Jawaharlal Nehru University has rusticated five PhD students, including four office-bearers of the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU), after a proctorial inquiry found them guilty of vandalising Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) access gates at the Dr B R Ambedkar Central Library on November 21, 2025.The students, Kizhakoot Gopika Babu, Aditi Mishra, Sunil Yadav, Danish Ali and…
Tezpur University (File photo) GUWAHATI: In a dramatic development amid the crisis at Tezpur University, which has been in complete shutdown for a week, senior-most faculty member Dhruba Bhattacharyya assumed charge as acting vice-chancellor suo motu on Thursday night, citing provisions of the Tezpur University Act, 1993.His move came just hours after VC Shambhu Nath…
More than a hundred campuses across the United States witnessed coordinated demonstrations on Friday, as students, faculty, and staff rallied against what they described as the Trump administration’s political encroachment into higher education.The protests, marked the first in a series of nationwide actions that organisers plan to escalate into student and worker strikes next May…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday stepped in to resolve the dispute between Panjab University students and the administration over a controversial affidavit required for academic registration and the recent notification on changes to the university’s governance structure. Acting on student representations, the ministry of education directed the vice chancellor to withdraw the affidavit requirement…