Almost a year since Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest on charges of sedition, the Delhi Police has reportedly not found any absolute evidence to pursue its charges against the former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Kanahaiya Kumar was jailed on February 9, 2016. He was charged with sedition, along with two other[Read More…]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice on Tuesday to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik over the alleged police excesses against students and journalists outside Ramjas College on February 22. During a clash between different student groups outside the Delhi University college last week, police allegedly attacked a[Read More…]
India’s first dedicated heliport built at a cost of Rs 100 crore for flying in and out of Delhi to nearby areas in choppers became operational on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the state-of-the-art heliport at Rohini in north Delhi, saying this is the first such integrated[Read More…]
Terming it grossly biased, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Tuesday hit out at Union minister Kiren Rijiju for his remark against Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, He also took a dig at cricketer Virender Sehwag and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who trolled Kaur after her campaign ‘I am not afraid of[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with Indian Blind Cricket team, the winner of T-20 Blind Cricket World Cup-2017. Prime Minister said he was happy to interact with the members of the Indian blind cricket team. “Had a memorable interaction with our champion cricketers, the winners of the T-20[Read More…]
The repercussion of the Ramjas violence was a series of protests followed by counter-protests. The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), led by the ABVP, held a Tiranga March on Monday propagating nationalism in students while the students and teachers from DU and JNU, Left and AAP-affiliated student groups are to the streets[Read More…]
Castigating the ruckus between AISA and the RSS-backed ABVP in Delhi University’s North Campus on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) requests the members of both parties to debate and discuss to come up with a solution. “Students should resolve their issues in a peaceful and constructive manner. Student agitation is a[Read More…]
Gurmehar Kaur, whose social media campaign against ABVP recently spread across college in India alleged on Monday to have received “rape threats”. The student of Lady Sri Ram Ram College, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, claimed to have received a number of hate messages over her stand on[Read More…]
Criticising Delhi Police over its handling of clashes at DU’s Ramjas College, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the force has become an agent of the BJP. He also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not act as a BJP worker and hold police accountable for[Read More…]
Delhi’s Ramjas College turned into a war ground on Wednesday as students of Left-affiliated AISA clashed with RSS-backed ABVP. The cause of dispute was an invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar on ‘Culture of Protests’ which was withdrawn by the college authorities following[Read More…]
Clarifying her statement, senior Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said her words are misinterpreted. In a tweet, with hashtag #DontTwistMyWords, Dikshit said the Congress vice-president has the “sensitivity” and “concern of a mature leader”. Rahul has the sensitivity and concern of a mature leader. His words[Read More…]
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in an interview with Times of India talks about many things including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, her career and about politics. The veteran leader said that she has not stopped campaigning for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and insists that she has not[Read More…]
After the recent incidents of violence in the campus, Ramjas College principal said they will be holding a staff council meeting on Saturday to assess the reasons behind the violence on campus. “Ramjas teachers, students and management stand together,” said Rajendra Prasad, principal of the college. After videos and photographs[Read More…]
Two constables and a head constable have been suspended after students and journalists were allegedly beaten up by the Delhi police in the Delhi University’s north campus. Investigation into why violence broke out on campus has been transferred to the Crime Branch after repeated ruckus. Surprisingly, during the initial spark[Read More…]
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday suggested the police to lodge an FIR against Safdarjung Hospital. The hospital allegedly twisted a case of delivery of a 19-year-old woman, handed her only one of her babies instead of her delivering twins. The incident happened last year on December 22nd.[Read More…]
In another setback, the Delhi zoo lost all four of its monitor lizards after they were disturbed. All four monitor lizards at the Zoo have died of shock after being taken out of their enclosures during hibernation by a staff member. “The lizards were pulled out by a zoo ranger[Read More…]
Around 20 students were reportedly injured as two groups clashed at the Delhi University on Wednesday over the Ramjas College cancelling its invite to JNU’s Umar Khalid for a seminar. A large number of policemen were seen trying to control the aggressive crowd. Activists of the Left-backed All India Students[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a State Bank of India ATM in South Delhi dispensed fake Rs 2,000 notes that could be passed off as authentic in the first look but are filled with errors that seem to be making fun of government as well as general public. The notes that[Read More…]
