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JNU Imposes Fine Over Protest, Say Students; Not True, Says University Head

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JNU Imposes Fine Over Protest, Say Students; Not True, Says University Head

[ad_1] JNU chief proctor Rajnish Kumar Mishra has denied the allegations (File)New Delhi: A section of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed that the administration has imposed thousands of rupees fines on them for participating in protests and "banned" them from registering for the next semester.The amount of fine varies from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000, the students claimed and accused the administration of "harassment".However, JNU chief proctor Rajnish Kumar Mishra has denied the allegations, saying the actions are taken after following due procedure.Among the students, who have got notices, are student activists -- former JNU Sudents Union (JNUSU) vice president and PhD scholar Simone Zoya Khan and Kaushik Raj.Kaushik has been served notice for the 2018 protest in whi...

Pregnant JNU Professor Accuses Varsity Administration Of “Harassing” Her

[ad_1] JNU Teachers Federation demanded safety and security for the professor and her family.New Delhi: An assistant professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who is eight months pregnant, on Friday accused the varsity administration of "insulting, harassing and intimidating" her.Addressing a press conference, Gayettri Dixit, assistant professor at the Centre for African Studies, said, "I am being severely harassed and punished continuously physically, mentally and socially. Due to the atrocities by the administration, I fell unconscious at my university residence and was rushed to the...hospital in an ambulance on July 26." Ms Dixit alleged that she and her husband were being threatened after she had availed leave, and added if any harm was caused to the child she was carrying...

Why Academic Lecture Is…?: JNU Vice-Chancellor On “Caste Of Gods” Remark

[ad_1] On Wednesday, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit asserted that she had spoken as an ''academic".New Delhi: After her 'no god is upper caste' remark stoked a controversy, JNU(Jawaharlal Nehru University) Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday clarified that she was just "paraphrasing" BR Ambedkar's views and questioned why an academic lecture was being politicised."I was asked to speak on BR Ambedkar's views on gender justice. I was paraphrasing BR Ambedkar. You can see his writings. Why should people get angry with me, they should get angry with BR Ambedkar. Why I am being pulled into it," she told PTI.Delivering the Dr B R Ambedkar lecture series, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Monday said "anthropologically" gods do not belong to the upper caste and that even Lord Shi...