Punished Jnu Students

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday expressed solidarity with students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, following violence in the campus and said the "cruel attack" was meant to "punish"the students as they "dared to stand up".

BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said in a late-night tweet that Sunday's mob attack targetting the students and teachers of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University is "against ethos of country" as he urged for "strictest punishment" for those involved in the violence.

JNU students, whom the varsity has punished for indiscipline in connection with the controversial February 9 last year event, today told the Delhi High Court that they were never told by JNU that a high-level enquiry committee (HLEC) was carrying out disciplinary proceedings.

JNU students on Tuesday protested at the administration block of the varsity by writing "Where is Najeeb?" using flowerpots opposing the token punishment given to alleged assaulters of the missing MSC student and also against erection of iron grille to cover the space where they held sit in.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiyar Kumar today welcomed the exit of Smriti Irani from the Human Resource Development Ministry but said this was no "punishment" for the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

A month after Delhi High Court stayed the punishment to JNU students in connection with the controversial February 9 event, the university today formed a four-member committee to hear appeals of those who had been found guilty of indiscipline by the varsity probe panel.

JNU students who have been on an indefinite hunger strike since 16 days, on Friday called off their fast after Delhi High Court ordered a conditional stay on punishments by the university in connection with the controversial February 9 event.

Hinting at limited scope of negotiations with students on the punishment in connection with the February 9 event, JNU on Wednesday asked students to call off the hunger strike saying the matter is sub-judice.

Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU today formed a four-member committee to look into demands of students who are on hunger strike against punishment in connection with the controversial February 9 event even as three more students withdrew their fast due to deteriorating health condition.

JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is out on bail in a sedition case, on Sunday wrote an open letter to Education Minister Smriti Irani on occasion of Mother's Day and asked how can a "mother" punish her children on basis of biased probe reports and doctored videos.

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani today rejected a demand for waiving off rustication and other punishments meted out to students in universities, terming it a "Pandora's Box" and saying that these institutions have been granted autonomy to handle administrative matters.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday called off his hunger strike, to protest the punishment announced by the varsity administration in connection with the February 9 event, after his health deteriorated.

JNU Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar today termed as "unlawful" activity the ongoing indefinite hunger strike by students against punishment awarded by the varsity in connection with the February 9 event, and asked them to use "constitutional" means to put forth their demands.

Scores of JNU teachers on Tuesday observed a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the ongoing strike by students in protest against the punishments given by varsity in connection with the controversial February 9 event.

Led by Kanhaiya Kumar, a group of students from JNU started an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday night, demanding a rollback of the university authorities' punishment for them.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday expressed solidarity with students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, following violence in the campus and said the "cruel attack" was meant to "punish"the students as they "dared to stand up".

BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said in a late-night tweet that Sunday's mob attack targetting the students and teachers of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University is "against ethos of country" as he urged for "strictest punishment" for those involved in the violence.

JNU students, whom the varsity has punished for indiscipline in connection with the controversial February 9 last year event, today told the Delhi High Court that they were never told by JNU that a high-level enquiry committee (HLEC) was carrying out disciplinary proceedings.

JNU students on Tuesday protested at the administration block of the varsity by writing "Where is Najeeb?" using flowerpots opposing the token punishment given to alleged assaulters of the missing MSC student and also against erection of iron grille to cover the space where they held sit in.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiyar Kumar today welcomed the exit of Smriti Irani from the Human Resource Development Ministry but said this was no "punishment" for the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

A month after Delhi High Court stayed the punishment to JNU students in connection with the controversial February 9 event, the university today formed a four-member committee to hear appeals of those who had been found guilty of indiscipline by the varsity probe panel.

JNU students who have been on an indefinite hunger strike since 16 days, on Friday called off their fast after Delhi High Court ordered a conditional stay on punishments by the university in connection with the controversial February 9 event.

Hinting at limited scope of negotiations with students on the punishment in connection with the February 9 event, JNU on Wednesday asked students to call off the hunger strike saying the matter is sub-judice.

Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU today formed a four-member committee to look into demands of students who are on hunger strike against punishment in connection with the controversial February 9 event even as three more students withdrew their fast due to deteriorating health condition.

JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is out on bail in a sedition case, on Sunday wrote an open letter to Education Minister Smriti Irani on occasion of Mother's Day and asked how can a "mother" punish her children on basis of biased probe reports and doctored videos.

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani today rejected a demand for waiving off rustication and other punishments meted out to students in universities, terming it a "Pandora's Box" and saying that these institutions have been granted autonomy to handle administrative matters.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday called off his hunger strike, to protest the punishment announced by the varsity administration in connection with the February 9 event, after his health deteriorated.

JNU Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar today termed as "unlawful" activity the ongoing indefinite hunger strike by students against punishment awarded by the varsity in connection with the February 9 event, and asked them to use "constitutional" means to put forth their demands.

Scores of JNU teachers on Tuesday observed a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the ongoing strike by students in protest against the punishments given by varsity in connection with the controversial February 9 event.

Led by Kanhaiya Kumar, a group of students from JNU started an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday night, demanding a rollback of the university authorities' punishment for them.