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Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 19: Army was today called in for deployment in eight districts of Haryana after one person was killed and 21 were injured in police action as Jat stir for quota turned violent and the rampaging mobs set ablaze the house of state's Finance Minister besides several government and private properties. Protestors also took some police personnel captive besides going on rampage at

New Delhi, Feb 19: The Supreme Court today transferred the bail plea of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar to the Delhi High Court and asked it to expeditiously deal with the matter, while declining to entertain the petition saying its direct intervention will be a dangerous proposition. "You are leading a dangerous proposition. If this court will entertain it, it will become a precedent which will be

Chandigarh, Feb 19: Internet and mobile SMS services have been suspended indefinitely by authorities in Rohtak district in the wake of protests by Jat community which is demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under OBC category. "Internet and SMS services have been suspended till further orders in Rohtak," Rohtak SP Shashank Anand said today. The decision has been

Surajkund, Feb 18: All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a prominent place on their campuses, HRD ministry said today, a move that comes in the backdrop of the massive controversy over alleged anti-India protests in JNU. Officials said that a "unanimous" decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Vice Chancellors in Surajkund, which has been called

New Delhi, Feb 18: Hitting out at the government, Rahul Gandhi today said the JNU row and the violence in Patiala House court are a "blot" on India's image and asserted that nationalism runs in his blood, a rebuke to BJP for its "anti-national" jibe at him. Taking the battle against the Centre to President Pranab Mukhejree, the Congress vice president said RSS was trying to impose its "flawed" and

New Delhi, Feb 18: Stoking a huge controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kailash Choudhary, Wednesday, termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as a 'traitor' and said the 'Rajkumar' should either be hanged or shot to death. The BJP MLA from Baytoo in Barmer district of Rajasthan made the contentious remarks against Rahul Gandhi as the Congress vice president met Jawaharlal Nehru

Mumbai, Feb 19: In controversial remarks, BJP MP Gopal Shetty has attributed farmers' suicides to a "fashion" and "trend" to end lives. The remarks come at a time when Maharashtra is reeling under an agrarian crisis with 124 farmers committing suicide in the state since January this year. "Not all farmers' suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on,"

New Delhi, Feb 17: Slapped with sedition charge, JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar today said he is an Indian who has full faith in judiciary and the Constitution, a statement the police latched on to say that it will not oppose his bail. "I have said earlier too. I am an Indian. I have full faith in the Constitution as well as the judiciary of the country," Kumar told metropolitan magistrate Lovleen

New Delhi, Feb 17: JNU students' union President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case in which anti- India slogans were allegedly raised in the university premises on February 9, was today remanded to judicial custody till March 2 by a Delhi court. Kanhaiya was produced before the court, after the expiry of his police custody remand, amidst tight security and sloganeering by lawyers inside

New Delhi, Feb 17: Eminent academicians, scientists and writers from across the world, including Noam Chomsky and Orhan Pamuk, have recorded their condemnation of the arrest of a JNU student in a strongly-worded statement that says it is "evidence of the present government's deeply authoritarian nature, intolerant of any dissent". A statement signed by 86 academicians from renowned universities