Eminent historian KN Panikkar passes away at 89
Panikkar served as vice-chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, vice- hairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, and founding president of the Kerala History Congress.
Panikkar served as vice-chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, vice- hairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, and founding president of the Kerala History Congress.
Addressing the 9th Convocation of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, Radhakrishnan congratulated the graduating students and urged them to dedicate their knowledge and skills to the service of the nation.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday started its PhD admission process for the academic year 2025-26 even as the its students union body launched an indefinite hunger strike against exclusion of June 2025 UGC-NET candidates and refusal to reinstate the JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE).
A two-day workshop on “Dynamics of Sustainable Regional Development in North Bengal,” organised by the Haji Halima Foundation, concluded today in Siliguri.
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) alleged that UGBM was convened at the Sabarmati lawn to discuss the issue of student participation in the upcoming Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) elections and the broader fight for gender justice on campus.
The college students boycotted classes on Wednesday in solidarity with JNU students, who faced violence on the university campus, and in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
In the sting videos, the students are seen admitting that they were part of the violence outside the varsity's Sabarmati hostel.
On Friday, DCP (crime) Joy Tirkey had disclosed nine names including that of JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh in connection with the January violence and released their photographs.
The five-hour gherao (4-30 to 9-25 pm) of the BJP's erudite Rajya Sabha member, Swapan Dasgupta, and the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bidyut Chakraborty, was driven by malice aforethought, and in an institution that has scarcely been noted for academic excellence.
Meanwhile, Ghosh has proclaimed her innocence saying that the police have filed a 'selective FIR' and challenged them to provide proof for framing her.
