{"id":141699,"date":"2025-09-21T21:13:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=141699"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:43:30","slug":"tensions-rise-at-kaziranga-university-following-naga-students-zubeen-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=141699","title":{"rendered":"Tensions Rise at Kaziranga University Following Naga Student\u2019s Zubeen Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136520\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">N<\/span>agaland\u2019s Higher and Technical Education Minister, Temjen Imna Along, reassured the safety of Nagaland students studying at Kaziranga University in Jorhat following tensions stemming from remarks by a Naga student about the late Assamese singer <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=141688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zubeen Garg<\/a>. The incident unfolded on Saturday night, around 8:30 PM, and escalated until 2 AM, prompted by comments from a B.Tech student that allegedly offended local sentiments during a time of state mourning. This resulted in a mob expressing significant anger at the perceived insensitivity.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141700\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Tensions Rise at Kaziranga University Following Naga Student\u2019s Zubeen Remarks\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tensions Rise at Kaziranga University Following Naga Student\u2019s Zubeen Remarks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68cfef285de6f-kaziranga-university-2127155-16x9-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tensions Rise at Kaziranga University Following Naga Student\u2019s Zubeen Remarks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Along confirmed that the student involved has been relocated to a safe house, and the approximately 300 to 400 other Naga students at the university are unharmed. He expressed gratitude to the Assam government, local police, and Kaziranga University authorities for their prompt response and cooperation with officials from Nagaland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe situation is now normal. There were no major injuries or serious incidents apart from the mob\u2019s anger,\u201d the minister stated. He acknowledged the inappropriateness of the student\u2019s comments, especially given the collective grief over Garg\u2019s passing, and called for restraint among the Nagas in Assam and back home, particularly on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhen one of our own makes such mistakes, whether intentionally or not, it\u2019s vital to avoid comments made in anger or jest. Late Zubeen Garg holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Assam, and insensitivity in such contexts is unacceptable,\u201d Along remarked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Regarding potential disciplinary measures, he described the issue as sensitive but expressed hope that Kaziranga University will avoid harsh actions. He assured that the student would soon be reunited with his family, and assured the safety of the remaining Naga students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Finally, Along appealed to the people of Assam, recognizing their anger while urging them to continue viewing the Nagas as \u201cbig brothers\u201d and fostering goodwill between the communities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagaland\u2019s Higher and Technical Education Minister, Temjen Imna Along, reassured the safety of Nagaland students studying at Kaziranga University in Jorhat following tensions stemming from remarks by a Naga student about the late Assamese singer Zubeen Garg. The incident unfolded on Saturday night, around 8:30 PM, and escalated until 2 AM, prompted by comments from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[49932],"class_list":["post-141699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-tensions-rise-at-kaziranga-university-following-naga-students-zubeen-remarks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141701,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141699\/revisions\/141701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}