JNU Teachers Start 24-Hr Hunger Strike Over Delayed Promotions

12 Aug 2024

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) initiated a 24-hour hunger strike and protest today against the university administration's alleged high-handed, arbitrary, and discriminatory approach to faculty appointments and promotions under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). Despite inclement weather, numerous faculty members participated in the protest, showing solidarity with colleagues,...

Delhi: JNU To Constitute Centers For Hindu, Buddhist & Jain Studies

12 Jul 2024

India's prestigious university Jawaharlal Nehru University, famously called JNU, is set to make an addition in their academic offerings. They are going to Constitute three new centres for Hindu, Buddhist and Jain studies. As per official notification announced on July 9, this addition is set to be a part of...

Voting begins for student union polls at JNU

22 Mar 2024

Voting has commenced at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for the student union elections, which are being held after a gap of four years. The polls began after a delay of over an hour due to the time taken for the selection of polling agents, with the scheduled start time being...

ABVP affiliated students, Left group clash in Delhi’s JNU

01 Mar 2024

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) affiliated students clashed with left leaning organization students in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) late on Thursday night. The two group of students clashed at the School of Languages late on Thursday night. The clash between the two parties reportedly took place over the selection...

Umar Khalid Withdraws Bail Plea In Delhi Riots Charges

14 Feb 2024

On Wednesday, former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid dropped his bail appeal before the Supreme Court in the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal allowed him to withdraw his bail application. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Khalid, informed the bench...

JNU introduces online faculty appraisal, faces criticism

03 Jan 2024

Jawaharlal Nehru University has rolled out an online application system for filing appraisal forms for its faculty members in a bid to ease out the process of promotions at the university, a varsity official said on Tuesday. With this, JNU has become the first central university to adopt an online...

Court acquits former JNU student leader from rape charges

26 Jul 2023

A Delhi court has acquitted a former student leader at Jawahar Lal campus of raping another student at the campus dormitory. The acquitted accused was the Delhi unit president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), and a rape case was brought against him in 2016 at police station Vasant...

JNU issues new rules; Rs 20000 for dharnas, admission cancellation for violence

02 Mar 2023

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has issued a new set of rules to regulate and enforce discipline among students and employees of the university. The 'Rules of Discipline and proper conduct of students of JNU' states that students can be fined up to Rs 20,000 for holding dharnas, and have their...

ABVP alleges Left hand amid removal of portrait of Chhatrapati Shivaji at JNUSU office

20 Feb 2023

Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the BJP, on Monday accused the Left affiliated students’ union for the desecration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s portrait on his birth anniversary on Sunday. Earlier, ABVP blamed the NSUI, the Congress-backed student wing, for creating disturbances at the office of...

Delhi Police starts inquiry into complaint of stone pelting at JNU Campus

25 Jan 2023

Delhi Police on 25th January said it has begun an inquiry on the complaint lodged by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University against the alleged stone pelting and deli power cut that took place while they were watching the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi. The officials also said that,...