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- India
SC asks TN govt, governor to resolve differences over V-C appointments
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government and the governor to resolve the issue of appointment of vice-chancellors in universities. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and…
- India
Jamia Millia Islamia appoints Mohd Shakeel as VC hours after HC’s order
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday appointed Mohammad Shakeel as its Officiating Vice Chancellor, hours after the Delhi High Court quashed the appointment of Eqbal Hussain and directed the varsity to…
- Telangana
State govt appoints senior IAS officers as in-charge VCs of state universities
Hyderabad: The state government has appointed senior IAS officers as in-charge vice-chancellors in ten state-run universities. MA&UD principal secretary Dana Kishore has been appointed as the in-charge vice chancellor of Osmania University.…
- India
Vice Chancellors slam Rahul Gandhi, seek action for ‘resorting to falsehood’
New Delhi: Leading Vice Chancellors and academicians have written an open letter opposing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on the selection process of University heads and seeking action for ‘resorting to falsehood’.…
- Kolkata
Prof Bhaskar Gupta new Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has appointed senior professor Bhaskar Gupta as the new Vice Chancellor of the prestigious state-run Jadavpur University. Gupta’s appointment as VC was recommended by…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Delay continues in VC appointments in three universities
Chennai: The functioning of Madras University, Bharathiar University and Tamil Nadu Education University have been affected due to the delay in the appointment of Vice Chancellors to these universities. The issue about…
- India
Removed JU interim VC demands central-level probe into admission ‘irregularities’
Kolkata: Buddhadeb Sau, the recently-removed interim Vice Chancellor of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU), on Wednesday demanded a central-level inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the admission process of the famed university. Alleging…
- India
Kerala: Governor Khan appoints new VC for Kannur University
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday appointed Prof S Bijoy Nandan as the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University, following the Supreme Court’s annulment of the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran to the…
- India
SC nulls re-appointment of Kannur University’s VC; ignites political storm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed re-appointment of Dr Gopinath Raveendran as Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University saying that the appointment process was vitiated by “unwarranted interference” of the Kerala government.…
- India
Jamia Millia: Eqbal Hussain named Acting V-C as Najma Akhtar retires
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice-Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar handed over the charge of her office to Prof Eqbal Hussain, Pro Vice Chancellor of the university, after she completed her tenure…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: EFLU students to go on indefinite hunger strike from today
Hyderabad: Demanding justice for the victim of sexual assault on the campus last month, the students of English and Foreign Language University (EFLU) have planned to go on an indefinite hunger strike…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Student sexually assaulted after EFLU protests for harassment committee
Hyderabad: A massive protest erupted on the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus on Thursday, October 19 over alleged sexual assault on a female student late on Wednesday night. This incident…
- India
Ex-NALSAR’s vice chancellor is new VC of CNLU
The former vice-chancellor of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) here, Professor Faizan Mustafa, is the new VC of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in Patna. Prof Mustafa was…
- India
Tension in Allahabad University after student dies while drinking water
Prayagraj: Tension prevails in the Allahabad University (AU) where a student died after drinking water from a water cooler near the Students’ Union building of the university two days ago, a university…
- India
Inebriated miscreants attempted to kidnap 2 JNU students from campus
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Wednesday alleged that some inebriated men in a car entered the campus and attempted to kidnap two students. It said the JNU security…
