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Saturday, September 20, 2025
TopicAshoka University

Topic: Ashoka University

Ashoka University’s housekeeping staff go on strike against unfair wages, dismissals

‘It's been five years that we have been asking for a hike. What we received was Rs 200-300,’ said Jitender Singh Kataria, one of the housekeeping workers.

SC bars magistrate from acting on chargesheet against Ashoka University professor

The court asked why Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s posts on Op Sindoor were termed 'misdirecting'. It quashed one FIR with a closure report & barred cognisance of another with a chargesheet.

‘You don’t need him, you need a dictionary,’ SC tells SIT probing Ashoka professor’s Op Sindoor post

A 2-judge SC bench pulled up the SIT after being informed that, in addition to seizing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's devices, it had questioned the professor over his foreign trips.

SC questions Haryana SIT line of investigation into Ashoka University prof case

SC directs SIT to restrict itself only to the 2 FIRs filed on Mahmudabad's posts on Op Sindoor. No need to seize his laptop & phone, says the top court.

Amid visa uncertainty, Ashoka launches UG admissions drive for students with offers from US institutions

The special drive by the university in Sonepat is exclusively for students who either hold admission offers from US-based educational institutions or are currently enrolled in one.

Dear Sanjeev Bikhchandani, supporting Prof Mahmudabad is a matter of morality, not activism

Surely, Ashoka University shouldn’t meddle with the legal processes. But making sure that Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets legal support doesn’t mean the institution supports his views.

Ashoka University began as a bold promise. The founders have diminished it

Funding challenges are understandable. It takes effort to raise funds for a university. But one must ask: how much money is really traded off when a few academics stand by principle?

Ashoka founder’s letter shows we only celebrate moral courage if there’s no real cost

Ashoka University was imagined as a space to challenge, question, and think freely. If that folds the moment it’s tested, then the real crisis isn’t just of academic freedom—but of conviction.

What Ashoka University founder wrote to ex-student on the Ali Khan Mahmudabad issue

An alumnus of Ashoka University wrote to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, criticising the institution for its lack of moral courage in not supporting Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad. Here's the founder's response to the alumnus, shared in an internal mailing list.

Ashoka University ‘relieved, heartened’ after SC grants interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad

The apex court's decision comes a day after Haryana court ordered extended judicial custody of Mahmudabad. The associate professor was arrested by Haryana police Sunday over his social media posts commenting on Op Sindoor.

On Camera

World’s greatest cricket rivalry is now an off-field battle between BCCI, PCB, and ICC

An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.