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New Delhi:Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath joined the growing calls for the removal of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s portrait, protests over which had led to violent clashes the day before at Aligarh Muslim University.An uneasy calm prevailed over the Aligarh Muslim University campus on Thursday with rival groups protesting.

Students, angry over Wednesday’s police action, staged a day-long sit-in at the campus gate. The portrait of Pakistan’s founder at the student’s union hall was briefly taken off, apparently for cleaning, and was put up again on Thursday by AMU students.Some minor skirmishes between students and police were reported later in the evening. The police alleged students pelted stones at them. “The situation is under control,” a police officer said even as agitating students refused to heed the growing demands from the ruling BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) for the removal of the portrait.

New Delhi: In a bid to stop so-called BJP juggernaut, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party presidentAkhileshYadav on Wednesday met Telanganachief minister K ChandrashekarRao in Hyderabad. AkhileshYadav said that collective effort of regional parties was needed to stop the BJP.

KCR had in March called for an alliance of regional parties to take on the BJP in 2019 LokSabha polls. KCR has met several leaders including Mamata Banerjee and DMK's Karunanidhi to stitch an alliance."Previous central governments disappointed public. I am happy that KCR is working towards uniting regional parties across India. If anyone can stop BJP, it's only collective effort of regional parties," said AkhileshYadav after meeting KCR in Hyderabad.

New Delhi:Passengers of a Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight at Delhi airport deboardedmetres away from an active runway to protest against the “delay and mismanagement” on part of the airline on Wednesday.The Delhi-Guwahati flight (6E 694), officials said, was delayed due to a sudden change in weather on Wednesday night, which irked passengers.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had to be later called in to contain the ruckus and force passengers back into the plane. The flight, which was to depart at 6:30pm finally took off at 11:45pm, after a delay of more than five hours.

New Delhi: The Dyal Singh administration put up banners of the new name at the annual prize distribution function of the college racking up controversy on Tuesday after Delhi University fraternity found out that the management of Dyal Singh College (Evening) had renamed the college as "VandeMataramDyal Singh College". The renaming took place despite Javadekar's assurance in Parliament. 

It was reported that Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa had issued a statement condemning the move. "The Sikh community is shocked at the intrigues of Dyal Singh College chairman Amitabh Sinha and Delhi University VC YogeshTyagi, who have connived to change the college name to VandeMataramDyal Singh College," the statement said.