Chandigarh, Nov. 19 -- The standoff between Panjab University (PU) authorities and the Panjab University Bachao Morcha continued on Tuesday, as leaders failed to finalise a venue for their planned November 20 meeting.

A round of talks held earlier between the university's constituted committee of five professors and student representatives of the morcha ended without consensus, further deepening the impasse.

According to the committee member Vishal Sharma from the Department of Forensic Science, the university had offered available options, but none aligned with the morcha's demand for a round-table setting. "We tried to convince the morcha members that no accommodation is available as per their request and all such venues are pre-booke...