New Delhi: Ambedkar University Delhi has reimposed an indefinite suspension on five student activists and barred them from entering the campus, nearly two months after they were allowed to appear for examinations following an apology letter.AUD initially suspended them in connection with a protest related to the disciplinary action against some students for revealing the…
New Delhi: Imposing a Rs 10,000 cost on a man for filing a frivolous petition, a Delhi court underscored the need to prevent wealthy litigants from filing unnecessary cases that hamper the justice system. The court of additional sessions judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler, in its June 9 order, agreed with the magistrate court’s decision…
New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Wednesday formed department-related standing committees in the house, giving representation to the legislators from both BJP (the party in office) and AAP. While former minister and Bijwasan MLA Kailash Gahlot will chair the standing committee on administrative matters, Gandhi Nagar legislator and a minister in Sheila Dikshit…
New Delhi: At first glance, it appears to be a stagnant river. On closer inspection, it’s a dirty, foul-smelling and disease-ridden waterlogged stretch from Ghazipur mandi to EDM Mall along National Highway 9. The portion of the road, completely ignored by civic authorities, is a marker of the severity of Delhi’s waterlogging problem, and of…
New Delhi: Delhi BJP has joined traders in addressing concerns about deteriorating sanitation conditions and encroachment on the main road of Chandni Chowk. In a letter to mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor provided a detailed, point-by-point account of various issues, including problems caused by proliferating rickshaws, inconsistent waste collection and…
NEW DELHI: Delhi govt has directed the labour department to make necessary changes in laws to allow women to work night shifts, but only with their consent.Officials said the directions were issued during a meeting chaired by lieutenant governor VK Saxena, which was also attended by chief minister Rekha Gupta, some of her colleagues in…
Petrol pumps to refuse fuel to these vehicles from July 1. NEW DELHI: AAP leader and former Delhi CM Atishi has criticised the Delhi government’s new policy banning fuel for 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles, calling it arbitrary and unfair to the city’s common residents.“The BJP-led Delhi government has issued a ‘Tughlaqi farman’…
New Delhi: A new elective for home science students at Delhi University explores how religion, beliefs and myths shape what Indians eat and what they don’t. Titled Food cultural perspectives, the course covers dietary practices in Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism and Buddhism, and encourages students to examine how geography, environmental factors and historical events like…
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council unveiled its cultural renaissance plan, beginning with the launch of a pilot project to transform the area from the Mandi House roundabout to the Copernicus Marg-Travancore House stretch till KG Marg into a sculpture art district. The work will start in Oct-Nov.The stretches will showcase works by 15 distinguished…
Delhi Police (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old woman allegedly attempted suicide by consuming acid at her residence in South West Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, with her family alleging that she was sexually exploited under the pretext of marriage. Police said they received information from a hospital on June 18 regarding a suicide attempt by the…
