Chandigarh: At Panjab University, a daily queue of six to eight students forms outside the Dean of Student Welfare ’s office, seeking permanent hostel rooms or extensions to their current stay ...

In an Instagram post published on May 25, Somapah Hostelites Movement said that this “sharp increase (in hostel fees) came as a massive shock” to the residents of the university’s hostel.

They show how university students in Singapore continue to sublet hostel rooms for profit despite efforts by the institutions to snuff out the practice. Students who sublet their rooms do so at ...