India

JNU student groups, teachers’ association slam VC for ‘holistic’ statement on counter-terrorism course

NEW DELHI — Several Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student groups and teachers’ associations have slammed vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for calling the new counter-terrorism course to be taught to engineering students “holistic”. Kumar had Wednesday said the criticism of it was “needless controversy” without going into the “academic merits” of the course. The Indian Express […]

Kashmir

Veteran separatist leader, former Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani no more

SRINAGAR — Veteran separatist leader and former Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani breathed his last at his Srinagar residence on Wednesday evening, sources said. Sources told that Geelani, 92, developed serious complications on Wednesday afternoon and breathed his last in this evening. “He had chest congestion and breathing problems. He passed away at […]