Tag: Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi: The Left Unity on Tuesday clinched all the four top posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union polls here. The results were declared late in the evening after the Delhi High Court permitted the varsity to declare the results. After the counting that concluded late evening, Aishe Ghosh of the Students’ […]

New Delhi: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was his contemporary in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and they both stood on “similar” lines on “certain” issues during their academic years in the university. Speaking in a television interview, he said that it was not as if the two had deep […]

New Delhi: Hundreds of students staged protests outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday over fee hike, curfew timings and dress code restrictions in the varsity. Students wanted to march towards the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is addressing a convocation, but the gates have been barricaded. The […]

New Delhi: To pacify the agitating students of its varsity, the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Tuesday announced concession in service and utility charges. This will be the second time that the administration has decided to give a breather to the students in the proposed hostel fee hike. However, unlike the concession announced earlier, this […]

New Delhi: In the wake of protests against hike in tuition and hostel fees, the Jawahar Lal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) has resolved to boycott all academic activities, including examinations. A resolution circulated among the students by the JNUSU states that the university general body meeting (UGBM) has resolved to continue the struggle against […]

New Delhi: In a statement issued by the registrar of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the varsity administration on Wednesday warned the students that if they refuse to write their exams, they will not be eligible to register in the next semester. “Those who refuse to write the exams on their own will, in spite of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday condemned the attack on students and teachers at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. The Chief Minister, who expressed shock over the incident, said violence has no space in democracy and such attacks on students must be condemned unequivocally. He also appealed the law enforcement […]

New Delhi: A day after attacks on students and teachers in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in Delhi, officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development on Monday met the varsity authorities here and held a detailed discussion about the situation. In a tweet, the Ministry said MHRD Secretary Amit Khare met Pro-Vice-Chancellor Chintamani Mahapatra, Registrar […]

New Delhi: As the Jawaharlal Nehru University limps backs to normalcy after Sunday’s brutal violence, the Delhi Police on Monday started its probe and have registered four FIRs. Police said that an FIR was registered on January 4 on the complaint of the JNU administration regarding obstruction in the registration process. The students had to […]

Bhubaneswar: Activists of Left parties and members of students’ outfits hit the streets in the state capital on Monday to protest against the violence at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, which left at least 34 injured. With placards and banners — which read ‘stop hooliganism in JNU’ and ‘save democracy’ — the demonstrators took out rallies […]

New Delhi: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Tuesday visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University to express solidarity with the students who were attacked by a violent mob but left without addressing the crowd. Her decision to not address the crowd prompted JNUSU student leader Aishe Ghosh to comment, “when you are in a position, you should […]

Lahore: Students in Pakistan on Wednesday expressed solidarity with their counterparts in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were assaulted violently by masked goons on January 5. “We stand in solidarity with the students of India who are resisting fascism. Students on both sides have struggled in the face of repression, be it the abduction […]

New Delhi: JNU students protesting against the violence on the university campus tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday after a failed meeting with HRD ministry officials, but were stopped and later detained by police, with some of them receiving injuries as they were roughed up when the cops put them in buses […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday released pictures of nine suspects in the JNU violence case and claimed JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was one of them. Of the nine, seven belong to left-leaning student organisations while two are affiliated to right-wing students’ body, the police said. Addressing a press conference, DCP (Crime Branch) Joy […]

Guwahati: Union Human Resource Department Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishak’ on Sunday warned those who, he claimed, are working to bring down the stature of the esteemed institutes like the Jawaharlal Nehru University or Jamia Milia Islamia. “Be it JNU, Jamia or other institutions, all of them are very good. I have been saying this from […]