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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday rolled out a notification informing applicants that the entrance examination for admissions to various programmes (Bachelors, Masters, MPhil, PhD, Part time) will be conducted between May 11 to 14, 2020. The registration of applications for the JNUEE 2020 examinations will begin on March 2, 2020 and the deadline is March 31, 2020. The university also alerted students that like last year, the examination will be computer-based and will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). For further details on the application process and examinations, students can refer to the Information Bulletin on the NTA-JNU, website (https://ntajnu.nic.in) and the E-prospectus/Syllabus on the JNU website (http://jnu.ac.in/admission/). In January this year, the JNU had announced the extension for the registration deadline for the 2020 Winter Semester. Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has alleged that the varsity administration has blocked the registration of 300 students on the basis of ' fake Proctor inquiries '. The union had on Saturday asked students of the university to pay their academic tuition fee but not the hiked hostel fee. "Today the Vice Chancellor first blocked the fee payment portal and then blocked the payment of tuition fees. It is clear that the VC was lying through the teeth when he said students want to register but are not being allowed to by protesters," JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh said. She said the VC has also blocked the registration of 300 students based on fake proctor enquiries which are not even completed. "The truth is that it is the administration which does not want students to register and is blocking their registration," she said. Read More

Hundreds of demonstrators, including students and members of civil society organisations , hit the streets on Thursday protesting the recent violence at JNU and demanding resignation of the varsity vice-chancellor. The protesters, carrying placards and banners, started a march from Mandi House towards the HRD Ministry. They shouted slogans demanding strict action against those involved in the campus violence of January 5 that left around 35 injured. CPI(M) leaders Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Prakash Karat and Brinda Karat also joined the march. LJD leader Sharad Yadav was also among the protesters. Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, said, "For three hours, people wearing masks beat up varsity students. They entered the campus with police being present at the main gate." Alleging that the incident could not have happened without the vice-chancellor knowing about it, he said, "The VC has to go". Read More