Imphal: The Manipuri boy, who topped this year's CBSE class 12 examination, on Tuesday said he wanted to join St Stephen's College in Delhi and try his luck at the civil service examination subsequently. A jubilant 19-year-old Mohammand Ismat, who secured 99.6 per cent marks in CBSE, the results of which were out on Monday, said that he would like to study at St Stephen's after which he would take...
02:59 PM, May 29, 2012
In a recent moment of either enthusiasm or desperation, Principal of St Stephen's College, Delhi University, Valson Thampu proposed 40% reservation for male students at ...
06:53 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: A 19-year-old Delhi University student committed suicide by hanging himself in what seems to be yet another case of suicide due to exam-related stress, police said on Saturday. The student, Samiran Saikia was a Botany student in the first year of BSc Honours course at Delhi university's Hindu college. "A police team rushed to the spot after we received a call at 11:40 a.m. Saturday but the exact...
08:58 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi University has ambitious plans to transform the experience of university learning, starting with a four-year undergraduate course that will break barriers of colleges and physical infrastructure at the campus. India's premier university is introducing a radical concept of a 'Meta' college, that will follow at the varsity level principles of a Meta University. This will entail options for students, enrolled in the course, to pick and chose...
12:23 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Yangon: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is believed to have won a historic bye election in Myanmar. The Delhi University alumnus says she wants to visit her alma mater. "It's a great victory. I would like to come to India soon, and meet all my friends there. I would also like to visit my college, Lady Sri Ram College. I don't want to speak about the elections until the...
12:51 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi University, under pressure from right-wing groups, on Friday finalised the ban on AK Ramanujan's famous essay titled 'Three Hundred Ramayanas'. An online petition against the ban has been floated and protests are planned next week. Delhi University's Academic Council met on Tuesday and came on the conclusion to drop the essay from the undergraduate course in Delhi University. The ban on the essay has become a source...
04:43 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: For the book worms of Delhi, this weekend will offer a new avenue to immerse in the culture of readings, with Delhi University's south campus hosting a three-day 'book bazaar'. The second such weekend outing by the National Book Trust, after the North campus hosted the first in March this year, this will not only be an interface for buying books but also an opportunity to hear to...
05:00 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: Actor Kabir bedi has started a protest opposing Delhi University's decision to remove late poet and translator AK Ramanujan's essay 'Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation' from its history syllabus. "I have signed petition opposing Delhi University's removal of of AK Ramanujan's '300 Ramayans' from the history syllabus. Knowledge should not be banned," Bedi posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. According to the reports, the...
01:07 PM, Oct 24, 2011
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AK Ramanujan's essay,'Three Hundred Ramayanas-Five Examples And Three Thoughts On Translation,' has finally been dropped from the history syllabus of Delhi University. I wrote the ...
12:01 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: There is revolt in the Delhi University campus as student and teacher organisations will protest against the scrapping of AK Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana from the syllabus. This came after an online signature campaign last week slammed the move. "To delete it (the essay) from the syllabus is an act that is deeply disturbing, an instance of thought policing. Such a measure will only encourage sectarian groups to...
08:24 AM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Congress student's wing NSUI on Saturday won the Delhi University Students Union President's post while candidates of BJP's ABVP swept the other three top posts of the body. National Student's Union of India nominee Ajay Chikara won the President's post of the DUSU, while Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidate Vikas Choudhary was elected as the Vice-president of the student's body in the low-turnout elections that were held on...
01:47 PM, Sep 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will give its verdict on Thursday clarifying the mode of implementing 27 per cent reservation for OBC quota in central universities. A bench of justices RV Raveendran and AK Patnaik will decide whether the cut-off marks for OBC candidates should be 10 per cent less than the marks fixed for the general category candidates or should it be 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum...
09:12 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi University's fourth cut off list released on Friday is largely an OBC affair with almost all colleges keeping admissions open to the reserved category, though a handful of colleges did come out with lists in the general category for a few courses. With OBC seats still to be filled in all colleges, many lowered cut offs in this category further down to the 10 per cent margin....
10:52 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Crime Branch has arrested two more people in connection with the Delhi University admission racket. Both were employees of the SC/ST Cell of the Delhi University. They have been identified as Neeraj Sharma who is an office assistant and the other is Sanjeev Mahajan. Sources say the two allegedly came in contact with a gang running an admission racket two months ago and used to speak to...
11:12 AM, Jun 30, 2011
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