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In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had said the government provided fellowship for higher education through various schemes, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, implemented by different ministries or departments.

Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that investigation by the Delhi Police will bring culprits of violence on the campus of an educational institution to book, an apparent reference to the JNU.

Union Minister Smriti Irani is the latest BJP leader to attack actor Deepika Padukone over her visit to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) this week. The actor had "made her political affiliation known in 2011 that she supports the Congress party", Ms Irani said. Since her visit to the university, Deepika Padukone has been at the receiving e...

Sunday's bloody violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) triggered a huge political row, promptingleaders from across parties to condemn the mob attack on the students and teachers that left at least 34 injured. Campuses should not be made ''rajneeti ka akhada'' or "battlefield for politics", Union Minister Smriti Irani said today.

Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly sympathising with those who raised anti-national slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and asserted that the people of Gujarat would never support his party in the upcoming assembly polls.

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.

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.

A Parliamentary panel examining CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury's privilege motion against Education Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday decided to seek an explanation from her over her remarks made during a Rajya Sabha debate on the JNU row and Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide.

Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNU student arrested on charges of sedition last month, has said it is "ridiculous" that the university has been ranked number 3 in the country by the Centre's education ministry.

Since Dalit student Rohith Vemula hanged himself in January, the new normal at his university in Hyderabad has been a tension that refuses to dissipate.

JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar who is out on bail in a sedition case today led a march to Parliament demanding release of two varsity students and resignation of Union Minister Smriti Irani for alleged attack on academic institutions.

After Hyderabad varsity and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Allahabad University was at the centre of a row that escalated today with eight Opposition parties targeting Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani over alleged harassment of its Student's Union President, accusing her of acting like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's ...

In an exclusive conversation with NDTV's Barkha Dutt, JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on charges of sedition for alleged 'anti-national' comments, says he has faith in the country and does not want 'Azaadi' from India.

Kanhaiya Kumar, released from jail last evening, "is getting free publicity and is enjoying it", said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu, advising the JNU student to focus on academics instead.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had said the government provided fellowship for higher education through various schemes, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, implemented by different ministries or departments.

Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that investigation by the Delhi Police will bring culprits of violence on the campus of an educational institution to book, an apparent reference to the JNU.

Union Minister Smriti Irani is the latest BJP leader to attack actor Deepika Padukone over her visit to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) this week. The actor had "made her political affiliation known in 2011 that she supports the Congress party", Ms Irani said. Since her visit to the university, Deepika Padukone has been at the receiving e...

Sunday's bloody violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) triggered a huge political row, promptingleaders from across parties to condemn the mob attack on the students and teachers that left at least 34 injured. Campuses should not be made ''rajneeti ka akhada'' or "battlefield for politics", Union Minister Smriti Irani said today.

Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly sympathising with those who raised anti-national slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and asserted that the people of Gujarat would never support his party in the upcoming assembly polls.

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.

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.

A Parliamentary panel examining CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury's privilege motion against Education Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday decided to seek an explanation from her over her remarks made during a Rajya Sabha debate on the JNU row and Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide.

Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNU student arrested on charges of sedition last month, has said it is "ridiculous" that the university has been ranked number 3 in the country by the Centre's education ministry.

Since Dalit student Rohith Vemula hanged himself in January, the new normal at his university in Hyderabad has been a tension that refuses to dissipate.

JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar who is out on bail in a sedition case today led a march to Parliament demanding release of two varsity students and resignation of Union Minister Smriti Irani for alleged attack on academic institutions.

After Hyderabad varsity and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Allahabad University was at the centre of a row that escalated today with eight Opposition parties targeting Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani over alleged harassment of its Student's Union President, accusing her of acting like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's ...

In an exclusive conversation with NDTV's Barkha Dutt, JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on charges of sedition for alleged 'anti-national' comments, says he has faith in the country and does not want 'Azaadi' from India.

Kanhaiya Kumar, released from jail last evening, "is getting free publicity and is enjoying it", said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu, advising the JNU student to focus on academics instead.