Tag: Banaras Hindu University

Play staged on BHU campus didn’t glorify Nathuram Godse: Probe panel

A play which allegedly celebrated the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, Nathuram Godse, was staged in Banaras Hindu University at the three-day cultural festival Sanskriti 2018 organised by BHU’s Faculty of Arts last month. It was earlier reported that while the participants presented the play on stage, students, who were watching it, cheered and clapped. A …

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March 18, 2018

Play ‘celebrating’ Nathuram Godse staged on BHU campus

A play which celebrated the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, Nathuram Godse, was staged in Banaras Hindu University at the three-day cultural festival Sanskriti 2018 organised by BHU’s Faculty of Arts. According to a report in News18, while the participants presented the play on stage, students, who were watching it, cheered and clapped. A video in …

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February 22, 2018

Day after student’s leader arrest, BHU campus on edge

Tension continued to prevail at the Banaras Hindu University campus on Thursday, a day after violence broke out over the arrest of a student leader. The extra police force and Provincial Armed Constabulary have been deployed inside and outside the Uttar Pradesh varsity, an official told IANS. Officials said that they were maintaining a strict …

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December 21, 2017

NCW begins probe into BHU violence

Acting chairperson of NCW Rekha Sharma on Thursday said a probe will be initiated at all levels in last month’s BHU violence and the former Vice Chancellor be given an opportunity to explain his side of the events. Sharma, who arrived in the temple town on Wednesday, reached the Banaras Hindu University campus on Thursday. …

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October 5, 2017

BHU V-C Girish Tripathi goes on leave, cites personal reasons

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) vice chancellor (V-C) Girish Chandra Tripathi went on an indefinite leave, citing personal reasons, on Monday. Tripathi’s tenure ends on 30 November. The development comes amid indications from top Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) sources that the central government was upset with the manner in which he handled the entire …

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October 2, 2017

Damage containment?

The appointment of a “forward looking” woman (at least that is the image she has projected to the media) as the chief proctor of the shame-shocked Banaras Hindu University could be a desperate, perhaps belated, effort to dispel the ultra-conservative impression of those in authority, not just in the university but also of the political …

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October 1, 2017

BHU violence: Crime Branch begins probe, issue notice to proctorial board

The Crime Branch has begun a probe in the violence in the BHU campus and has issued notice to 20 members of the proctorial board, including the former chief proctor, asking them to record their statements, officials said on Friday. A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a baton-charge by …

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September 29, 2017

BHU’s Chief Proctor resigns over campus violence

BHU’s Chief Proctor O.N. Singh has resigned, taking moral responsibility for the violence inside the campus on Saturday. Banaras Hindu University spokesperson Rajesh Singh said that Vice Chancellor G.C. Tripathi has accepted Singh’s resignation which he tendered late on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Tripathi has rubbished reports suggesting that he had been summoned by the Union …

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September 27, 2017

BHU violence: Prima facie probe suggest role of anti-social elements, says CM

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said the recent incidents in the Banaras Hindu University smacked of a “conspiracy” as prima facie reports suggest the role of anti-social elements. A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a baton-charge by the police in BHU where a protest on Saturday night against …

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September 27, 2017

Lathicharge on students not acceptable: Manoj Sinha

Lathicharge on students, especially female students, is totally unacceptable and strong action would be taken against those involved in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) incident, Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday. “Lathicharge on any student, especially girl students, is not permissible. Strong action will be taken against those involved in …

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September 26, 2017

BHU violence: Judicial probe ordered

The Uttar Pradesh government today ordered a judicial inquiry into the violence on the campus of the Banaras Hindu University. A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a lathicharge by the police in BHU where a protest on Saturday night against an alleged eve- teasing incident turned violent. “A judicial …

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September 26, 2017

BHU violence: Varanasi Commissioner submits report, blames varsity administration

Varanasi Commissioner Nitin Gokarn on Tuesday submitted a report in connection with Saturday’s lathicharge on protesting students in BHU and blamed the university administration for the violence. Gokarn has in the report, sent to Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar, said that Banaras Hindu University (BHU) did not deal with the victim’s complaint in a sensitive manner …

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September 26, 2017

BHU violence: V-C says ‘anti-social elements’ at fault

Benaras Hindu University (BHU) Vice Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi said that violence on the intervening night of 23 and 24 September was a ‘conspiracy’ hatched by ‘anti-social elements’. According to media reports, Tripathi said, the ‘eve-teasing’ incident was ‘staged’ a day before the planned visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, since he has taken charge …

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September 26, 2017

BHU guard uniform similar to cops’; SSP asks varsity to change

Varanasi district administration has asked the Banaras Hindu University to change the uniform of their security guards – which is similar to the state police’s uniform – in order to avoid any confusion. The order comes in the aftermath of the widespread criticism of the state police after it was alleged that a number of …

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September 26, 2017