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  • Fire breaks out at JNU hostel

    In a post on X, JNUSU president Dhananjay blamed the incident on ”poor safety measures” at the hostels.

  • JNUSU gets its first Dalit president from Left after nearly three decades

    JNUSU gets its first Dalit president from Left after nearly three decades

    The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union polls on Friday witnessed a voter turnout of 73 per cent, highest in the last 12 years

  • Bicycle thrown, students hurt as clash breaks out between student groups at JNU

    Bicycle thrown, students hurt as clash breaks out between student groups at JNU

    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Friday warned of strict action after some students were injured during a clash between rival groups, PTI reported. The violence took place at JNU's School of Languages building late on Thursday night. A few students have also been hospitalized.

  • Oscars 2024: When two former JNU students were vying for the same Oscar award last year

    Oscars 2024: When two former JNU students were vying for the same Oscar award last year

    Two former students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi were both nominees for the 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

  • JNU may change reference of Vice-Chancellor from 'Kulpati' to 'Kulguru': Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

    JNU may change reference of Vice-Chancellor from 'Kulpati' to 'Kulguru': Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

    Delivering the Dr B R Ambedkar Lecture Series titled ’Dr B R Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Gender Justice: Decoding the Uniform Civil Code’, she said the proposal to change the term to Kulguru was intended to bring in more gender neutrality.

  • Not just punching data: JNU computer operator holds nine Guinness records for typing skills

    Not just punching data: JNU computer operator holds nine Guinness records for typing skills

    Punching numbers or data at Jawaharlal Nehru University is not what defines the talent of computer operator Vinod Kumar Chaudhary, but the nine Guinness World Records to his credit.

  • JNU enters top 1,000 of QS World University rankings

    JNU enters top 1,000 of QS World University rankings

    QS World University rankings: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore got a perfect score of 100/100 for the citations per faculty metric

  • JNU sedition case: Court directs Delhi Police to give copies of charge sheet to Kanhaiya Kumar, others

    JNU sedition case: Court directs Delhi Police to give copies of charge sheet to Kanhaiya Kumar, others

    Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pankaj Sharma put up the matter for April 7 to scrutinise documents in the case and also granted bail to seven accused who were not arrested in the case earlier.

  • Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairs

    Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairs

    Born in 1955, Ghosh got her M.A, M. Phil. in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and joined Cambridge University for her Ph.D.

  • Coronavirus pandemic | JNU webinars on ‘Lessons from Ramayana’ to help students develop leadership skill during COVID crisis

    Coronavirus pandemic | JNU webinars on ‘Lessons from Ramayana’ to help students develop leadership skill during COVID crisis

    The webinars on leadership skills will be held on May 2 and 3 from 4 pm to 6 pm and the registration for the same is open now

  • Coronavirus pandemic: JNU students told to go home, visitors banned on campus

    Coronavirus pandemic: JNU students told to go home, visitors banned on campus

    Students who have come from foreign countries and cannot go back, have been advised to stay inside hostels and not venture off campus unnecessarily

  • JNU students outraged as road inside campus named after Veer Savarkar

    JNU students outraged as road inside campus named after Veer Savarkar

    The decision to name a road inside the campus after VD Savarkar was taken on November 13, 2019

  • JNU warns students' body against providing shelter to Delhi violence victims on campus

    JNU warns students' body against providing shelter to Delhi violence victims on campus

    Meanwhile, Delhi University students took out a peace march in the campus for communal harmony.

  • JNU does not have info on nationality of 82 foreign students: RTI reply

    JNU does not have info on nationality of 82 foreign students: RTI reply

    The Right to Information (RTI) query was filed by Kota-based activist Sujeet Swami and it provides information up to September 1, 2019.

  • 82% students have registered for the winter semester: JNU VC

    82% students have registered for the winter semester: JNU VC

    The remaining students are also expected to complete their registration process since the registration is still open with a late fee, Kumar said.

  • JNU violence: Left behind attack now public knowledge as cops name suspects, says Smriti Irani

    JNU violence: Left behind attack now public knowledge as cops name suspects, says Smriti Irani

    In the press briefing, Delhi Police named nine suspects, including JNU Student Union President Aishe Ghosh, who sustained injuries on her head in the January 5 on-campus violence.

  • Smriti Irani hits out at Deepika Padukone for JNU visit, says she stood with those who want 'destruction of India'

    Smriti Irani hits out at Deepika Padukone for JNU visit, says she stood with those who want 'destruction of India'

    Deepika has been in the eye of the proverbial storm after her visit to JNU, getting appreciation from the film fraternity, activists, politicians and other sectors of society but also being criticised and trolled by many on social media and elsewhere.

  • Why isn't Bollywood rallying for students deprived of right to research: JNU VC

    Why isn't Bollywood rallying for students deprived of right to research: JNU VC

    VC M Jagadesh Kumar's remarks came after Deepika Padukone visited JNU to extend her support to students, who were attacked by a masked mob inside the campus.

  • JNU violence: Support for students, teachers pours in from Hindi film fraternity

    JNU violence: Support for students, teachers pours in from Hindi film fraternity

    Earlier on January 6, prominent names from the film fraternity such as Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Taapsee Pannu and Richa Chadha joined a public gathering which was protesting against JNU violence at Carter Road in Mumbai.

  • JNU Violence: Deepika Padukone joins students protesting attack, shares stage with Kanhaiya Kumar

    JNU Violence: Deepika Padukone joins students protesting attack, shares stage with Kanhaiya Kumar

    Padukone joins a list of top Bollywood actors and film makers who have spoken out against the violence.

  • Asaduddin Owaisi slams police for booking injured JNU students

    Asaduddin Owaisi slams police for booking injured JNU students

    Owaisi also demanded that the vice-chancellor of JNU should quit and go if there is any shame left over the violence as he was supposed to be the guardian of the students.

  • Delhi Police explains why they waited before entering JNU campus

    Delhi Police explains why they waited before entering JNU campus

    DCP Arya has claimed that they had received calls for intervention at 7.45 pm on January 5 and entered the campus by 8 pm to control the situation, although the FIR mentions their help was sought at 3.45 pm.

  • JNU Violence: ABVP Delhi Joint Secy admits on TV that members were armed with acid, rods, pepper spray

    JNU Violence: ABVP Delhi Joint Secy admits on TV that members were armed with acid, rods, pepper spray

    When the anchor asked if she was admitting that the armed men indeed belonged to ABVP, she said, “Yes, Vikas Patel is our activist. I am not disowning,” reiterating that the duo was armed in “complete self defence”

  • JNU violence protest: ‘Free Kashmir’ placard holding protester shares clarification and apology

    JNU violence protest: ‘Free Kashmir’ placard holding protester shares clarification and apology

    Several netizens and media outlets assumed that the woman holding the contentious poster is a Kashmiri, while politicians swooped in to take jibes at her

  • JNU violence: 'Is this civil war', asks IMA, claims attack on doctors reaching out to injured students

    JNU violence: 'Is this civil war', asks IMA, claims attack on doctors reaching out to injured students

    On the night of January 5, several unidentified people entered the JNU campus and attacked students and teachers.

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