A senior official said NIT has rusticated the student for a year but protesting students want more stringent punishment and his arrest. A day after Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology saw protests over an alleged social media post on the Prophet by a student from outside Kashmir, protests spread to other colleges on Wednesday. NIT was, meanwhile, closed for all academic activity to prevent the protests from escalating, and police and paramilitary personnel were deployed on the premises. A senior official said “no outsider, student or even employees are allowed…
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‘Islamic Republic of Bihar’: BJP Criticises Bihar’s School Holiday Calendar, Cites Alleged Bias Towards Muslim Festivals
BJP leaders accused the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of reducing holidays for Hindu festivals and increasing holidays for Muslim festivals. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched another offensive against the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government for allegedly axing the number of holidays for the state’s schools during Hindu festivals and increasing it for Muslim festivals. Calling Nitish Kumar the “chief of appeasement”, Union minister Ashwini Choubey claimed that the “anti-Hindu face” of the grand alliance has come to the fore again, alleging that the Bihar government “hates Sanatan for…
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