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'.
A first-year student of Jadavpur University, Swarnodip Kundu, died on 10 August after allegedly falling from the balcony of the university's hostel on the night of 9 August.
In FIR registered in the case, deceased’s father alleged that a few boarders of the hostel were responsible for his son’s death. A former student of the university was apprehended Friday.
Education ministry informed parliamentary panel that UGC has recommended against West Bengal’s JU, while Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn proposal for AU.
JUTA and ABUTA in their response to UGC concept note have accused it of being 'not inclusive' & advocating reduction of govt spending on higher education in the name of 'quality'.
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.
German mountaineers Stallbohm and Poncar recall their interactions with Col. Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar and shed light on the maps they gave him which drew his attention to Siachen.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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