nexus of administrators, teachers and politicians who accept 'donations' in exchange for jobs at the JNU, has been circulated on campus and have been doing the...
- 2 days ago
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Live Now From all-nighters to passing a football, how Kerala's woke anti-CAA protests are getting attention
As student voices magnify with the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, activists and ideologues from Kerala have been at the forefront. Since the bill became a household topic of discussion, a few artists from the state have been particularly vocal about their opinions regarding the act and in mobilising their followers to speak against...
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Live Now West Bengal Guv takes a dig at CU Vice-Chancellor's absence at St Xavier's convocation
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday took a dig at the absence of Calcutta University Vice-Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee at the convocation of St Xavier's College in Kolkata. The governor was the chief guest at the convocation of the St Xavier's college. Turning to the vacant chair of the CU VC at the convocation podium, Dhankhar said...
- 4 days ago
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Live Now Mount Carmel College's French fest Franco-Feel is back. Here's everything you need to know
After a gap of five years, Mount Carmel College's inter-collegiate French Fest, Franco-Feel 2020 is back and how! The theme is La Vie en Rose, borrowing directly from popular French singer and performer Edith Piaf's song. This classic singer struggled through her life and this inspired students to support a cause. The French students of Mount Carmel...
- 4 days ago
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Live Now Two ABVP members arrested for assaulting students in Visva Bharati University
Two people, allegedly from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, have been arrested in connection with the assault on students at the Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan on January 15, said sources. Achintya Bagdi and Sabir Ali Baksh have been arrested on January 16 for beating up students in their hostel rooms, said sources privy to the incident. The duo has...
- 4 days ago
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Live Now How astrophysicist Ajay Tannirkulam abandoned a lucrative opportunity abroad to help small farmers in Tamil Nadu
To make your mark in an area of your choice, is it important to start your career in that particular field? History tells us quite the opposite as famous people, from bestselling author John Grisham to Hollywood biggie Harrison Ford have all had multiple detours in their career path before ending up at the top of their game today....
- 4 days ago
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Live Now Komal Sharma, DU student and ABVP activist approaches NCW alleging that she was defamed as a attacker at JNU
While the Delhi Police said that DU student Komal Sharma's phone has been switched off since Saturday, She has approached theNational Commission for Women. She has registered a complaint against a news channel for allegedly defaming her by identifying her as one of the attackers in the JNU violence. Sharma told the NCW that she has been...
- 4 days ago
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Live Now Read into this: Why Rohan Murty won't let you borrow books from his personal library
WhenRohan Murty, who is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, said, "Programming is as fundamental as algebra. So when you start learning algebra, you should start learning programming," I tried very hard to hold back my look of bewilderment. For someone who has been inclined towards Arts her whole life, this was a difficult statement to...
- 5 days ago
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Live Now I hope ABVP admins, faculty are interrogated too: JNU student who infiltrated 'Unity against left' WhatsApp group
On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court asked the Delhi police to interrogate the members of two WhatsApp groups —Friends of RSSandUnity Against Left. Screenshots of conversations that happened in these groups suggested that its members may have instigated the violence in JNU on January 5. The police was also asked to seize the phones...
- 5 days ago
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