Congress leader P Chidambaram urged the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) M Jagadesh Kumar to follow his “put the past behind” exhortation to students and leave the institution as he is “past”. “The VC of JNU wants students to “put the past behind”. He should follow his advice. He […]
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JNU professor quits govt panel on data citing ‘situation’ in university
Eminent economist and JNU professor CP Chandrasekhar on Monday said he had withdrawn from the newly constituted 28-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCES), chaired by former chief statistician Pranob Sen, citing the situation in the university. The committee was constituted last month to improve the quality of data amid criticism […]
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Thousands of students across country take to streets in support of JNU
Thousands of students in universities and colleges across India came together on Monday to protest against an attack by masked assailants in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), amid mounting criticism of the administration and city police for failing to stop the goons from barging into the campus and engaging in […]
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JNU violence: VC Jagadesh Kumar appeals to students to maintain peace
JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar on Monday appealed to all students to maintain peace, saying top priority of varsity is to protect the academic interests of students. The appeal came a day after masked men indulged in violence in the JNU campus. “Would like to appeal to all students to […]
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JNU violence: Amit Shah asks Delhi L-G to hold talks with varsity representatives
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and requested him to call representatives from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to hold talks after Sunday’s violence at the campus. The Union minister had spoken to the chief of the Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Sunday […]
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JNU students switched off power supply to hamper semester exam registration process: Admin
The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Friday alleged that some students wearing masks forcibly switched off the power supply to make the “servers dysfunctional” and hamper the semester exam registration process. The administration warned it will take strict action against the students. The students, who have shut down the entire […]
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JNU admin to implement new hostel manual from Wednesday
The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday said it will implement the new hostel manual from Wednesday, with its Vice-Chancellor appealing to the students to call off their strike. After a meeting of all the three Rectors, the university’s Registrar, the Deans of Schools and Chairpersons of the Special Centres, a […]
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JNU students should call off strike to avail fresh concessions, 2-week relaxation: MHRD
Concession in hostel fees proposed by the HRD Ministry for JNU students and the two-week relaxation for the lost academic period can be availed if they call off their strike and normalcy is restored on campus, the ministry has advised. The JNU students’ union, however, maintained that they will not […]
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JNU protest 2019: Students marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan over hostel fee hike lathi-charged
Hundreds of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students were lathi-charged by police and several of them allegedly detained briefly when they tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan against the hostel fee hike on Monday. The students’ march, second in a month, led to traffic congestion in south Delhi and left […]
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JNU protest: Students decide to boycott exams
Jawaharlal Nehru University students have decided to boycott exams in protest over the hostel fee hike, according to a resolution adopted by the representatives of various schools and centres of the varsity. A general body meeting was held on Wednesday among the students’ representatives of various schools and centres and […]
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JNU protest 2019: Those skipping exams will lose their studentship, says JNU
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union is planning to boycott the semester examinations scheduled from December 12 to protest against the hostel fee hike, with the JNU on Tuesday saying that students not appearing in the exams will lose their studentship. In a circular issued here, the university cautioned the […]
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JNU invokes rulebook on academic requirements for students
The spotlight may be on the agitation by students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) but the varsity’s administration is firmly invoking the rulebook removing students from the rolls if they do not meet the academic requirements in the soon to be conducted examinations. The JNU administration will conduct examinations […]
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JNU deficit over Rs 45 cr due to utility charges and contract staff salary
The three-member committee appointed by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) held a meeting with representatives from Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Thursday over the hostel fee hike issue even as 100 teachers announced their dissociation from the teachers’ body. Till Thursday evening, at least 113 teachers […]
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JNU teachers say admin open to talk to elected hostel representatives to end students’ protest
A section of Jawaharlal Nehru University teachers on Sunday said the JNU administration was open to dialogue with elected hostel representatives but not with the “non-notified” students’ union to end the standoff by students over the hike in hostel fees. Umesh Kadam, the dean of students, said he has not […]
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JNU announces roll back of fee hike, students vow to continue protest
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday partially revoked the hiked hostel fee for students from the Below Poverty Line category. The varsity also revoked the clauses citing curfew timing of 11:30 pm and ‘appropriate’ dress code for students from the new hostel manual. JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) members, however, said […]