Jawaharlal Nehru News
JNU releases tentative academic calendar for Monsoon session, set to return to classes by June 25
As per the new calender, the examinations of students will be completed by July 31 and the next semester for the continuing students will start from August 1
1 min read10 May 2020Nehru, Sardar Patel and the man in the middle
A new biography of statesman V.P. Menon sparks questions of historical memory and the danger of appropriating the past for political reasons
7 min read6 May 2020JNU violence: Delhi Police questions 3 students including Aishe Ghosh; students, teachers boycott classes
The ABVP also released eight videos in support of their claims and demanded a detailed investigationAishe Ghosh is among the seven out of the total nine suspects, who are from Left-leaning student organisations
3 min read13 Jan 2020Political blame game escalates over violence on JNU campus
While opposition blames Centre for violence in varsities, BJP calls it an attempt to incite people against NDAProtests broke out in universities across the nation in solidarity with JNU students
2 min read6 Jan 2020Masked mob enters JNU campus, attacks students and faculty
JNU administration, which called in the police soon after the attack, told students to keep calm and cooperate with policeThough the exact number of miscreants roaming JNU’s south Delhi campus was not known, some students claimed that their numbers could be as large as 50
2 min read6 Jan 2020JNU admin says students ransacked server room
But JNUSU says ’masked’ security guards attacked themThe university has been seeing a standoff between the students and the administration over hike in hostel fees for over 70 days
2 min read5 Jan 2020Jawaharlal Nehru University to conduct exams through different modes
The University students have been protesting from several weeks demanding complete rollback of hostel manual and fee hikeThe decision has been taken following protests by the students, which has prevented students from appearing for their examinations
1 min read20 Dec 2019Fee hike stir: JNU forms high-level committee
This, even as HRD ministry’s committee report is dueThe students have been on strike for nearly four weeks against the draft hostel manual
1 min read24 Nov 2019The many loves of the Mountbattens
A new book by Andrew Lownie looks at the unconventional marriage of Louis Mountbatten and Edwina MountbattenEdwina Mountbatten was temperamentally different from her husband and took several lovers, including Jawaharlal Nehru
5 min read20 Sep 2019Opinion: Congress and its tryst with power
Until the end of the 19th century, the princely states of undivided India helped cement the edifice of empire for the British crownWith the arrival of the English-educated Indian and the rise of the Congress party, the scenario began to undergo a change
5 min read21 Jun 2019Popular Topics
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