Summary:
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, November 13The executive council of Jawaharlal Nehru University met today and withdrew most of the controversial provisions of the hostel manual to which students have been protesting for days. Consequently, the council today decided not to include in the JNU hostel daft manual some of the controversial provisions which were earlier proposed to be approved. A major provision that the JNU has decided to take back is the timings imposed on students to get back to the hostels. The withdrawn provision of the hostel manual says, "The residents should be back to their respective hostels latest by 11 pm or by half an hour after the library closes, whichever is later. The council also dropped a provision which asked students to come to canteens "appropriately dressed.".