India, Aug. 10 -- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has cancelled the booking of the SSS-1 auditorium for a discussion on Umar Khalid's book Fractured Communities, scheduled to be held on August 10.

The event was scheduled from 3 pm to 6 pm and was to be organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) as a public discussion marking Tribal Day, or Adivasi Diwas. The JNU administration cited "non-disclosure" of programme details and transparency issues regarding university spaces. Officials stated that the organisers failed to mention the book link in the initial venue request form.

In a post on its official X handle on Sunday, the JNU said the booking of the SSS-I auditorium had been cancelled because "full facts" ab...