Anirban Bhattacharya

Slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Vande Matram purified JNU, tweets Anupam Kher

 Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Friday questioned how can one who "speaks ill" of the country be celebrated as if he was an Olympic medal winner.

Mar 19, 2016, 02:25 AM IST

Freed Umar Khalid gets rousing welcome at JNU, says proud to be booked under sedition law

Some 400 students have welcomed them at the gate, media reports said.

Mar 18, 2016, 23:47 PM IST

Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya released from Tihar jail; supporters celebrate holi at JNU campus

Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-national slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University on February 9.

Mar 18, 2016, 21:36 PM IST

It's a direct fight against dictatorship, says Kanhaiya Kumar

Kanhaiya said while the question confronting the people today was about saving the country, the whole JNU episode was given a national versus anti-national spin.

Mar 18, 2016, 19:30 PM IST

JNU row: Anupam Kher hits out at Kanhaiya Kumar, says 'don't do any politics against country`

A Delhi court on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition.

Mar 18, 2016, 18:30 PM IST

JNU students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya granted interim bail for 6 months in sedition case

Delhi Police on Wednesday had told the court that the two JNU students led the crowd which shouted anti-Indian slogans.

Mar 18, 2016, 16:03 PM IST

JNU row: Delhi Court to pronounce order on Umar, Anirban's bail plea today

Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya have been accused of raising anti-national slogans in JNU campus on February 9.

Mar 18, 2016, 08:55 AM IST

JNU row: Umar Khalid, Anirban organisers of Feb 09 event, led mob that raised anti-Indian slogans, says police

Police said Umar and Anirban's case was different from JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.

Mar 17, 2016, 10:38 AM IST

Afzal Guru row: JNU students decide not to accept university's probe panel report

JNU students, at a decision taken at a JNU Students' Council meeting, which went on till late Wednesday night have decided to "not accept" the report of university's probe panel.

Mar 17, 2016, 07:04 AM IST

Group of JNU teachers releases report, says Afzal Guru event could have been avoided

A group of 10 JNU teachers has released a 400-page document prepared last year detailing past controversial events on the campus, suggesting that the flashpoint Afzal Guru event and its fallout could have been avoided had the varsity administration acted on it.

Mar 16, 2016, 21:28 PM IST

JNU dean was not vigilant enough to prevent February 9 event: Probe panel

A high-level committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, inquiring into the February 9 event, has said that the dean of students was "not vigilant enough" in preventing it and that varsity students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were among those who did not submit the booking form to the appropriate authorities.

Mar 16, 2016, 18:23 PM IST

Definition of Sedition law 'very wide', says Govt

Government on Wednesday acknowledged that the definition of Sedition law is "very wide" and said it is being reviewed by the Law Commission after members in Rajya Sabha demanded that it should be scrapped as it is a colonial legacy and a "relic".

Mar 16, 2016, 15:49 PM IST

JNU row: Criticism of govt is not sedition, say counsel of Umar, Anirban

A Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for March 18.

Mar 16, 2016, 14:39 PM IST

JNU row: Criticism of govt can't be termed sedition, says Umar-Anirban's counsel in court

The Delhi Patiala House court on Wednesday reserved its order till March 18 on the bail plea of two Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya , charged with sedition. 

Mar 16, 2016, 13:05 PM IST

Umar, Anirban facilitated unauthorised entry of outsiders before Feb 9 JNU event: Probe panel

In more trouble for Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, a five-member high-level inquiry committee constituted to probe the controversial February 9 event at the university has concluded that the duo facilitated unauthorised entry of some people into the campus.

Mar 16, 2016, 09:13 AM IST

JNU row: Provocative slogans were shouted by outsiders, says university's probe panel

A high-level inquiry committee of Jawaharlal Nehru University has said that provocative slogans at the controversial February 9 event inside the campus were raised by a group of outsiders.

Mar 16, 2016, 03:12 AM IST

JNU row: Here's pic of show-cause notice issued to Anirban Bhattacharya for 'communalism, disharmony'

A high-level committee of JNU had recommended rustication of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and two other students for their alleged role in a controversial event last month at which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Mar 16, 2016, 00:13 AM IST

JNU denies media reports on rustication of students

The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday denied media reports that a high-level inquiry committee had recommended the rustication of five students from the university.

Mar 15, 2016, 22:02 PM IST

JNU students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya's judicial custody extended

 A court here on Tuesday extended, till March 29, the judicial custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, court sources said.

Mar 15, 2016, 19:25 PM IST

JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar demands Smriti Irani's resignation, says `I refused to be called her child`

Jawaharlal Nehru University students today held march to Parliament demanding release of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and SAR Geelani.

Mar 15, 2016, 15:46 PM IST