Top Stories on 2nd May in a capsule
Portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah sparks row in Aligarh Muslim University At least three students were injured in police lathicharge at the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University, which has been witnessing a row over a decades-old photograph of Pakistan founder and freedom fighter Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The police on Wednesday lobbed teargas shells to disperse AMU students demanding the arrest of protesters who had barged into the campus, shouting slogans over a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah which hangs at the student union office. The protesters were agitated over the portrait of the Pakistan founder which a local BJP MP wanted to be removed. The right-wing activists were demanding the removal of Jinnah's photo, to which the students objected. ________________ Demolition of illegal construction continues in Kasauli The demolition drive of illegal constructions resumed as per the Supreme Court’s order a day after the firing incident near Kasauli in which a woman go...