Chandigarh, Nov. 10 -- Students of Panjab University on Monday held a protest in the university premises in Chandigarh over their demands to conduct senate elections.

Earlier in the day, a heavy police force was deployed around the university campus. Barricades were also put outside the gates of the university campus.

The students have been demanding that the university administration announce the long-pending Senate elections to reconstitute the 91-member Senate, the highest governing body of Panjab University.

The row began after the Centre issued a notification to overhaul the Senate's composition, sparking widespread political and academic backlash over the decision to dissolve Panjab University's top governing bodies and replace t...