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NSUI’s DUSU poll drubbing deepens Kanhaiya-Varun rift & Left capitalises on Suresh Gopi’s misses

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NSUI shake-up before DUSU polls jolts Congress student body as Kanhaiya engineers ‘cultural shift’

Heading screening process for NSUI president, Kanhaiya wants hopefuls to answer, in writing, a set of questions: Have they spent time in jail? Should quotas be modified after caste census?

Defacement bonds out, DU student bodies plan DUSU polls campaign with ‘dried leaves, jute posters’

Following a 2018 Delhi HC directive, which was reinforced in 2024, DU issued guidelines for strict action against the defacement of public property, this week. The order was struck down Friday.

Hyderabad university land row: NSUI members oppose own Congress govt, condemn CM Revanth’s remarks

At meeting with AICC Telangana in-charge, NSUI’s HCU representatives demanded that land auction be halted and detained students be released. But there's a split in the student wing too.

Same old rivals reach final round of DUSU polls. NSUI snags president’s post after 7 yrs, V-P from ABVP

NSUI's Ronak Khatri & Lokesh Choudhary are new president & joint secretary, respectively. ABVP's Bhanu Pratap & Mitravinda Karanwal are new vice president & secretary, respectively.

‘Inaccessible, autocratic’ or ‘fighting for values’? Kanhaiya Kumar ruffles feathers in Congress

Resentment has grown in Congress against 'lateral entrants' with Left background, with Kanhaiya being criticised for lack of interest in building organisation from grassroots. 

DU Students Union election campaigns make grand promises, but no mention of LGBTQ+ or environment

Over last 10 years, DUSU elections have been dominated by ABVP and NSUI. This time, Left-wing AISA-SFI alliance is positioning itself as a progressive alternative.

JNU powered Kanhaiya Kumar’s 2019 campaign. Why is it indifferent to former student leader this time

Behind lack of enthusiasm in campus are factors including his switch to Congress, near silence on fellow student leader Umar Khalid, differences between NSUI & Left groups.

In JNU polls, ABVP using Left’s playbook of bijli, sadak, pani. Nationalism takes backseat

The ABVP are trying to present a more moderate image and working on grassroots by making student to student contact, says a JNU scholar on campus since 2016.

President & two central posts go to ABVP in DUSU polls, vice-president from NSUI

ABVP candidate Tushar Dedha wins post of president while Aparajita & Sachin Baisla become secretary & co-secretary. Abhi Dahiya of NSUI becomes vice-president.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.