New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) is set to open a mid-entry option for its postgraduate programmes, offering a second chance to students who missed the initial registration window. Following the conclusion of the second round of admissions, the mid-entry option will remain active from July 2 to July 4. This special provision aims to accommodate…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has apprehended seven illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, including five transgenders, from northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh on Monday. Among them is Suhan Khan, a deported Bangladeshi national who illegally re-entered India just weeks after being sent back in May.The individuals were caught following coordinated raids across multiple localities in Shalimar Bagh, during which…
NEW DELHI: Despite Union home ministry’s repeated reminders, Telangana has refused to set up a state disaster mitigation fund (SDMF), the only state yet to do it, which could have helped it to avail central funds for disaster mitigation, including modernising and expansion of its fire services and flood mitigation projects among others.All chief secretaries…
New Delhi: After being expelled from BJP, Ward 50 Mangolpuri-B councillor Suman Tinku Rajoura rejoined AAP. She took membership at AAP headquarters in the presence of Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj and MCD Leader of Opposition Ankush Narang. Rajoura left AAP before the assembly elections to join BJP.Rajoura, who joined BJP earlier this year ahead of…
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…
New Delhi: Along with the Jessica Lal and Nitish Katara murders, the killing of Priyadarshini Mattoo formed a triumvirate of cases that revealed the dark underbelly of India’s criminal justice system.It wasn’t just the severity or brutality of the crime but the way the court trials were delayed and botched, witnesses threatened to turn hostile…
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has reinstated its in-house entrance exam, JNUEE, for its two academic programmes; Korean Studies Programme under School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) and Cinema Studies Programme under School of Arts and Aesthetics (SAA). “All Deans have accepted this process and it is signed by them. It is…
New Delhi: Eight men, including a data analyst, were arrested for allegedly abducting and robbing an insurance agent in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar after impersonating police officers. Four men forcibly entered the victim’s office, confiscated his devices, then abducted, assaulted, and extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from him, threatening to implicate him in a fabricated insurance…
New Delhi: New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held a private firm liable for conducting a transplant procedure without the necessary licence and govt approval. The commission emphasised that medical procedures must be performed by qualified professionals with licence and clinics must be properly registered and strictly adhere to established medical standards.The bench,…
New Delhi: A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted allegedly by her neighbour in northwest Delhi’s Bawana. Police arrested the accused in the case.The incident occurred on June 28 when the girl’s mother came to a police station and informed the cops that her daughter was sexually assaulted. “During inquiry, we found that the girl’s neighbour…
