Khalid Jaleel

Khalid Jaleel is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science. He can be reached via email at: khalidj [at] jamiajournal.com

After a Nine-Day Cycle Rally, Students Return to Jamia from Himachal

Jamia organized a student cycle rally from Himachal Pradesh to Delhi, officially named “Save Water, Save Earth”  to promote the environmental message of  water conservation. According to a Jamia press release, a group of 25 students (19 boys and 6 girls), along with a few others from the university, started the rally from Narkanda in Himachal Pradesh on February 19, ...

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Campus Chat: Episode 02 – Interview with Sajid Jamali – Member of Jamia’s Cricket Team

Campus Chat Episode 02: Topic: Interview with Sajid Jamali after Jamia’s win against Mumbai University in the Toyota University Cricket Championship About: Jamia’s Northern Stars beat Mumbai University’s Western Wolves with 5 wickets and won their first match in the University Cricket Championship (UCC) played at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Feb. 23rd. In this edition of Campus Chat, we speak to ...

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Jamia to Play in the Highly Anticipated Toyota University Cricket Championship

To encourage cricket at the university level, NDTV and the Ministry of HRD have joined hands to  launch the Toyota University Cricket Championship (TUCC) starting 23rd February 2013. According to TUCC website, the tournament has been designed in a Twenty20 format, TUCC will reach more than 200 Universities and 20 lakh students across India. This initiative is backed by the Association ...

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Four Questions for Writer Anjum Hasan

Anjum Hasan is the author of “Lunatic in my Head,” “Neti, Neti” and “Difficult Pleasures,” which has been shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize 2013. She is also a poet, and her debut collections of poems are titled “Street on the Hill.” Hasan’s short stories, articles and poetry have been widely published in Indian and international publications. Presently, she is ...

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Picture: Delhi Metro Comes to Jamia

About the Pictures: Delhi Metro’s work is in full swing at Jamia. Jamia boulevard has been completely transformed in the past couple of months. And by the looks of it, holes are being dug in the ground for the pillars to be placed; which settles the debate whether the metro will be underground or overground; it is certainly going to be ...

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Jamia Canteens Employ Underage Children

With an amendment to the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) of 1986, the parliament of  India made it a punishable offense to employ children under the age of 14 at any kind of eatery. Employment of children at tea shops, dhabas, restaurants, hotels, etc were all deemed illegal. However, this law, like so many other laws in India, ...

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With the Inauguration of the New Health Center, Jamia Makes History in Event Management

On Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 19, while the national media was busy covering protests at India Gate and not paying attention to other news of national interest, Jamia pulled off a miracle in event management. Jamia managed to pull off a feat so impossible that it defied imagination. According to an official Jamia press release dated Dec. 18, Jamia’s new medical ...

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