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Jamia shifts all classes online during student union protest
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Jamia Millia Islamia shifted all courses to online mode on Saturday, citing the safety of bonafide students during ongoing campus protests. Students have sought restoration of the students' union, which was dissolved in 2006. Registrar Mohd Mahtab Alam Rizvi signed the October 24 notice. Hunger strikers said talks with professors ended without any satisfactory agreement.
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What It Means For You
- All university courses will run online until further notice under the registrar's order.
- Faculty were told to support the shift with academic material.
- Protesters say the hunger strike that began on October 12 continues until demands are met.
What's Happening
- JMI said the online move protects bonafide students during the campus situation.
- Students demand restoration of the students' union dissolved in 2006.
- Videos showed a protest camp removed near Gate no. 7; HT could not verify them.
What Students Say Happened
- Ebin Basil, 22, said talks with professors and the registrar ended without a satisfactory outcome.
- He said guards removed a tent and tried to move hunger strikers into the Faculty of Economics building.
- An official source said professors urged an end to the hunger strike over health concerns.
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