Oindrila Mukherjee

Students Organisation of India (SOI), National Students Union of India (NSUI), Panjab University Students Union (PUSU), Pal Pehelwan Students Organisation (PPSO) and Sath have demanded that the authorities should take appropriate steps to give first right to Punjabi.

“The 11 pm curfew is a sham. The authorities like to boast about it but we can only enter till 11 pm. We cannot exit the hostels after 9 pm,” said a protester, who refused to be named. The slogans of the night were “Hostel kholo”, “PU prashasan murdabad” and “Naari mukti, sabki mukti zindabad”.

A Panjab University sports coach, who is facing complaints of sexual harassment, found himself facing media questions on the allegations against him on Monday when he took part in a press conference on a rugby tournament in Jalandhar. The tournament is to be hosted by GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, from October 30 to November […]

The girls at PU pay Rs 6,000 per semester as hostel fee. However, their canteen and mess bills are charged on a monthly basis on which they end up spending Rs 4,000.

The size of the rooms and the space crunch inside the girls' hostel at Punjabi University, Patiala, are an indication of why students protested for more outdoor time.

Bhushan was speaking at Panjab University on ‘Question of autonomy of media and judiciary in a democracy and contemporary situation’, the first of a lecture series called ‘Silsila-e-Taqriir’ organised by the Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC).

A member of committee that prepared the blueprint for the central status for PU said they gave a report on the pros and cons of getting central university status, but there were other issues such as the central government’s decision not to elevate any state university to a central university.

Tharoor turned into “spiritual guru” of sorts talking about his 2018 book ‘Why I Am A Hindu’ and largely discussed Hinduism as a contrast to Hindutva, a “political ideology with a political agenda”.

One talked about her first film role while the other has empowered herself to fight societal challenges all the way to Delhi to land her first job in a field she loves.

The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival (KSLF) 2018 celebrates the author’s irreverence, but this year’s theme - Strength of a Naari - had more meaning in the backdrop of the movement that began on Twitter with women calling out sexual harassers in the creative field, prominent names among them being Union Minister MJ Akbar.

The protesting students said they were giving a call to student groups and non-campus organisations to join hands and form an “anti-goondagardi” front.

A majority of students from the Amrita Shergill hostel also took out a march condemning yesterday’s violence and joined the protesters outside the V-C’s office.

The comedian added that he was “incapable of committing such disrespectful actions” and was a thorough professional. “I do not know the reason or motivation behind these allegations but I can certainly underline and emphasise that there is no truth in them,” (sic) Ahluwalia further stated.

The demand for 24-hour hostels dates back to 2014. Then, girl students had resisted the protest as they were convinced that “DSO boys” wanted to have girl students outside hostels in order to “eve tease” them.

President of the Panjab University Campus Student Council Kanupriya said that the student council would be actively involved in raising awareness on sexual harassment on the campus.

Balaji had come to deliver a lecture on ‘Fascist Attack on Institutions and the Resistance Model of JNU’ at Kisan Bhawan on Saturday. The All India Students Association (AISA) and Students Federation of India (SFI), who organised the event, did not get permission to host the lecture at PU.

The scholar had also lodged a complaint against former V-C Prof Grover on July 20, alleging that he had intimidated her and tried to favour the accused.

Each school has a drawing and disbursing officer (DDO) who will be required to upload the data related to Aadhaar number and bank account of students, following which it will be approved by the District Education Officer (DEO).

The committee for the promotion of the rajbhasha discussed three issues, including the MHRD circular. One of them is also the formation of a directorate of Hindi or a cell that could take up matters related to the use of Hindi.

On September 6, she created history by becoming the first woman president of the student council along with leading her Left-leaning party Students For Society (SFS) to its first presidential victory since it first contested the election in 2014.

For Kanupriya, who is doing a five-year integrated course in Zoology Honours at PU, meanwhile, the battle-lines have only just been etched. “If the ABVP won, a letter would have gone out, saying ‘Jai jai Modi’. But we have stopped those letters ,” she said.

Woman volunteers across parties joined the rally as they got together to lift Kanu Priya up on their shoulders and carry her as a beacon of change in the male-dominated politics of the campus, “Naari mukti, sabki mukti, zindabad”, they shouted.

This year, the student parties collectively decided not to hold rallies a day before the election.

“We expose the underbelly of the student politics. In a way, with our satirical performance, we set the agenda for the election and have been doing so since we got into the race,” claims Gurpreet Doni, one of the actors in the play.