Narendra Modi to attend Aligarh Muslim University’s centenary event, first PM to do so since 1964
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University on December 22, The Times of India reported on Wednesday. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will also participate in the event, which will be held online.
Modi is the first prime minister to attend an event at the university, one of the oldest in the country, since 1964, when Lal Bahadur Shastri delivered the keynote speech at the convocation ceremony.
“A centenary is a landmark in the history of any university, the entire AMU community and I are grateful to the prime minister for accepting our invitation,” Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor told The Times of India. “The prime minister’s presence at this historic event will be immensely helpful to the growth and development of the university and placement of our students.”
At the ceremony, Modi is expected to inaugurate the newly constructed campus gate of the university, and release a postal stamp and a commemorative coffee table book. The vice chancellor, however, did not confirm this.
An unidentified official of the Aligarh Muslim University told the newspaper that Modi’s presence is expected to “send a strong message” to the Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries who “keep attacking the institution”.
Meanwhile, Mansoor appealed to the university students and staff to keep the centenary programme “above politics” just as they keep Republic Day, Independence Day, Milad un Nabi, Gandhi Jayanti “above differences”, reported PTI.
Last year, Aligarh Muslim University had become the centre of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act after it was passed by the Parliament. Hundreds of students protesting against the law bore the brunt of police brutality when protests had turned violent on December 15, 2019.
A fact-finding report on the violence had found that law-enforcement officials fired stun grenades, “usually used in war-like situations or terror operations”, at students and raised “chilling slogans like Jai Shri Ram while attacking the students and setting ablaze their scooters and vehicles...”. The report had said that the university administration not only failed in their duty to protect the campus and its residents against “brutality by the Uttar Pradesh Police, but also that they in fact invited the police forces and their weapons into the campus”.
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Mangaluru: Man sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case
Mangaluru: A court in Mangaluru has sentenced a 44-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to Deccan Herald, the Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTSC-II (POCSO), Maanu K S, delivered the judgment.
The convict has been identified as Dayanand Moolya (44).
According to Special Public Prosecutor Sahana Devi Boloor, the incident occurred on November 16, 2025, when a seven-year-old girl was studying alone at home and the accused illegally entered the house and raped her. He threatened to kill her and throw her into a well if she revealed it to anyone.
The survivor later informed her mother, following which a complaint was registered at Mulki Police Station on November 22. Police Inspector Manjunath B S investigated the case and submitted the charge sheet to the court.
For the rape, under POCSO Section 6, along with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act 65(2) and POCSO 4(2), the man has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 30,000. For illegal entry into the house, under BNS Section 332(B), the convict has been sentenced to three years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000. For issuing death threats, under BNS Section 351(3), he has been sentenced to two years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000.
The court also directed payment of Rs 4 lakh as compensation to the survivor, including Rs 40,000 from the fine amount, and instructed the District Legal Services Authority to provide the remaining Rs 3.60 lakh.
