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By Manjeet Sehgal: The two men accused in the Chandigarh University leaked videos case were allegedly blackmailing the arrested woman student to share videos of other hostellers, sources said. Accused Sunny Mehta and his friend Rankaj Verma had allegedly threatened to make the woman student’s private videos viral unless she filmed and shared videos of hostel inmates in the common washroom. Here are the top developments in the Chandigarh University leaked videos row: • Massive protests broke out on the Chandigarh University campus post-midnight on Saturday, after students alleged that “private” and “objectionable” videos of several women hostel inmates were leaked on the internet. • The students alleged that videos of nearly 60 girls taking baths in the hostel were leaked. On the other hand, the varsity issued a statement that one video was circulated. Moreover, it was captured and circulated by the accused. They said that the girl had made the video and shared it herself with her friend in Himachal Pradesh. READ | • Refuting rumours about the death of any student on campus in relation to the controversy, the university said that the video had been leaked by a girl student, who herself sent the video to one of her friends. The development came to the fore after Chandigarh University's pro-chancellor issued a statement clarifying there have been no suicides or deaths on campus. • An FIR under Section 354-C (voyeurism) of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act h...

Unmatched research prowess, unrivalled budget puts CU ahead of competition; 15% of start-ups have turnover of over Rs 10 Lakh CHANDIGARH, India, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- True to its coveted acclaim as India's top research-Intensive higher educational institution, India's elite and prestigious universities. The top-ranked private university in the country to file highest number of patents in past three year, the University has continued to focus on imbibing amongst its students the ability to resolve new, original problems, who along with the faculty are working tirelessly to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, thus marking Chandigarh University's contribution in making this world a better place to live in. Mohit Kumar, a C.S.E student was recently given Rs 1 Crore liquid funding by Future Rival Motors Corporation (FRMC), an Indian start-up that makes self-driving cars, for his patented technology. Ever since its inception ten years ago, Chandigarh University has laid focused and pointed emphasis on inculcating the spirit of research and innovation amongst its faculty and students alike. The consistent efforts made over the years in this visionary direction has helped the varsity establish itself as India's number-1 Research-Intensive University, an acclaim in which the institution takes immense pride. In a testimony to its research prowess, the students and faculty of Chandigarh University have filed 1816 patents so far. Of these, as m...

Chandigarh University (CU) chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu announced that Chandigarh University will offer every kind of help to the 700 Indian students who have fallen prey to fake college admission offer letters by fraudulent consultants if they are deported from Canada. Sandhu said this during the varsity’s annual convocation that was held on Friday at the campus premises. “Our government is working closely with their counterparts in Canada to resolve the issue which we are hopeful will happen soon,” he said while talking to the media. Left in the lurch, 700-odd Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation from Canada after the authorities in the country found their admission offer letters to be fake. Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “The university will provide every possible help to these students if they are deported. We will give them admission and enrol them in the same batches. Their credit score mapping will be carried out properly so that the credits earned by them in their previous institutions are not wasted. Bridge courses will also be offered to them if any gap is found during the credit score mapping. The university will make sure that they do not face any loss.” Sandhu also said that if these students are deported, later the university will also assist them in pursuing their study abroad dreams in legitimate ways. “We understand the situation they are facing right now in the foreign country. We can feel their pain and stand with their families back...

Tribune News Service Mohali, June 9 A Chandigarh University student was killed while her two cousins were seriously injured when a speeding car mowed them down on the Kharar-Chandigarh highway, near City Heart shopping complex, in Kharar last night. Deceased Ritika, 22, a native of Raipur Rani near Naraingarh, was a second-year student of MCA, while her cousins Mehak (16) and Manvi (14) from Sadhora, near Yamunanagar, had come to meet her during their summer vacations. Around 10.30 pm, the three were crossing the road near the Dushera ground when an unidentified car driver hit them and fled the scene. Pardeep Bakshi, a local resident, rushed the two injured girls to a local hospital after stopping a passing ambulance. Ritika, who suffered serious injuries, was taken in another car to the PGI, where she died during treatment today. The police said the deceased suffered head injuries, while the other two got fractures in the legs. The victim’s parents reached the hospital late last night. A case of hit-and-run has been registered at the City Kharar police station. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising four eminent persons as trustees. The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, ...

Now mired in a row over the alleged objectionable videos of its women students shot and leaked from inside the campus hostel, Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali district is a young private institution that has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the last few years. In a development that had surprised many in the academic circle, the decade-old university had performed extremely well in the QS World University and NIRF rankings released earlier this year, and was placed higher than well-established older universities in Punjab. It became one of the youngest universities in the country to make its debut in QS World Rankings 2023, considered the most coveted. According to RS Bawa, pro-chancellor, Other Reads | From agriculture to the education sector Established in 2012, Chandigarh University was founded by Satnam Singh Sandhu, a Sikh entrepreneur and philanthropist who is also its chancellor and admires Prime Minister Once an agriculturist, Sandhu forayed into the education sector in 2001 and established the Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) at Landran in Mohali. He never joined any political party. A day before the video fiasco rocked CU, Sandhu celebrated Modi’s 72nd birthday by organising a mega-health camp in Chandigarh, which was inaugurated by Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit and also attended by Union Minister and senior BJP leader Smriti Irani. The CWT and NID Foundation were the main organisers of the camp. Sandhu’s admiration for Modi has never been a secr...

Chandigarh University students end protest; varsity declares 'non-teaching days' till September 24 A joint committee comprising students and senior functionaries to address certain issues pertaining to hostel timings and other demands, was formed September 19, 2022 11:05 am | Updated 04:00 pm IST - Chandigarh: The university on September 19, 2022 suspended two wardens for negligence and also declared "non-teaching days" till September 24. Further, it formed a joint committee comprising students and senior functionaries to address certain issues pertaining to hostel timings and other demands of the students, sources in the varsity said. "They (students) ended their protest at around 1:30 am," Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Sheel Soni said. Protest at Punjab university over ‘objectionable videos’ He told reporters that a special investigation team headed by a senior police officer will be formed to probe the case. The university in a tweet said, "We are always with our students, be it their academic aspirations or their safety and well-being. We will leave no stone unturned to live it upto this commitment towards our students." Protest had rocked the campus on Saturday night over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller. Some students claimed that the videos were even leaked. Police, however, had said the woman student appeared to have shared a video of only herself with a 23-year-old man, stated to be her boy...

Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab Chief Minister, on Monday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the allegations made by a group of Chandigarh University students. The probe panel will have three members, all women. Senior IPS officer Gurpreet Kaur Deo will lead the panel. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the panel will probe the alleged conspiracy and no person involved would be spared. What happened at Chandigarh University? A massive protest began on Saturday night on the campus. The protesting students claimed a female student made videos of other students while taking showers in the university's hostel. They claimed she made the video viral on social media. They also claimed that many students attempted suicide. The police, however, refuted the suicide claims. According to reports, the accused student sent obscene videos to her boyfriend, a resident of Shimla. The accused is a 23-year-old employee of a travel agency. Another man, a bakery worker, has also been arrested along with the accused woman. Police, meanwhile, said the woman had four videos on her mobile phone. All the videos were hers that she sent to her boyfriend. The students, however, rejected the police's claim that no videos were found on the phone. Mehta was arrested in a village near Himachal Pradesh's Rohru. The other arrested man is 31-year-old Rankaj Verma. "SIT will go to the bottom of the conspiracy. No person is to be spared if found involved. One student and two others were arrested. Thanks to...

CU bags second spot among all public-private universities, architecture, management institutions in Punjab-Tricity region; bags top spot among Punjab private Engineering Institutions CHANDIGARH, India, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Adding another jewel to its star-studded crown, Chandigarh University has secured 29th spot among all the public and private universities of the country in the NIRF Rankings 2022, becoming the youngest university to enter the top 30 league of Indian Universities, " said S. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University announcing the ranking of University in NIRF Rankings 2022. "Chandigarh University is not only the youngest but also the only university in the country to give consistently great performances in National and International rankings, such as QS world, QS Asia, NIRF or NAAC, and improving its position year after year," said Sandhu, after the National Institutional Ranking Framework Rankings-2022 were released by the Union Ministry of Education, Government of India. "Chandigarh University has bagged the second position among all universities and first position among private universities in Punjab and Tricity, in the prestigious rankings, " said Sandhu, adding that the University secured an overall ranking of 48th among all universities and colleges of India, 4th position among all public and private institutions and first spot among all private institutions of Punjab and...