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Panjab University bows down again, defers exams by 3 days amid students’ boycott call

This is the third time in the last fortnight that the varsity has been seen succumbing to pressure from the agitators. (HT File)

Published on Nov 16, 2025, 6:44 AM IST

Guest column: Panjab University’s call for autonomy, accountability and academic renewal

Panjab University’s origins lie in the tragedy and hope of Partition. Established in 1947 as the successor to the University of the Punjab in Lahore — which became part of Pakistan — the institution was meant to compensate Punjab for that profound loss, not only materially but intellectually and emotionally. (HT File)

Published on Nov 16, 2025, 6:22 AM IST

Go back to your classes: HC to protesting PU students

The senate term expired on October 31, 2024, and since then elections have not been announced. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 15, 2025, 7:38 AM IST

Chandigarh: Agitators announce boycott of exams starting November 18 at PU

There are nearly 15,000 students on campus who will be affected if the Morcha goes ahead with the exam boycott call. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 15, 2025, 7:28 AM IST

Panjab University yields, scraps panel vetting student event speakers

Former Congress MLA Gurkirat Singh Kotli visited the protesting students at Panjab University on Thursday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 14, 2025, 8:14 AM IST

Chandigarh: As students dig in heels, PU ropes in profs to mediate

The V-C stated that the schedule for the long-pending senate elections has already been sent to the chancellor for approval and will be approved in due time. (HT File)

Published on Nov 13, 2025, 8:04 AM IST

Chandigarh: Outsiders throng PU despite entry ban, students raises safety concerns

With semester exams approaching, students say the continuing unrest is adding to their anxiety. (HT File)

Published on Nov 13, 2025, 5:56 AM IST

Chandigarh: HC orders regularisation of two college teachers

The court could not be denied regularisation simply because they were initially appointed on a contractual basis (Representational Image)

Published on Nov 12, 2025, 8:54 AM IST

Panjab University students submit fresh demands, threatens to escalate agitation

Agitators sitting on dharna during Panjab University Bachao Morcha on Tuesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 12, 2025, 8:46 AM IST

Poor Centre-PU coordination, lack of foresight led protests to spiral of control

Protestors storming into Panjab University through Gate No. 1 on Monday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 12, 2025, 8:44 AM IST

AAP, Congress hit out at Centre over Panjab University clampdown

Panjab University students on Monday held a massive protest on the campus here demanding the announcement of senate polls.

Published on Nov 11, 2025, 8:02 AM IST

PU Bachao Morcha protest: Over 5,000 storm campus, breach barriers

Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur trying to pacify the protesters at Panjab University on Monday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 11, 2025, 5:01 AM IST

Panjab University shutdown paralyses Chandigarh, Mohali

Commuters stranded after Chandigarh Police sealed UT-Mohali borders without any prior traffic advisory, severely impacting vehicular movement. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

Published on Nov 11, 2025, 4:16 AM IST

Why Panjab University protest is much bigger than PU: History matters, explained

Farmer unions were among those who joined the protest at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on November 10.

Updated on Nov 10, 2025, 10:42 PM IST

Traffic chaos in Mohali due to PU protest in Chandigarh

Protesters near the Panjab University vice-chancellor’s office in Chandigarh on Monday. The protest and security curbs triggered traffic jams across Mohali and Chandigarh. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 10, 2025, 3:19 PM IST

Tension on Panjab University campus as Sikh activists clash with UT police

Scores of outsiders entering the Panjab University campus from gate number 1 in Chandigarh on Monday as tension escalated. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 10, 2025, 1:23 PM IST

Panjab University: Police, protesters clash as stir grows. Here's why | Watch

UT police using canes to disallow entry to the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh on Monday, Nov 10, 2025.

Updated on Nov 10, 2025, 2:48 PM IST

PU protests: Heavy police deployment made as university braces for shutdown

PU protests: Heavy police deployment made as university braces for shutdown

Published on Nov 10, 2025, 1:11 PM IST

Panjab University braces for outsider influx ahead of ‘shutdown’ today

Despite the government’s decision to rescind the controversial senate reforms, the students have refused to withdraw their protest call (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 10, 2025, 7:32 AM IST

Panjab University to host 11th India Int’l Science Festival in December

PU vice-chancellor Renu Vig felicitating Dr M Ravichandran, secretary, Union ministry of earth sciences, during the festival’s curtain raiser on the varsity campus on Saturday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Published on Nov 9, 2025, 7:16 AM IST

Protest for senate polls: PU bans vehicle entry sans stickers; declares holiday for 2 days

Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh and his wife, Amreen Kaur Sekhon, a PU alumna, extended solidarity to the protesting students on the campus on Saturday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Published on Nov 9, 2025, 6:58 AM IST

Punjab won’t surrender its rights: CM on rollback of PU order

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addressing mediapersons in Batala on Saturday.

Published on Nov 9, 2025, 6:04 AM IST

Amid backlash, Centre withdraws notification on Panjab University senate reforms

The original notification announcing the reforms came on October 28 but was withdrawn subsequently (HT File)

Published on Nov 8, 2025, 6:28 AM IST

PU students to continue stir despite Centre’s rollback of senate reforms

Student bodies holding a demonstration, demanding a fresh senate election schedule, on the PU campus on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 8, 2025, 3:41 AM IST

Farmers, political leaders join protest against PU senate reforms

Students, along with members of various farm unions, during a demonstration outside the VC office at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Nov 7, 2025, 7:50 AM IST

Chandigarh: PU student assaulted, threatened with pistol near VC office

After the incident, the complainant and his friend went to the Sector 11, Chandigarh, police station. (File)

Published on Nov 7, 2025, 7:30 AM IST

AAP delegation meets governor, flags concern over PU overhaul

Amid political backlash in Punjab and protests on the campus, the restructuring of the senate was put on hold by the Centre through Wednesday’s notification.

Published on Nov 7, 2025, 5:18 AM IST

Panjab University students vow continued protest as Centre puts senate reforms ‘on hold’

The sit-in protest outside the vice-chancellor’s office saw a steady stream of visitors throughout the day (HT File)

Published on Nov 6, 2025, 7:06 AM IST

Centre put on hold decision to restructure Panjab University’s governing bodies

The government had previously issued a notification on October 28. (HT Archives)

Published on Nov 6, 2025, 6:54 AM IST

Punjab BJP takes credit for Centre’s rethink

According to them, Punjab BJP’s working president Ashwani Sharma met national party president JP Nadda in New Delhi on Tuesday and briefed him about the growing opposition to the reforms.

Published on Nov 6, 2025, 6:24 AM IST

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