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Aligarh Muslim University
Yogi government can frame me in another case, says Kafeel Khan after release from jail
Khan said he now wants to help flood-affected people in Bihar and Assam
02 Sep 2020 10:16 AM
NSA rap against Dr Kafeel Khan for anti-CAA speech at AMU
The law allows preventive detention of a person for months
14 Feb 2020 12:55 PM
Dr Kafeel Khan sent to 3-day transit remand
Khan told the Judge that he fears that the UP police will kill him in a fake encounter.
31 Jan 2020 1:54 AM
Red alert in Aligarh, heavy security deployed ahead of Friday prayers
Internet services remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day while banking services and businesses have been badly hit.
20 Dec 2019 10:42 AM
SC to hear tomorrow on violence against students protests at Jamia, AMU
The Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday said the 'rioting' must stop and there should be peace.
16 Dec 2019 10:58 AM
Evacuating Aligarh University today, sending all students home: UP top cop
'We have received no reports of any vandalism by the police,' Singh said.
16 Dec 2019 10:32 AM
60 Aligarh University students injured in clashes with cops, campus shut till Jan 5
Aligarh Muslim University Registrar Abdul Hamid said the police entered campus late Sunday night and clashes were reported from inside.
16 Dec 2019 8:55 AM
AMU prof booked over post on Kashmir, Hindu Mahasabha filed complaint
The action followed a complaint on November 14 by Hindu Mahasabha spokesperson Ashok Pandey over weeks-old posts.
20 Nov 2019 5:44 PM
Protest makes students grow up as citizens
The Sangh Parivar’s men break up meetings on campuses at which visiting speakers critical of the Sangh’s ideology and policy are invited to speak.
15 Sep 2019 12:02 AM
‘Azam Khan was expelled from AMU for trying to enter female ward’: Cleric
Khan was then pursuing Master of Laws (LLM) and was also the secretary of the Aligarh Muslim University Srudent Union (AMUSU).
09 Aug 2019 3:03 PM
Security strengthened on AMU campus to deal with possible breach of peace
SSP Akash Kulahari said, 'We are keeping a strict vigil in view of certain recent developments in the country.'
08 Aug 2019 5:31 PM
Minority report stops short of asking hard questions
The notion that Muslims’ problems are internal and self-made is the cornerstone of a new intellectual orthodoxy.
04 Aug 2019 5:16 AM
University looted, women professors abused for just 3.75 bigha land: Azam Khan
Khan also alleged that all this is happening against him because he defeated BJP's Jaya Prada in the Lok Sabha elections.
01 Aug 2019 8:40 AM
BJP in UP, Cong in MP examples in 'state terror': Mayawati
'People should decide what is the difference between the Congress and BJP governments,' said Mayawati.
14 Feb 2019 12:51 PM
Sedition case against 12 AMU students accused of raising pro-Pak slogans
As many as 12 students, including the university's students' union chief, were charged under sedition.
13 Feb 2019 4:26 PM
AMU case referred to 7-judge SC bench
The Centre along with the AMU had challenged a verdict of the Allahabad high court.
13 Feb 2019 3:07 AM
Nothing wrong in taking out Tiranga Yatra by grandson: BJP's Dalbir Singh
Aligarh Muslim University administration on Wednesday issued a notice to two students for holding a Tiranga Yatra.
24 Jan 2019 3:11 PM
BJP MP: Aligarh Muslim University is a ‘seminary for terrorists’
Gautam said that even in such a serious matter, AMU authorities had “downplayed” the issue and dismissed it as a routine incident.
22 Nov 2018 12:33 AM
Setback for freedom of academia
The University Grants Commission seems not to have the faintest conception of academic freedom.
11 Nov 2018 12:00 AM
AMU revokes suspension of 2 Kashmiri students
No evidence of unlawful assembly: Varsity
17 Oct 2018 2:13 AM
More than 1,200 Kashmiri students in AMU threaten to leave university
The letter was handed over to AMU Proctor Mohsin Khan in presence of large number of Kashmiri students at his office on Saturday night.
15 Oct 2018 1:43 PM
Wani row: 3 AMU students suspended
However, the AMU PRO tweeted that the news of funeral prayers being held for terrorist Wani on the campus were “completely false”.
13 Oct 2018 1:44 AM
AMU PhD scholar who joined Hizbul among 2 militants killed in J&K
Wani was pursuing higher studies at Aligarh Muslim University but in January he returned to his home state only to join Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
11 Oct 2018 4:17 PM
IPS officer's brother 'joins' terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir
As many as 20 more youth have joined terror groups in the month of May which included Rouf from Ganderbal.
04 Jun 2018 9:02 AM
M Hamid Ansari seeks action against AMU culprits
The authorities concerned had been intimated and were cognisant of the arrangements including security for such occasions.
13 May 2018 7:52 AM
Begin relay hunger strike, intensify stir if demands not met: AMUSU leaders
Around midnight on May 11, AMUSU met District Magistrate who said it was not possible to concede to their demands.
12 May 2018 6:34 PM
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was 'mahapurush': BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule
BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule says, 'Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a 'mahapurush (great man)' who contributed to India's freedom struggle.
11 May 2018 1:32 PM
Kashmir, India-Pak tension, Muslim discontent: All for nation-building?
Reliable sources in Srinagar describe the current explosion as “indigenous”, which is not what the officials say.
11 May 2018 6:35 AM
AMU V-C meets Rajnath Singh as university still on edge
Sources in the ministry of home affairs said Singh assured Mansoor of all help from the Central government in restoring normalcy in the university.
10 May 2018 2:13 AM
Muslims don't worship idols, why care about Jinnah portrait in AMU: Ramdev
Ramdev said, Muslims, who don't 'attach importance' to idols, should not worry about portraits of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
09 May 2018 11:30 AM
Jinnah is not the target, it’s India’s liberals under attack
There’s no logic to what mindless hordes do to pander to their notions of nationhood on either side of the border.
09 May 2018 12:27 AM
‘Will remove Jinnah pic if govt wants it’
AMUSU says Centre must give ‘written’ order.
08 May 2018 1:06 AM
Why target Jinnah now?
UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has declared Jinnah has no place in India.
07 May 2018 1:22 AM
AMU row: Muslim outfits burn anti-Jinnah posters outside BJP office in Lucknow
Earlier this week, a clash broke out between students of the AMU and the police over the matter.
06 May 2018 9:52 AM
Alienating in the name of Hinduism
Whether AMU should have a portrait of Jinnah can be debated without unnecessarily glorifying the founder of Pakistan.
06 May 2018 12:31 AM
Aligarh still tense, Internet services, university shut
Teaching suspended for 5 days after row over portrait of Jinnah.
05 May 2018 1:37 AM
AMU turns into fortress as students sit on protest
A statement by the AMUTA executive committee has strongly condemned the “deliberate criminal activity carried out by the outsiders.
04 May 2018 7:06 AM
BJP motormouths may face action
BJP MLA Surendra Singh is another motor mouth whose statements have been putting the BJP in a piquant situation.
04 May 2018 12:48 AM
AMU on edge after saffron activists burn Jinnah effigy
BJP MP Satish Gautam had written to the AMU vice-chancellor demanding that the portrait of Jinnah should be removed without delay.
03 May 2018 1:27 AM
Trouble brews in Aligarh Muslim University over Jinnah's photograph
At least three students were injured in police lathicharge following protests at the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University.
02 May 2018 9:27 PM
BJP MP wants Jinnah photo removed from AMU
The portrait was installed in 1938 before Partition, at the peak of Muslim League campaign for a separate nation for Muslims.
02 May 2018 1:07 AM
RSS wants to hold ‘shakhas’ in AMU, pens wish to V-C
The letter, sent on Friday, says that the RSS wants to dispel misconceptions that prevail among students belonging to the minority community.
28 Apr 2018 3:01 AM
Want to conduct 'shakhas' on campus, RSS writes to AMU authorities
The letter was written to dispel misconceptions about the right-wing outfit among students of the minority community.
27 Apr 2018 1:46 PM
Congress hands stained with Muslim blood: Salman Khurshid
Congress disagrees; BJP says Opp. party has always been communal.
25 Apr 2018 1:35 AM
Cong's hands stained with Muslims' blood: Salman Khurshid sparks row
Later, talking to media post his remark, Khurshid said that he was defending the Congress party.
24 Apr 2018 3:26 PM
Aligarh University scholar from Kashmir joins Hizbul
Photo on social media showed Mannan Bashir Wani holding an AK assault rifle, with a message claiming that he has joined militancy.
08 Jan 2018 11:25 AM
Exam questions on triple talaq, halala, Alauddin Khilji in BHU triggers row
The students alleged that the university administration was trying to impose a particular ideology through education.
10 Dec 2017 1:44 PM
2 months after SC verdict, Aligarh University professor gives triple talaq to wife
This incident comes two months after Supreme Court of India pronounced triple talaq as 'unconstitutional'.
12 Nov 2017 7:21 PM
A needless controversy
The British helped found Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, which evolved into AMU.
11 Oct 2017 1:01 AM
No intention to change names of BHU, AMU, says Prakash Javadekar
'We formed a committee to look into the administrative, academic and research audits of universities,' he said.
09 Oct 2017 7:07 PM
Eliminate Hindu, Muslim words from names of BHU, AMU, recommends UGC
The panel was formed to probe alleged irregularities in 10 central varsities and the recommendations have been made in the AMU audit report.
09 Oct 2017 12:44 PM
Jamia, AMU tieup with California University
JMI chancellor Dr. Najma Heptulla said the aim of the collaboration is to make JMI a top notch institution not only in India but also globally.
20 Aug 2017 6:34 AM
Non-Muslims at AMU hostels not given breakfast, lunch during Ramzan
However, the authorities asserted that lunch is served to students of any religion ‘on demand’ during the holy month.
31 May 2017 7:25 PM
Sabarmati Express blast accused freed after 16 years
Over a dozen people were injured after a bomb exploded on the Sabarmati Express in Barabanki district on August 14, 2000.
21 May 2017 7:07 AM
Aligarh Muslim University students' union seeks total ban on cow slaughter
The Student's Union President Faizul Hasan said any move by the Centre should be supported keeping in mind the sentiments of Hindus.
12 Apr 2017 5:36 PM
Najeeb case: 100 days on, Delhi Police still clueless
A man was arrested for allegedly making a ransom call to missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s relatives demanding Rs 20 lakh for his release.
27 Jan 2017 3:22 AM
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