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TopicAllahabad University

Topic: Allahabad University

Spent night at railway station — Prayagraj hostel boarders ‘locked out’ in BJP leader’s murder probe

Muslim Boarding House sealed after one boarder arrested in Umesh Pal murder case. Many residents say they left books & other belonging in their rooms & have exams starting Monday.

Allahabad to BHU, UP universities gave India fire-brand politicians. The nursery is drying now

With no student body elections, union buildings in Uttar Pradesh universities now look deserted. Protests, ’chinhit’ students, lathi charge grow.

Volume down, mosque speaker moved after Allahabad V-C tells district her sleep gets disturbed

Allahabad University V-C Sangita Srivastava wrote to Prayagraj authorities on 3 March but the letter came to light only this week after it was widely shared on social media.

IITs won’t lose if JEE is postponed. Delhi, Allahabad universities show the way

The main reason being advanced against deferment is that any further delay in conducting the JEE will put IITs at a disadvantage because the number of students will double up.

One look at Allahabad University will tell you how inbreeding is ruining India’s academics

Panjab University, MS University of Baroda, Aligarh Muslim University all showed great potential in the 1960s. Then they started recruiting more of their own.

Allahabad University executive council refuses to change name to Prayagraj

The demand had been made from various quarters, including the local and state administration and MPs, but 12 of the 15 members of the council have rejected it.

Allahabad University, with 3 former PMs as alumni, ends student union polls

Allahabad University is replacing the student union with a student council, whose election will mirror the system followed for the Rajya Sabha.

Central universities have over 80 per cent reserved seats for senior faculty lying vacant

The problem is starkest in Allahabad and Delhi universities where 98.36 and 93.10 per cent seats reserved for SCs and STs are vaca

SP triumphant over Allahabad Univ win, BJP dismisses it as local factor

ABVP’s defeat in Allahabad University union polls gives SP ammo to attack the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.