Agitating Presidency University Students

The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration has issued a show-cause notice to students' union president Aishe Ghosh for allegedly staging a demonstration in solidarity with the farmer agitation in December in violation of Covid guidelines.

One of the agitating students, Subho Biswas, said the strike was withdrawn around 7pm Thursday evening. He, however, clarified that the students will continue the sit-in demonstration on the main campus of the university till November 15 over other demands.

A section of the agitating students of Presidency University in Kolkata began indefinite hunger strike from today night demanding immediate accommodation in the under renovation Hindu hostel.

The vice-chancellor and registrar of Presidency University were stopped from entering the campus Monday by agitating students, forcing the authorities to shift the venue of Tuesday's convocation.

Stepping up their agitation against arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others in a sedition case, the students will march to Parliament tomorrow demanding the release of those jailed in the case.

The Facebook account of Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was allegedly hacked today, with students agitating in his support, deciding to report the matter to Delhi Police cyber cell.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has joined a midnight march at the Hyderabad Central University campus by students who launched an agitation after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula earlier this month. The students are holding a candlelight vigil for Mr Vemula, who would have turned 27 today.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will spend Friday night with protesting students on the Hyderabad Central University campus. Mr Gandhi, who is in the city, will reach the university late in the night to join students who launched an agitation after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Almost 26 hours after the protests began, the vice chancellor of Presidency University, Dr Anuradha Lohia, left the campus this evening amid claims by protesting students that they were letting her go as she was unwell, but their agitation would continue till she resigns. The vice chancellor said she is not quitting.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration has issued a show-cause notice to students' union president Aishe Ghosh for allegedly staging a demonstration in solidarity with the farmer agitation in December in violation of Covid guidelines.

One of the agitating students, Subho Biswas, said the strike was withdrawn around 7pm Thursday evening. He, however, clarified that the students will continue the sit-in demonstration on the main campus of the university till November 15 over other demands.

A section of the agitating students of Presidency University in Kolkata began indefinite hunger strike from today night demanding immediate accommodation in the under renovation Hindu hostel.

The vice-chancellor and registrar of Presidency University were stopped from entering the campus Monday by agitating students, forcing the authorities to shift the venue of Tuesday's convocation.

Stepping up their agitation against arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others in a sedition case, the students will march to Parliament tomorrow demanding the release of those jailed in the case.

The Facebook account of Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was allegedly hacked today, with students agitating in his support, deciding to report the matter to Delhi Police cyber cell.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has joined a midnight march at the Hyderabad Central University campus by students who launched an agitation after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula earlier this month. The students are holding a candlelight vigil for Mr Vemula, who would have turned 27 today.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will spend Friday night with protesting students on the Hyderabad Central University campus. Mr Gandhi, who is in the city, will reach the university late in the night to join students who launched an agitation after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Almost 26 hours after the protests began, the vice chancellor of Presidency University, Dr Anuradha Lohia, left the campus this evening amid claims by protesting students that they were letting her go as she was unwell, but their agitation would continue till she resigns. The vice chancellor said she is not quitting.