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Nearly four years after Israel’s military aggression on Gaza that killed 1400 Palestinians and left the infrastructure of Gaza in ruins, Israel is once again attacking Gaza with the full might of its military. The latest aggression, euphemistically termed as Operation Pillar of Defense by the Israelis, has seen the Israeli Defense Forces bombard Gaza causing scores of fatalities that ...

Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a lecture, as a part of its’ B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series, by Professor Adnan Farooqui on the topic “Candidate Nomination Processes in Indian Parties” on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. [Link to Audio] Mr. Farooqui, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Nov 8, 2012]  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned a sum of Rs.26 Crores to Jamia Millia Islamia under the General Development Scheme (under the XIIth Plan) for the purpose of building Girls Hostel on the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia. This is by far one of the biggest grants that the ...

The elections in the Boys’ hostels for the posts of Senior House Monitor and Food Monitor were contested on 4th November and the results were declared a short while later. The  elected candidates are as follows: Allama Iqbal Hostel: Senior House Monitor – Farique Mannan  (B.D.S) Food Monitor – Farooque Azam (B.Tech Computers) B.R. Ambedkar Hostel: Senior House Monitor – ...

The Department of Political Science organized an extension lecture by the former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr. S.Y. Quraishi on “Governance and Democracy: Need for electoral reforms.” The lecture was held at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir Building, on Wednesday, 31 October 2012. [Link to Audio] Dr. Quraishi began his talk with the importance of governance in a democracy and ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 31, 2012] Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated its 92nd Foundation Day on October 29, 2012. The Foundation Day celebrations came to an end on the 30th with a performance by a visiting group of Whirling Dervishes from Turkey called “Konya Turkish Tasawwuf Music Ensemble” who performed on October 30, 2012 at 6.30 PM in Safdar Hashmi Ampitheatre, ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 30, 2012, which has been edited to eliminate redundancy with the previous press release.]  Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated its 92nd Foundation Day on October 29, 2012. As part of the celebration of Jamia’s foundation day, a Sufiana Kalam was offered by Ustad Zila Khan in the evening on the 29th of October. Mr. ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated, Oct 29, 2012]  Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated its 92nd Foundation Day on October 29, 2012. The Foundation Day celebrations started at 9.30 AM outside the M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia where the Chief Guest Mr. I.M. Kadri, a renowned Architect and an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia and Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, ...

Jamia Millia Islamia’s official quarterly newsletter, Jauhar (Vol-2 Issue-4 June August 2012), is now available on Jamia’s website. (Link to Newsletter: http://jmi.ac.in/upload/publication/jauhar_vol2_issue4_june_august2012.pdf) The cover article for this latest edition is titled “A Rich Canvas” that talks about Jamia’s art collection, which Jauhar claims to be “one of the richest art collection” among Indian universities today. The M.F. Hussain Gallery of Art, ...

[Following is a report by a special correspondent for Jamia Journal who wishes to remain unnamed for fear of reprisal by the administration.] A convention under the banner “Save Jamia” was organised by the All India Students Association (AISA) at Urdu Ghar, New Delhi on Thursday, 18th October. The main speakers included noted civil liberties activist, Gautam Navlakha; political scientist ...