Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- Once again giving into pressure from protesting students, who have announced to boycott the semester exams that were scheduled to start from November 18, Panjab University (PU) on Saturday decided to defer the exams by three days.

The PU Bachao Morcha, meanwhile, agreed to stand down till November 25 after the varsity promised to release the election schedule by then.

This is the third time in the last fortnight that the varsity has been seen succumbing to pressure from the agitators. Earlier as tensions heightened on the campus amid students' agitation over the anti-protest affidavit, PU, on November 4, announced the rollback of the affidavit. Following this, as the students' focus shifted on the Centre's decisio...