Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have been fined for cooking and eating biryani near the stairs in front of the university's administrative building. While three students — Chepal Sherpa, Amir Malik and Manish Kumar — have been fined Rs 6,000 each, former JNU Students' Union general secretary Satarupa Chakraborty has been fined Rs 10,000. "In the proctorial enquiry, you have been found guilty of being involved in cooking food (biryani) near the stairs in front of the Administrative Building and eating it thereafter along with other students. Responding to the incident, Chakraborty said, "Is a university proctor's office here to monitor who is cooking and eating what? Is this how the 'discretionary power' is supposed to be exercised where student union members would be kept out of any dialogue with the university authority?"

Source: dna November 11, 2017 02:48 UTC