Indian police said Wednesday they had arrested two students wanted in a sedition case that has sparked major protests after the pair gave themselves up following nearly two weeks on the run.
Kanhaiya Kumar sent to judicial custody, protests over sedition row boils over
Fighting broke out at an Indian court hearing a case against a left-wing student leader accused of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar, head of the student union at Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been remanded in custody until March 2.
Congress accuses BJP supporters of being behind attacks on students, academics and journalists
Hundreds of teachers at one of India's top universities went on strike Tuesday to protest the arrest of a student on a controversial sedition charge that has sparked mass protests, an activist said.
Violent scenes at Delhi court where student charged with sedition was due to appear
India's biggest nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century spread across campuses after the arrest of a student accused of sedition, in the latest battle with Narendra Modi's government over freedom of expression.
Oppose anti-national slogans, says Rajnath Singh
