JNU fee hikes: VC asks students to call off protests, says dialogue ‘not possible through coercion’

M Jagadesh Kumar requested the faculty to convince the students that the changes in hostel fees were ‘vital for financial viability’ of the hostels.

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· Nov 15, 2019 · 06:16 pm

Some protesting JNU students say that they will quit studies if hostel fee hikes are implemented

The draft hostel manual proposes to raise the hostel mess security deposit to Rs 12,000 from Rs 5,500.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Nov 12, 2019 · 06:30 am

Police use water cannons on JNU students protesting against revised fee in draft hostel manual

HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal was stuck inside the JNU convocation venue for over six hours as protests against the hostel fee hike escalated.

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· Nov 11, 2019 · 01:22 pm

BHU students protest after professor accused of sexual harassment returns to taking classes

SK Chaubey was accused of making vulgar comments and obscene gestures at women while accompanying them to a study tour to Odisha last year.

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· Sep 15, 2019 · 06:03 pm

TISS indefinitely suspends all activities at its Hyderabad campus amid student protests

Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem wrote a letter to the Union HRD minister seeking his intervention into the matter.

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· Jul 15, 2019 · 05:34 pm

JNU ‘sedition’ case: Unanswered questions in the chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar and others

Almost three years after the event, there are gaping holes in the police version.

Abhishek Dey

· Jan 15, 2019 · 02:12 pm

Should internships be paid? Students’ strike in Quebec revives a long-standing debate

Legal or not, unpaid internships are likely to continue as long as people face barriers breaking into the workforce.

Saul Carliner, The Conversation

· Dec 04, 2018 · 11:30 pm

HNLU protests: Vice chancellor threatens to close varsity if students do not call off hunger strike

Hidayatullah National Law University students have been demonstrating against hostel curfews, restrictive library timings and alleged sexual harassment.

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· Oct 01, 2018 · 09:43 am

At least seven injured as police baton charge protestors at Manipur University

The demonstrators were demanding that Vice Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey be sacked over alleged malpractices and administrative negligence.

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· Jul 18, 2018 · 11:51 am

Aligarh Muslim University violence: Ex-Vice President Hamid Ansari backs demands for judicial probe

Ansari said the timing and the reasons provided for the clashes were suspicious.

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· May 13, 2018 · 11:56 am

Delhi Police file FIR against participants of JNU protest march

However, the police did not take any action against the officer accused of molesting a journalist.

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· Mar 25, 2018 · 07:57 am

Delhi Police accused of assaulting journalists during JNU protest march

A video has emerged of the police manhandling a photojournalist and snatching her camera.

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· Mar 24, 2018 · 11:38 am