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Administration Refuses Hybrid Classes Amidst Post-Diwali AQI Surge in Sonipat
Despite a spike in AQI in Delhi-NCR, Dean of Academic Affairs Bikram Phookun and Vice-Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury have decided against online or hybrid classes, as confirmed in an email to faculty members on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. In the coming week, however, certain faculty members decided to conduct online classes. About a month prior to Diwali, Campus Life Ministry (CLM) consolidated a smog-week proposal following a student survey with over 800 responses. They pro
Ananya Mahnot
Oct 28, 2025


Space Debris or Asteroid: Potential Origins of Delhi-NCR’s Celestial Phenomenon
At around 1:22 A.M, on Saturday, 20th September 2025, several students reported seeing a glowing object streak above campus, which was observed moving for about 5-7 seconds, tracing an arc in the sky. Similar glowing objects were seen in various regions of Delhi NCR at the same time. The Ashoka football team present in Pilani also saw it moving eastward towards Delhi. Students and faculty speculate that the body may have been a meteorite or a piece of spacecraft debris from
Nila Nagaraja
Oct 1, 2025


Negotiations with Bluspring see Positive Results, Nobel Prize Nominee Shabnam Hashmi Arrives for Teach-in
Tanush Guha (UG '26) and Nysa Sanghvi (UG '27) report on the ninth day of the housekeeping workers' protest.
Tanush Guha and Nysa Sanghvi
Sep 6, 2025


Ashoka Classes move out of AC Rooms to support Workers Protest as Faculty releases a new Petition
On Thursday, 4th September, classes at Ashoka University moved out of air-conditioned rooms and into lawns, corridors, and open-air amphitheatres as students and faculty expressed solidarity with housekeeping staff who have been on strike for over a week. The faculty also released a new petition to demand withheld salaries of protesting workers.
Madiha Tariq
Sep 5, 2025


Negotiation with Protestors Fails: All 3 Demands Rejected, Bluspring Withholds Workers’ Wages
Negotiations between Bluspring Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kamal Pal Hoda and a delegation of ten housekeeping staff mediated by...
Antara Kulkarni and Ishaan Varior
Sep 3, 2025


"मौसम आये और गए " हाउसकीपिंग कर्मचारियों विरोध का पांचवा दिन
सोमवार, 1 सितंबर 2025 की सुबह, हाउसकीपिंग कर्मचारियों द्वारा किए जा रहे विरोध प्रदर्शन का पाँचवाँ दिन था। दोपहर 2:30 बजे, डीन ऑफ़ स्टूडेंट...
The Edict
Sep 3, 2025


Ashoka to Mediate Negotiations between Protesting Housekeeping Workers & BluSpring: Registrar to Represent University Administration
On the morning of 2nd September 2025, Vice-Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury assured that Ashoka University would have a discussion between...
Tanisha Pandey
Sep 2, 2025


“The Seasons Have Come and Gone”: Housekeeping Workers on the fifth day of the Protest
In the late afternoon, heavy rains caused the makeshift test housing workers and students present to collapse, causing workers to set up two smaller tents. Many were forced to return home.
Ananya Kakkar and Antara Kulkarni
Sep 2, 2025


“Kadam Kadam Par Ladenge”: Housekeeping workers’ strike continues through heavy rains
On the morning of Sunday, 31st August 2025, the housekeeping staff entered their fourth day of protest. Despite a heavy downpour and a...
Tanisha Pandey and Katelyn Patta
Sep 1, 2025


"Sharam Karo": Housekeeping Workers’ Protest Enters Third Day, No Communication From Administration and Contractors
The housekeeping staff workers’ protest completed its 3rd day on the 30th of August, 2025, with over seventy workers present at the site,...
Ananya Pendharkar & Nysa Sanghvi
Aug 31, 2025
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