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TopicPanjab University

Topic: Panjab University

Why Congress, Akali Dal & AAP see political plot behind delay in Panjab University senate poll

91-member senate is apex governing body of 142-year-old university, and term of its members ended on 31 October. Fresh elections have not been announced, sparking speculation.

What Panjab University ex V-C Raj Kumar is accused of: ‘Recruitment scam, undue favours, nepotism’

Vice-President Dhankhar's office has accepted V-C's resignation. Scathing allegations made by senior BJP leader & ASG Satya Pal Jain and university's teachers' association PUTA.

AAP students body wins Panjab University council president polls. But does that make party a youth favourite?

In the elections held this week, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti fought independently only for the president's post, which it won by a margin of 660 votes.

Premdatta Varma, Bhagat Singh’s co-accused and India’s lesser-known freedom fighter

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav should be the year when Panjab University finally recognises and honours Premdatta Varma’s role as freedom fighter by installing a plaque.

Ex-Panjab University V-C demands action against prof over sexual harassment allegations

Arun Grover asks university to investigate professor for making ‘false allegations’ after she doesn't defend the charge, she serves him legal notice for making inquiry report public.

Panjab University gets its first woman students’ body president

Kanupriya, a post-graduate student in zoology represents SFS, a Leftist organisation that claims it is not aligned with any political party.

After Punjab, should PU allow Haryana’s foothold or demand to be a central university?

Haryana government Wednesday requested that some of its colleges be affiliated to the Chandigarh-based Panjab University and in return offered financial aid. For Punjab,...

Manmohan Singh returns to his university, worries about Indians choosing authoritarianism

In a lecture at his alma mater Panjab University, former PM warns that Indians’ love for authoritarian alternatives will end up destroying the country and all the achievements of the last 70 years.

Getting a degree shouldn’t be the goal of India’s youth: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

The BJP MP said that children should decide on their profession at an early age and move out of the education system at ThePrint's Democracy Wall at Panjab University.

Student elections in Punjab after 34 years. But little will change if Chandigarh is a role model

Panjab University hasn't offered much to the student politics; if the heartland follows the same route, things may go worse.

On Camera

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

If lakhs of unsterilised dogs are stuffed in the same confined space, what stops them from reproducing there too? Where is the space needed to build so many shelters?

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.