Three days post the deadline for registration for the winter semester in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the administration of the varsity has claimed that 82% of the total 8,500 enrolled students have cleared their hostel dues.
Masked goons had entered Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 5 and caused violence.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar on Thursday said that about 65 per cent of University students have paid the revised fees of JNU Hostel. In a statement he released on Thursday, Kumar also said that 95% of the students have cleared their semester dues.
Amid registration boycott by a section of students, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) again extended the deadline to register for the next semester till January 17.
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Monday said the continuation of protests by JNU students is not justified as the fee-hike issue has been settled.
JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar had faced a mass boycott from around 400 of IIT-Delhi’s students after he slapped one of them in an incident from 2002
"We observe with dismay that in the name of student politics, a disruptive far-left agenda is being pursued," the academicians wrote in the letter.
People commuting between Delhi-Noida, who are facing massive traffic jams due to closure of road no 13A connecting Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj due to CAA-NRC protests, carried out agitation demanding the administration to open the route for public use.
JNU Violence: Ex Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Sudhir Kumar Sopory on Saturday expressed his dismay over recent violence on campus and said that such incidents were "disheartening". His words assume significance as Sopory has worked with JNU for 25 years.
Aishe Ghosh press conference: JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh denied Delhi Police's charge that she led a mob that was behind violence that took place at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 5.
Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that the party was arranging free tickets of Deepika Padukone's movie "Chhapaak" for students to show solidarity with the actress so that no one can be boycotted.
The Delhi Police on Friday said that nine suspects have been identified in connection with the violence on the JNU campus on Sunday evening. DCP Joy Tirkey said that JNU Students' Union President Aishe Ghosh led the mob that attacked the Periyar hostel on the evening of January 5.
The development comes amid growing perception that the VC has failed to communicate the decision of service and utility charges waiver announced by the MHRD in December last year. The verbal warning came during a recent meeting between the JNU administration and the MHRD officials when the administration informed officials that the Service and Utility charges were actually waived-off for students and were to be paid by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar on Friday said that if needed registartion date will be extended.
Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has said that JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagadeesh should be removed from his post. Joshi called Jagadeesh's actions 'deplorable' in light of increased fees at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Mysore Police have registered a case of sedition against a 34-year-old man after he flashed a poster with had words 'Free Kashmir'. The man flashed the poster during a protest held at Mysore University against violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
An actor, a student leader, a human rights lawyer are among the protesters named in the FIR for unlawful assembly for the demonstration at the Gateway of India against the JNU violence, an official said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people, including senior citizens, youths and women, took part in a march in suburban Bandra against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the recent violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi.
After celebrities including Deepika Padukone extended support to agitating JNU students who were attacked during campus violence on January 5, Vice-Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar has questioned them asking why not support those teachers, students who want to teach and study.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday rallied behind the JNU students who were attacked inside the campus and criticised the role of police in dealing with the violence saying there was a "big absence of justice in the matter".
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