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Topic: JNU campus

No primordial identity politics in campus, says JNU VC, weeks after casteist slur on walls

Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said administration was in the process of effecting several changes that would tighten security on the grounds and also for students.

ABVP students claim a dozen injured after security ‘attacked’ them for protesting in JNU campus

The students were staging a protest on the campus alleging that they had not received their fellowship in over a year, a member from the RSS-backed student group said.

How Covid has turned JNU’s once-thriving addas — its canteens, dhabas — into ghost points

Once a hub for food and social activity, the 20-odd eateries in JNU are barely able to meet operational costs, let alone turn profit, as Covid has kept most customers off campus.

BJP hand-in-glove in every single attack on colleges, students: Congress MLA Praniti Shinde

'If they can enter autonomous institutions, it won’t be too long before they enter our homes,' Congress MLA Praniti Shinde says at ThePrint’s Democracy Wall.

Teaching, activism and politics — what former JNUSU presidents are doing now

Sitaram Yechury, Kanhaiya Kumar are examples of those who joined politics after JNU, while past presidents such as V. Lenin Kumar, Dhananjay Tripathi chose academics.

Sunday’s JNU attack shows nexus between campus security & vandals: JNUSU’s Aishe Ghosh

JNU student body president Aishe Ghosh, who was injured in Sunday's violence, said it was an organised attack and accused the JNU security of not intervening.

JNU violence: Student bodies turning as intolerant, confrontational as national politics?

JNU Teachers' Association said the university administration was complicit. They demanded a judicial inquiry into the attack and the resignation of Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar.

After what happened at Jamia, we didn’t want to enter JNU without V-C nod, says police

Delhi Police officers say they had informed the JNU V-C about ‘simmering tension’, but permission to enter the campus came only after 3 hrs.

Students from AMU, UoH to Oxford, Columbia protest against JNU attack

Students staged peaceful marches to protest against Sunday's mob attack violence on JNU campus, while the hashtag 'SOSJNU' trended on social media.

JNU attack aided by administration, says teachers association, demands V-C’s resignation

JNUTA wants a judicial inquiry into Sunday's incident and says neither police nor the varsity administration can be trusted with a fair probe.

On Camera

Maps from a German bookstore started the race to Siachen Glacier

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.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

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.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

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.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.