Jamia Firing Incident

After firing incidents in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh and Jamia area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arjun Singh today said that "our youth" fired in "confusion". A shot was fired outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night in the third such incident in four days at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest in the c...

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that Union Minister Anurag Thakur's provocative remark and incident of firing in Jamia Nagar by a juvenile were all part of a ''chronology ''.

A shot was fired outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night in the third such incident in four days at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest in the capital.

The Election Commission has relieved Indian Police Service officer Chinmoy Biswal, the deputy police commissioner of South East Delhi, from his post after two firing incidents took place at the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest sites within days in the area. The poll body, citing "the ongoing situation", directed senior officer Kumar Gya...

Jamia Millia Islamia Teachers Association on Friday blamed BJP MP Anurag Thakur for the firing incident outside the university, saying nothing can be more "anti-national" than a minister inciting citizens to indulge in violence from a public platform.

The government is responsible for creating a climate of hatred in which people feel empowered to fire guns at peaceful protesters, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday, referring to the Jamia Millia Islamia incident, in which a teen fired at and injured a student.

Students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Friday gathered outside the gate of the varsity to stage a peaceful protest against the amended Citizenship Act, a day after 17-year-old boy fired a pistol at a group of agitators there, injuring a student.

Slamming the BJP over the Jamia firing incident, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said such incidents were possible with the ruling party's leaders inciting people to shoot, and asked Prime minister Narendra Modi to answer whether he stands with violence or non-violence.

The Jamia Millia Islamia will pay for the treatment of the student who was injured in the Jamia Nagar firing incident on Thursday, vice chancellor Najma Akhtar said.

The shooting incident at Jamia Millia Islamia University seems to have completed India's transition from democracy to mobocracy, a tweet on PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's Twitter handle said on Thursday.

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of "polarising" the Delhi assembly polls and said the firing incident at Jamia Millia Islamia is a live manifestation of the "spectre of hate and terror perpetrated by the NDA government" at the centre.

The Aam Aadmi Party has blamed the BJP for the shooting at a protest near Jamia Millia Islamic university, saying the incident was part of a conspiracy to defer next month's Delhi Assembly elections.

Hours after an armed individual shot at students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today tweeted out an assurance that the "culprit will not be spared".

After firing incidents in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh and Jamia area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arjun Singh today said that "our youth" fired in "confusion". A shot was fired outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night in the third such incident in four days at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest in the c...

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that Union Minister Anurag Thakur's provocative remark and incident of firing in Jamia Nagar by a juvenile were all part of a ''chronology ''.

A shot was fired outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night in the third such incident in four days at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest in the capital.

The Election Commission has relieved Indian Police Service officer Chinmoy Biswal, the deputy police commissioner of South East Delhi, from his post after two firing incidents took place at the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest sites within days in the area. The poll body, citing "the ongoing situation", directed senior officer Kumar Gya...

Jamia Millia Islamia Teachers Association on Friday blamed BJP MP Anurag Thakur for the firing incident outside the university, saying nothing can be more "anti-national" than a minister inciting citizens to indulge in violence from a public platform.

The government is responsible for creating a climate of hatred in which people feel empowered to fire guns at peaceful protesters, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday, referring to the Jamia Millia Islamia incident, in which a teen fired at and injured a student.

Students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Friday gathered outside the gate of the varsity to stage a peaceful protest against the amended Citizenship Act, a day after 17-year-old boy fired a pistol at a group of agitators there, injuring a student.

Slamming the BJP over the Jamia firing incident, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said such incidents were possible with the ruling party's leaders inciting people to shoot, and asked Prime minister Narendra Modi to answer whether he stands with violence or non-violence.

The Jamia Millia Islamia will pay for the treatment of the student who was injured in the Jamia Nagar firing incident on Thursday, vice chancellor Najma Akhtar said.

The shooting incident at Jamia Millia Islamia University seems to have completed India's transition from democracy to mobocracy, a tweet on PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's Twitter handle said on Thursday.

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of "polarising" the Delhi assembly polls and said the firing incident at Jamia Millia Islamia is a live manifestation of the "spectre of hate and terror perpetrated by the NDA government" at the centre.

The Aam Aadmi Party has blamed the BJP for the shooting at a protest near Jamia Millia Islamic university, saying the incident was part of a conspiracy to defer next month's Delhi Assembly elections.

Hours after an armed individual shot at students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today tweeted out an assurance that the "culprit will not be spared".