Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- With tensions rising on campus and authorities keen on getting the focus back on academics, Panjab University (PU) has decided to hold the student council elections on September 3, though the official announcement is yet to be made. The full schedule, including the dates for nomination, will be released by the dean students welfare (DSW) in the coming days.

PU has been seeing one protest after the other ever since the new academic session started in July. First, students were miffed over mandatory affidavits for freshers that barred them from holding dharnas without permission. Later, students protested over the curbs imposed on women hostel residents by limiting their night outings. And most recently, students sta...