Entry and exit at Udyog Bhawan, Lok Kalyan Marg and Central Secretariat metro stations were closed on Monday in view of multiple protests near the stations on Monday. "As advised by Delhi Police, entry & exit at Udyog Bhawan, Lok Kalyan Marg and Central Secretariat have been closed. Trains are not halting at Udyog Bhawan and Lok Kalyan Marg," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Twitter. While Delhi Congress members are protesting to express solidarity with the Unnao rape victim , JNU students are marching to the Rashtrapati Bhawan against the hostel fee hike.
A hostel draft manual, introduced by the varsity, has become a bone of contention between students and varsity administration since October 28
The HRD Ministry communicated this to the three-member committee in a letter on Tuesday
The protest against high cost of education spread from Jawaharlal Nehru University to the neighbouring Indian Institute of Mass Communication on Tuesday, where students agitated against the "unaffordable" fee structure, claiming the IIMC administration has turned a "blind eye" to their issues. The students said their protest was against the high tuition fee and "unruly" hostel and mess charges, considering IIMC is a publicly funded institute. Astha Savyasachi, a student of English Journalism at IIMC, said Rs 1,68,500 for a ten-month course in addition to hostel and mess charges is unaffordable for poor and middle-class students. She said students have to leave the course after the first semester because of this. The fee for a course in Radio & TV Journalism is Rs 1,68,500, for Advertising and PR it is Rs 1,31,500, for Hindi Journalism it is Rs 95,500, Rs 95,500 for English Journalism, and Rs 55,500 for Urdu Journalism. Hostel and mess charges cost around Rs 6,500 for women and Rs .
The university has seen protest by students over the issue of hostel fee hike. It had announced a partial rollback of the hiked fee, but it was not accepted by students.
The committee had also met Deans of all schools and representatives of JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA).
Students are against differential fees and also now demand nothing less than the removal of the Vice Chancellor
The first meeting of the panel with JNU Students Union (JNUSU) office-bearers, student counsellors and hostel presidents took place on Wednesday at HRD Ministry.
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The protest was on the alleged beating of visually impaired students during their agitation on fee hike
JNU students have been protesting for over two weeks over recent hostel fee hike.
Jawaharlal Nehru University students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual
The students took to Twitter to share pictures from the march and the injuries they received, allegedly due to the baton charge by the police
Apart from 10 companies of CAPF, around 800 Delhi Police personnel were deployed to handle the protest and ensure the maintenance of law and order
The JNU students alleged that they were baton-charged as they marched towards Parliament
The Human Resource Development Ministry's committee on JNU will initiate dialogues with students and administration as well as submit recommendations on resolution of all issues
The agitation comes on the first day of the Parliament's Winter Session, which will end on December 13.
In a video message released on the varsity's website, he said he has been getting e-mails from worried parents and students about the situation in the university
The matter blew out of proportion last week after a clash broke out between the students and police during the students' protest
The monthly Rs20 fee for a hostel room is something that really needed to be changed -- by how much is something that could have been discussed with the stakeholders