By Chandan Sharma
FNS
After secondary and senior secondary schools it is now turn of higher education where girls are leaving boys far away with their excellence and performance. This happened today at India’s one of the oldest but modern institution, Punjab University during its 60th annual Convocation at university campus. Read the rest of this entry »
The Punjab University (PU) here is considering setting up a ‘Centre for Pakistan Studies’ for the systematic study of India’s relations with its neighbour. Read the rest of this entry »
The Panjab University will honour eminent author and journalist Khushwant Singh and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee with Doctor of Literature and Doctor of Laws degrees respectively, a varsity spokesman said here Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
In a very close contest in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections here Friday, the alliance of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) and the Indian National Student Organisation (INSO) won three seats of the four-member panel. Read the rest of this entry »
The Panjab University (PU) campus here resembles a fortress with heavy security ahead of the September 3 students’ council elections that have a history of violence. Read the rest of this entry »
Ahead of Punjab University Students Council elections and Delhi University Students Union election Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday interacted with students and urged them to join politics. Read the rest of this entry »
Marred by increasing incidents of violence involving student leaders of rival political parties, Panjab University (PU) here is set to introduce stringent measures to curb them.
According to Chandigarh police records, at least 33 criminal cases related to violence involving PU’s rival political groups have been registered and over 90 people have been arrested or detained for questioning since 2005.
Most of the brawls at the PU campus occur because of election-related issues. Hence, the PU officials have issued directions that elections, usually held in September, will be cancelled if any such incident happens.
“We are worried about the increasing incidents of violence in the campus and are making every effort to control them. We have made it clear that no election in the Panjab University will be allowed if even a single violent incident is reported,” PU’s Dean Students’ Welfare (DSW), Naval Kishore said here Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »