However much the government and its outreach community might insist it is merely an enabling act, it is hard to see it as anything but the first step towards a constitutionally Hindu nation
Of the nine, seven belong to left-leaning student organisations while two are affiliated to right-wing students' body, the police said.
They also rued the JNU administrators' "failure" to call police to protect students and their act of "criminalising" peaceful failure of the protest by students, the JNUTA added
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The vice-chancellor has been facing criticism for not acting swiftly when the students were being attacked by a mob on Sunday evening
Union minister Prakash Javadekar expressed confidence that the ongoing police probe will 'unmask' the accused
Nobody objected to such expression of opinions, Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters when asked at a Cabinet briefing about Padukone's visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Human Resource Development Ministry officials met Kumar and told him normalcy should be restored at the earliest, a senior ministry official said
Efforts are being made to facilitate registration of "willing" students and for a conducive environment for their academic pursuits
The vice chancellor said the students could avail treatment free of cost from the university's health centre
Those leading the current political dispensation must recognise the enormous risks that their divisive policies are creating for the national security and well being of the country
When Ghosh and other students were attacked, it needed no great intelligence or exertion of the mind to know the identity of the "masked goons"
A fringe right-wing group, the Hindu Raksha Dal, has purportedly taken the responsibility for the Sunday attack in a video posted on social media
In a brief statement, Kumar said, "Our heart goes out to all injured students. The incident (violence) is unfortunate. I would like to tell students that JNU campus is a secure place
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Chandrasekhar, who has served on key statistical panels in the past both as a chairman and member, tendered his resignation through an e-mail at around 9 pm on Monday
Police reject charges of reaching JNU late; say responded to the situation professionally
The appeal came a day after masked men indulged in violence in the JNU campus
Many were injured and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi
'Violence in JNU reminds us of Nazi rule 90 years ago', said Randeep Singh Surjewala