New Delhi/IBNS, Jan. 28 -- Amid a massive stir over the Centre's newly introduced and controversial UGC regulations aimed at curbing caste-based discrimination in educational institutions, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday assured that the rules would not be misused and that no individual would be treated unfairly.

The assurances come amid widespread student protests across several universities, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, against the Modi government's latest UGC regulations designed to address discrimination faced by students from reserved categories, media reports said.

In a rare display of large-scale dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, protesters gathered outside the University Grants Commission h...