Tag: Delhi
JNU students face fellowship crunch since January
Soon after the sharp cut in MPhil and PhD seats in Jawaharlal Nehru University which are to directly hit the students coming from a modest background as well as the current students of the university; JNU students allege that they’ve not received their fellowships since January 2017. Considering that JNU is a[Read More…]
Delhi autos threaten to go on strike
In the capital city, the Autorickshaw unions in protest against policies of the Central and State governments in Delhi and Haryana have threatened to go on a strike. Referring to the surging fees by the Delhi transport department and the recent introduction of the border fee by Haryana government, a group[Read More…]
Kejriwal: EVMs being tampered, elections in threat
What the attack on Nigerians tells us about vigilantism and mob violence?
A video has surfaced recently which brings out the worst of humanity. It features a brutal mob attacking Nigerian nationals in a Noida mall. Watching it is an exercise of ultimate outrage and mind numbing fear. It combines the racial hatred with violence of the mob. It proves what we[Read More…]
MCD election: AAP to offer water and power subsidy
Modi should promise loan waiver to TN farmers: MK Stalin
DMK working president M K Stalin on Saturday visited the protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should waive off their loans like he promised in Uttar Pradesh during the recent Assembly election. “Just like how BJP promised farmer loan waiver to UP[Read More…]
Unitech MD, two others arrested by Delhi Police
Sanjay Chandra, Managing Director of real estate major Unitech and two others were arrested by the economic offenses wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police in a link of financial irregularities. Chandra faces the charge of illegitimately divesting the fund of one venture into a different company. He will be produced[Read More…]
Cheating case lodged for fake UGC notice to JNU
Najeeb Ahmed case: Court rejects students’ plea against polygraph test
A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the plea of nine JNU students in which they had claimed that they cannot be asked by Delhi Police to give their consent for lie detector test in a case related to the missing student Najeeb Ahmed. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass summoned all[Read More…]
MCD polls: Delhi BJP unit set up ‘war room’ to prepare for upcoming polls
Delhi MCD polls are just around the corners. Thus the preparations of the parties contesting the polls are on swing. Since the summer is also approaching, the Delhi BJP has set up a singular room wherein they can prepare for the upcoming polls. The room is being set up outside[Read More…]
8 coaches of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP
On Thursday, coaches of Jabalpur- Nizamuddin Mahakaushal Express derailed near Mahoba station in Uttar Pradesh around 2:07 AM. According to the Chief Public Relations Officer of North Central Railway, the train was bound to Delhi and the accident has injured around 9 people till now. The coaches have derailed between[Read More…]
Shiv Sainiks force 500 meat shops to shut down for Navratri
At least 500 meat shops, including a KFC outlet, in Gurgaon were forcefully shutdown by over 200 Shiv Sainiks in old Gurgaon for the nine days of Navratri. Sena workers also threatened shop owners to halt their business on every Tuesday. “A number of Hindus keep fast on Navratri and[Read More…]
73 thefts at house of MPs, MLAs in Delhi in three years
Meat supply hit hard in Delhi
Delhi will not host Under-17 Football World Cup for poor air quality
Due to Delhi’s poor air-quality after it celebrated Diwali, it will not host any matches of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup as officials are concerned about the ill effect which the pollution will have on the player’s health. The eight matches are scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru[Read More…]
JNUSU rejects proposal to install CCTV cameras at hostel gate
The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration failed to implement the order of installing CCTV cameras at every hostel gates of JNU. This has been rejected by the JNUSU (Student’s Union) terming the decision as ‘authoritarian’. The students were only aware of such a move from the authority’s side only when they[Read More…]
No rules to return Sahitya Akademi award: HC
The Delhi High Court cleared on that there cannot be guidelines for returning the Sahitya Akademi awards as the akademi’s constitution did not provide for taking back any award. The High Court rejected a PIL which was asking for directions from the Centre to formulate rules in the event of[Read More…]
Senior academicians attend RSS workshop on Education
A two-days workshop organised by RSS over the past weekend which took place in Delhi was attended by over 721 academicians and experts including 51 Vice Chancellors of various central and state universities. The concept of the event was to discuss on the topic of making Indian education more inclined[Read More…]
Mumbai Zoo: Mumbai terror attack from the eyes of a terrorist
Mumbai the financial capital was shaken when it witnessed a series of terrorist attacks in 2008. The city known for its charm could possibly never get over the shock which killed dozens in the city of dream. While Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic militant organization was to be blamed for the disruption,[Read More…]
SC to hear plea filed by Nirbhaya case convicts
No need for Parliament nod to waive property tax: Sisodia
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia reiterated the Aam Aadmi Party’s promise to remove residential property tax and arrears if his party wins the April 23 municipal corporation elections in the Capital. BJP rules the three municipal corporations. However, AAP’s main competitors BJP and the Congress criticized the tax waiver declaration[Read More…]
Missing JNU student: Court to hear students plea on Monday
In recent development in the missing JNU student case, the Patiala House Court on Monday to hear the students’ plea against the police move to conduct lie detector test on them. Earlier the Delhi Police has asked the students to under-go a lie detector test, as many as 90 students[Read More…]
Kejriwal put on trial over DDCA defamation case
MCD polls: We will do away with residential house tax, says Arvind Kejriwal
Just ahead of the municipal polls in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal promised to remove residential house tax in the capital if his party is chosen to power in the impending civic polls, on Saturday. The Aam Aadmi Party has worked out the resolution and the funds saved from corruption[Read More…]