Tag: Bhu

In 1991, local priests filed a petition seeking permission to worship in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi

Lucknow: 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 […]

New Delhi: Students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) staged a sit-in here on Tuesday demanding resignation of BHU Vice Chancellor G.C. Tripathi. Students from the Punjab University, Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University also joined the protest, along with other student group members. The protesters accused Tripathi of being anti-women, alleging that he […]

Varanasi: Tension prevailed at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus here on Sunday after an agitation by woman students, protesting molestation of a student, turned violent late on Saturday when police used force to disperse the protesters. Additional police force has been deployed at the campus as a precautionary measure after police carried out a […]

Ahmedabad: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government has no intention to change the names of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU). A UGC panel has recommended that words such as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ be dropped from the Banaras Hindu University and the Aligarh Muslim University respectively as they not […]

Varanasi:The BHU today appointed its first woman chief proctor after her predecessor resigned taking moral responsibility for the recent violence on the campus. The appointment was approved by Vice Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi following the resignation of O P Singh. “Royana Singh, an assistant professor at the Institute of Medical Science (Anatomy Department), has been […]

Varanasi: A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) student was shot dead in the campus premises in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, leading to tensions, police said, adding that four men have been arrested. On Tuesday night, four bike-borne men opened fire at Guarav Singh near the Birla A intersection in the university campus, Circle Officer, Varanasi Cantt Anil […]

Varanasi: The appointment of a Muslim assistant professor in the literature department of the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan (SVDV) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has triggered protests. Research scholars and students of the department started a sit-in at Holkar Bhawan near vice-chancellor’s residence on the varsity campus from Thursday. They played musical instruments […]