Minister of State for Education and External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Monday released the rankings in 13 categories which include an overall rank, ranks amongst universities, colleges, research institutes and subject-wise.
According to the students, the fire broke out in the chemistry lab of JNU's School of Physical Sciences. The fire broke out reportedly after a short circuit. Students complain that there was neither a fire alarm nor automatic fire extinguishing equipment installed in the building.
The tussle began on Sunday evening when the ABVP had organised a wreath-laying ceremony on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, following which his picture was put up alongside others in the student unions' office. The ABVP alleged that the students of leftist organisations removed the portrait from the wall and threw the garland away.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the assault on students and teachers of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), terming it a “heinous act†and a “shame on democracyâ€. A four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation will visit JNU to express solidarity with students and teachers, she said.