TMC’s efforts to corral the students of JU is a challenge best left to be attempted before the 2031 elections. Forcing the issue now could just needlessly jeopardise 2026.
Distribution and display have always been twin challenges for small publishers, more so for university presses, who have the added burden of perception.
UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar said Monday that the statutory body would seek another explanation on the alleged ragging death and details of action taken.
Nine former and present students have been arrested after an undergraduate student fell to his death from the institution’s hostel balcony on 9 August.
Whispers in Jadavpur University have grown to a crescendo—not just in classrooms but across West Bengal. The Commission for Protection of Child Rights has called the student's death an 'unpardonable crime'.
Education ministry informed parliamentary panel that UGC has recommended against West Bengal’s JU, while Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn proposal for AU.
AU & JU were the only state govt-funded universities on Institutes of Eminence list, but states have resisted Centre’s demand to cough up a few thousand crore rupees in funding.
Kolkata’s Jadavpur University was born in dissent, has been at centre of anti-establishment protests since 1955 but every establishment wants a piece of it.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
Ms. Monideepa Banerjie is always worried that her “sister”, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, might lose power in Bengal. However, she does not mind if the Left dethrones the TMC.
However, the very thought of the BJP defeating Mamata Banerjee is a nightmare for her.
Ms. Monideepa Banerjie is always worried that her “sister”, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, might lose power in Bengal. However, she does not mind if the Left dethrones the TMC.
However, the very thought of the BJP defeating Mamata Banerjee is a nightmare for her.