The Latest Breaking News from Jawaharlal Nehru University

JNU students protest near Delhi Police headquarters

NEW DELHI: Scores of Jawaharlal Nehru University students affiliated to the All India Students Association staged a protest near Delhi Police headquarters on Monday and demanded the arrest of ABVP activists for their alleged role in the violence at the varsity.

The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022

Jadavpur University ranks 5th in India on global list

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has ranked fifth in the arts and humanities stream — among the best Indian institutions (within a range of top 500 institutions worldwide) — in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. Jadavpur University and IIT Delhi are ranked within the range of 401-450 worldwide along…

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

Robbers break into JNU professor's house; JNUTA demands campus security overhaul

NEW DELHI: In another incident of theft on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, miscreants broke into the house of Professor Dhananjay Singh and decamped with valuables.

The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022

Delhi: JNU student molestation case cracked, accused arrested

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has cracked the sensational molestation case of a PhD student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and arrested the accused.

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2022

JNU sexual assault case: Delhi Commission for Women notice to registrar

NEW DELHI: Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) registrar over the recent sexual assault matter of a student inside campus on January 17.

The Times of India · Jan 22, 2022

'When you don't have a choice, what do you do?' Delhi High Court directs JNU to register students at old rates

On January 24, a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration to register the students who haven't yet registered for the ongoing winter session as per the old hostel charges.

Newslaundry · Jan 27, 2020

JNU violence: How the Delhi police played blind

As details of the inquiry into Sunday’s violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University become available, the spotlight is firmly on the role of the Delhi police. One explanation that the police have given for their apparent inaction during the mob attack in the university is the flak they received after storming…

Newslaundry · Jan 10, 2020

Lies, false equivalence, diversions, ad hominem attacks: That’s TV media’s spin on JNU violence

If nothing, a section of the Indian TV media should be awarded for its consistency. Issues, and the news cycles around it, come and go but the medium’s tropes and persistence to spin narratives remain the same. 

Newslaundry · Jan 10, 2020

‘Where is Najeeb?’: Three years after JNU student’s disappearance, Jantar Mantar protest demands answers

To mark three years of the disappearance of the Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed and return attention to the case, the campaign group United Against Hate organised a protest march at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on October 15.

Newslaundry · Oct 17, 2019

Over 100 students from more than 50 varsities slam efforts to choke education institutions

From the infamous sedition row at Jawaharlal Nehru University to Rohith Vemula’s death at Hyderabad Central University campus, varsities across the country have been in news since 2016, exposing the underlying caste discrimination on India’s campuses. The exorbitant fee hike for scholarship students at Tata Institute of Social Services and…

Newslaundry · Apr 17, 2018