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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 students protested near the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on Monday against the administration's " anti-students " policy. Students wanted to march towards the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is addressing the university's convocation at an auditorium. The gates of the AICTE, around 3 km from the JNU, were locked and the security personnel were stationed in and outside the premises in wake of the protests that started in the morning. The students later reached the convocation area at around 11.30 am. According to a senior officer, the students broke barricades and marched towards the auditorium. Some of the protesters have been detained. The students were beating tambourine and raising slogans, with placards in their hands, calling Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar a "thief". "Delhi Police Go Back" slogans were also being raised. Human Resource Development M