Bhu Protests

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  Security Tightened At IIT-BHU After Student Forcibly Kissed, Clothes Torn

  Hundreds of students are protesting at the IIT-BHU after a woman student was allegedly kissed and stripped by three unidentified men on the campus.

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  Allahabad University Students Threaten To Bury Themselves Over Fee Hike

  Allahabad University students demonstrating against a fee hike on Tuesday threatened to take "bhu samadhi" by burying themselves in a pit they dug at their protest site.

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  Protests In Banaras Hindu University Over Iftar, Students Allege Appeasement

  Banaras Hindu University -- one of the premier educational institutions in the country -- was hit by controversy over Iftar today.

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  Nita Ambani As Visiting Faculty? BHU, Reliance Say No As Students Protest

  A proposal to appoint Reliance Industries Executive Director Nita Ambani as a visiting professor at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has led to protests at the campus.

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  Police Issues Notice To Prevent BHU Students From Taking Out Marches

  Police has issued notice to students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) asking them to not take out a march outside the campus premises to protest the amended citizenship law.

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  In BHU Face-Saver, Transfer For Muslim Sanskrit Professor Facing Protests

  The Muslim professor whose appointment to Banaras Hindu University's Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma sparked protests by students who said a non-Hindu could not teach Sanskrit has resigned

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  BHU Professor Allegedly Attacked By Students For Supporting Muslim Colleague

  A Sanskrit professor at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi has been allegedly attacked by students for supporting his Muslim colleague, Feroz Khan, whose appointment to the department as assistant professor had sent students on protests since the past one month.

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  "Sheer Foolishness": Sushil Modi Blasts BHU Students Opposing Muslim Professor

  Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday criticised the ongoing student protest against the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Banaras Hindu University's Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vijnan department, and asked its administration to not give in to their demand for his removal.

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  BHU Students End Sit-In Stir Against Muslim Professor But Boycott Classes

  Banaras Hindu University students protesting the appointment of a Muslim professor to the Sanskrit Vidhya Dharma faculty today called off their 15-day sit-in protest and vacated the area outside the Vice Chancellor's office and residence

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  Protests Against Muslim Sanskrit Professor Wrong: BHU Founder's Grandson

  BHU Chancellor Giridhar Malviya, who is the university founder Madan Mohan Malviya's grandson, on Thursday backed the Muslim professor whose appointment at the Sanskrit department triggered a row, saying had the leader been alive he too would approved.

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  BHU Sanskrit Department Reopens Amid Muslim Professor Row, Students Boycott

  The Sanskrit department at BHU reopened today despite continued protests by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach the subject

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  At BHU, Many Back Muslim Professor For Sanskrit Despite Lockout

  As classes at Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Sanskrit faculty remain suspended for the fourteenth straight day over a protest by students over a Muslim professor being appointed to teach Sanskrit , many in the university have now openly started speaking in favour of Professor Firoze Khan.

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  Paresh Rawal's "Mohammed Rafi Logic" In Support For Muslim Professor Firoze Khan At BHU

  Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal has condemned the ongoing lockout by students at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) over the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying he is "stunned by the protest" against Firoze Khan.

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  Students Protest As BHU Firm On Muslim Professor For Sanskrit

  A student-enforced lockout at the "Sahitya" or the literature wing of the Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vijnan, a unit of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has been continuing for nearly two weeks, with the controversy over the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor refusing to die down.

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  Amid Protest, BHU Backs Muslim Professor's Appointment For Sanskrit

  The Banaras Hindu University on Friday backed the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying it is committed to providing equal opportunities to everyone irrespective of religion, caste, community or gender.