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JNU warns students against joining Jantar Mantar protest. IIT Roorkee, DU did it earlier

In a post on X, JNU asked students to 'exercise responsibility on social media', and warned that 'violations may invite legal consequences under applicable laws'.

UPSC aspirant ‘surveilled, pressured by cops to say she’s part of CJP’, Brinda Karat writes to Delhi CP

Post-graduate student says she was accosted by policemen at her gym a day before CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, questioned, coerced to show her phone, and then surveilled continuously

Property row with tenant family behind DU prof’s murder. How cops tracked them down to Bengal

A couple and their minor son were held Sunday. The family had travelled to Delhi to 'eliminate' the victim after being asked by her to vacate her property, cops say.

St Stephen’s students are divided between backing DU intervention and first woman principal

Susan Elias’s appointment was seen as a moment of change at St Stephen’s, but DU’s objection has plunged the college back into crisis.

How humanities-heavy St. Stephen’s found its 1st woman principal from AI background

A computer scientist and academic administrator, Susan Elias brings to St. Stephen’s a profile markedly different from the humanities-heavy leadership traditions often associated with the college.

AAP student wing ASAP wants to bring a different kind of Delhi University campus politics

Launched just months after AAP’s defeat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, ASAP also represents the party’s attempt to rebuild its youth outreach and campus presence after years of decline.

The all-new Hansraj College. Cows, Gayatri mantra, BJP videos, FIRs & principal Rama Sharma

Rama Sharma is the first woman and Hindi professor to serve as Hansraj principal. She has clashed with students over weddings, gaushalas, suspensions. 'Hansraj is my ideology,' she says.

Machismo, mobs & misinformation: Campus politics at Delhi University has turned into hooliganism

Student participation in politics is vital. But when union leaders vandalise, the campus stops being a space for ideas and discussions.

Jamia hosts RSS-linked event despite protest by Left, NSUI; protesters say ‘this is our space’

Event was organised by ABVP, students’ wing of RSS, under banner of Yuva Kumbh. Left-affiliated groups, NSUI staged protest amid heavy police presence outside Jamia Millia Islamia.

Romila Thapar on André Béteille—’He pushed us to think about society differently’

Delhi's IIC hosted a discussion titled ‘Remembering Prof. André Béteille: Life, Scholarship and Legacy’, chaired by sociologist Dipankar Gupta.

On Camera

Single at an Indian wedding? Prepare to be matched, judged and monitored

At Indian weddings, somewhere between the pheras and the paneer tikka, singles slip into corners and quiet rooms, scripting their own meet-cutes on someone else’s big day.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.