New Delhi: Protesting students on Friday pulled down and damaged one of the newly installed facial recognition access systems at the central library in JNU, prompting a confrontation with security personnel. Videos circulating on social media show a group of students removing the device from its mount and parts of it breaking off.Calls and messages…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has directed schools, colleges, universities and sports associations in the city to postpone any physical sports competitions planned for Nov and Dec, citing the worsening air quality. The move follows directives from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), which asked NCR states and the Delhi administration to defer such events…
NEW DELHI: Three doctors involved in the November 10 Delhi car blast maintained regular contact were reportedly in constant touch with three Pakistan-based handlers—Faisal, Hashim, and Ukasha—via Telegram, receiving instructions, radicalisation material, and bomb-making videos, an officer told TOI. The accused – Dr Umar un Nabi, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai, and Dr Adeel – are…
(L to R) Siddhaant Mohta, Lina Arvidsson, Ambassador of Egypt to India, H E Kamel Galal, his wife Reham Handoussa and Monika Kapil Mohta The Ambassador of Egypt to India, H E Kamel Galal, and Reham Handoussa hosted a gala evening at Egypt House, the Embassy of Egypt in New Delhi, to mark the inauguration…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed a criminal case against Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir, his foundation and others for allegedly illegally stocking and distributing Covid-19 drugs during the pandemic.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna pronounced the order, saying, “criminal complaint quashed”.The Delhi High Court recently dealt with a plea challenging the…
NEW DELHI: The death of 16-year-old Class X student Shourya Patil, who allegedly died by suicide after months of humiliation at school, has revealed a disturbing pattern of harassment, ignored complaints and systemic lapses at Delhi’s St Columba’s School. Four teachers named in the FIR have been suspended as police deepen the probe. Here are…
Experts sound red alert as Delhi air turns ‘life-threatening’ NEW DELHI: As capital wakes up each morning to skies the colour of ash and an AQI brushing the ‘severe’ zone, scientists, doctors, parents and protest groups warn that Delhi’s pollution crisis has now crossed into a life-threatening public health emergency. Despite stubble-burning contributing only a…
Delhi teen’s parents say shift was planned after session break NEW DELHI: Four teachers of St Columba’s School were suspended on Thursday after the suicide of Class X student Shourya Patil (16), with the family alleging he had been relentlessly harassed even as they had “promised to move him to another school after the break.”…
NEW DELHI: What should have been a routine school morning turned tragic for 16-year-old Shourya Patil’s family. He had refused to perform a dance because of a sprained ankle — but warning from his teachers that morning pushed him to the brink.Shourya left the school through the back gate and never reached his designated pick-up…
NEW DELHI: The father of a Class 10 student who allegedly died by suicide in the national capital has claimed that his son could not bear the “humiliation” and was repeatedly “scolded” by one of his teachers.The student, who reportedly took his life near Rajendra Place Metro Station, left a note accusing school teachers of…
