Jawaharlal Nehru University has been criticized by conservative Hindu nationalists, including senior members of the ruling BJP, as a bastion of secular liberal ideas and activism
NEW DELHI—An attack by a mob of hooded people on students at a prominent Indian university sparked widespread condemnation and student demonstrations, with university and government officials promising an investigation and politicians blaming each other for the spasm of violence.
Monday’s student protests added to a sense of anxiety and disorder already roiling India after weeks of large-scale demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship law recently passed by the government and other policies that critics say are...
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