The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration has “rusticated” the top four students’ union leaders and a former president for a year for vandalising the facial recognition system installed in the central library last November. Ambedkar Central Library. The JNUSU said in a statement: “It is a well-known fact that JNU students have been protesting against the magnetic gates and face-recognition cameras in the B.R. Ambedkar Central Library of JNU. Therefore, it is the JNU administration alone that is solely responsible for this stalemate.

Source: The Telegraph February 03, 2026 23:03 UTC