{"source_url": "https://www.thehindu.com", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amu-winter-vacation-extended-no-new-opening-date-announced/article30453854.ece", "title": "AMU winter vacation extended, no new opening date announced", "top_image": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/x2kucs/article30453853.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_615/DE02PG32-COLPTI12212019000213B", "meta_img": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/x2kucs/article30453853.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_615/DE02PG32-COLPTI12212019000213B", "images": ["https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=123456&cs_ucfr=1&cv=2.0&cj=1", "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/x2kucs/article30453853.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_615/DE02PG32-COLPTI12212019000213B", "https://www.thehindu.com/news/7uxv4l/article25732806.ece/alternates/FREE_300/img-responsive", "https://trc.taboola.com/1179651/log/3/unip?en=page_view", "https://th.thgim.com/static/theme/default/base/img/logo.png", "https://th.thgim.com/static/theme/default/base/img/logo-sq.png", "https://th.thgim.com/static/img/1x1_spacer.png", "https://www.thehindu.com/analysis-logger/Logger?rt=1&ctxId=168&contextPath=16-157-162-168-&pubId=2&cat=&meta=read-story&objId=30453854&type=article&title=AMU+winter+vacation+extended%2c+no+new+opening+date+announced&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thehindu.com%2fnews%2fnational%2fother-states%2famu-winter-vacation-extended-no-new-opening-date-announced%2farticle30453854.ece"], "movies": [], "text": "The winter vacation of Aligarh Muslim University has been extended. The university was scheduled to open on January 6. No new date has been given.\n\nOn December 15, the winter vacation was advanced by a week and hostels were vacated after several students were injured in a clash with the police after a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act allegedly turned violent.\n\nAn official statement from the public relations office of AMU said due to overall prevailing situation, winter vacation of Aligarh Muslim University for students as well as for the teaching staff, had been extended and the university would not be opening on January 6, 2020.\n\nThe decision was taken at a consultative meeting of the Deans of Faculties, Principals of Colleges and Polytechnics and other functionaries of the university under the chairmanship of AMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor on Wednesday.\n\n\u201cA detailed schedule for opening of the university in a phased manner, the conduct of remaining examinations which could not be held in December 2019, commencement of classes for the next semester and the duration of the summer vacation shall be notified by the university in due course of time so that there is no academic loss to the students,\u201d said Mujib Ullah Zuberi, Controller of Examination.\n\nHe added that students are advised to regularly visit the university website.\n\nSources said the university administration was waiting for the situation to defuse. \u201cThere are 10 thousand non-resident students, many of whom are still carrying on peaceful protest. Many resident students didn\u2019t leave the city and continued to stay with their friends,\u201d said a source requesting anonymity.\n\nOver 60 injured\n\nOver 60 people, including 40 students, AMU security staff and policemen, were injured in the violence. At least four students who received serious injuries are still being treated.\n\nA number of injured students had alleged that police and the Rapid Action Police indulged in excesses. Police have booked 56 persons, including a number of students, for holding a protest which later turned violent.\n\n(With PTI inputs)", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": ["constitution", "Fact Check", "university", "The Hindu Explains", "population and census", "Tamil cinema", "police", "space programme", "Citizenship Amendment Act", "railway"], "authors": ["After The Rape", "Murder Of A Veterinarian In Hyderabad On November", "The Burning Of A Rape Survivor In Unnao", "Uttar Pradesh", "On December", "Global Federation Releases Edition Of Diabetes Atlas", "Calls For Urgent National Actions"], "publish_date": null, "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "\u2018Detailed schedule for opening in a phased manner shall be notified in due course\u2019", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://www.thehindu.com/thfavicon.ico", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", "title": "AMU winter vacation extended, no new opening date announced", "atdlayout": "articlepage", "description": "\u2018Detailed schedule for opening in a phased manner shall be notified in due course\u2019", "publish-date": "2020-01-01T23:04:42+05:30", "created-date": "2020-01-01T23:04:42+05:30", "modified-date": "2020-01-01T23:04:42+05:30", "twitter": {"creator": "Anuj Kumar", "title": "AMU winter vacation extended, no new opening date announced", "description": "\u2018Detailed schedule for opening in a phased manner shall be notified in due course\u2019", "image": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/x2kucs/article30453853.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_615/DE02PG32-COLPTI12212019000213B", "card": "summary_large_image", "site": "@The_Hindu", "domain": "thehindu.com", "app": {"name": {"ipad": "The Hindu", "googleplay": "The Hindu (Official App)", "iphone": "The Hindu for iPhone"}, "id": {"googleplay": "com.mobstac.thehindu", "iphone": 771672321}}}, "apple-itunes-app": "app-id=584786636", "google-play-app": "app-id=com.mobstac.thehindu", "fb": {"app_id": 137450626398044, "pages": 163974433696568}, "og": {"site_name": "The Hindu", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amu-winter-vacation-extended-no-new-opening-date-announced/article30453854.ece", "type": "article", "title": "AMU winter vacation extended, no new opening date announced", "description": "\u2018Detailed schedule for opening in a phased manner shall be notified in due course\u2019", "image": {"identifier": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/x2kucs/article30453853.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_615/DE02PG32-COLPTI12212019000213B", "type": "image/jpeg"}}, "article": {"author": "Anuj Kumar", "section": "Other States"}, "msvalidate.01": "00762243DAFA333A5A6D97CE4545BDB2", "yandex-verification": "ff4648e5089d361d", "ahrefs-site-verification": "6df5b97abf2ea60f2d4123265496b92b4faa009ceff5444e0b8482ebddd508d6", "theme-color": "#fff"}, "canonical_link": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amu-winter-vacation-extended-no-new-opening-date-announced/article30453854.ece"}