CJ interviews students at DU about the proposed 4 year undergraduate degree program that's got everyone up in arms. ...
06:10 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: University of Delhi teachers and students marched to Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence on Sunday morning. They were protesting against the four-year undergraduate programme that is being introduced by the university. Around 150 members of various teacher and student organisations protested at 12 Janpath as police barricaded the route to Sonia's residence at 10 Janpath where they had earlier decided to stage the protest. The protesters, comprising of...
04:32 PM, May 19, 2013
Ghaziabad: A Delhi University student was sodomised and had dogs set upon him for his friendship with a girl whose father allegedly got his henchmen to torture him, Ghaziabad police said on Thursday. The father has been arrested and the hunt is on for his accomplices. The incident came to light on Wednesday, said a police official in Ghaziabad, neighbouring Delhi. Detailing what had happened, the official said a student...
07:45 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The controversial four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) of Delhi University got its final approval today after the varsity's Executive Council cleared the proposal, which has evoked criticism from a section of the academia. The Council meeting was attended by 21 members. Only two members opposed the move by presenting their dissent notes. On Wednesday night, the DU's Academic Council had cleared the proposal with 86 members voting for it...
11:40 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: With admissions for the new four-year undergraduate programmes set to begin from June, Delhi University's Academic Council on Wednesday passed courses of 28 departments for the new course structure to be introduced from this academic session. "The Academic Council approved courses in Discipline 1, Discipline 2 as well as Application courses of 28 departments in a marathon meeting of 92 Council members," Registrar Alka Sharma said. The syllabus...
11:00 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to know why Delhi University was "in a hurry" to extend the three-year bachelor's degree programme to four years and will get the matter examined, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday. Singh assured a delegation of Left and other MPs that he would "get the matter looked into," Yechury told reporters here after the meeting in Parliament. When the delegation submitted a...
08:40 PM, May 07, 2013
CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose in a special interactive show discusses the question with Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh. Delhi University, which has introduced the new four year undergraduation course, is facing wrath from many of its teachers. The teachers feel that the new pattern will destroy DU's legacy and its academic. ...
06:50 PM, May 04, 2013
A considerable number of Delhi University Faculty members want the newly-introduced four-year undergraduate course to be scrapped while the administration wants to go ahead with the new format. Satish Deshpande, Sociology professor, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the major points of disagreement are. Q. Personally, what do you feel will benefit the students? Asked by: Saurav Tiwari A. What will benefit...
05:08 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi University Teachers' Association is demanding that the 4-year bachelors programme be postponed to next year. But the university seems adamant to stick to the July 2013 deadline. It affects half a million students from across the country. Nearly half a million students and 9,000 teachers of DU stand to be affected by the decision to make all bachelor programmes a 4-year affair starting July 2013. But...
10:26 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea of Delhi University students' asking it to vacate the order on a photocopy shop in the north campus, restraining it on selling of photocopies of certain text books of international publishing houses. The students moved the court saying the ban on the photocopy shop be lifted to ensure their welfare and preparation to the coming term-end examinations in May...
02:33 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: A student from Manipur has allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room in Delhi University's Hindu College. His body was found in his room at around 5.30 am on Sunday morning. The student strangled himself using a mobile phone charger. A suicide note has also been recovered. The parents of the student said he was undergoing treatment for depression. The body has been sent for postmortem. Police said...
11:36 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another case of crime against women a engineering college girl student has alleged that she was raped by Delhi University college lecturer. Delhi Police has arrested the college lecturer on the victim's complaint. The student alleges that she knew the accused lecturer Virendra Singh, who taught at Delhi University's Satyawati College, for quite some time She alleged that Singh entered into a physical relationship with her...
12:20 PM, Apr 04, 2013
A signature campaign was on Monday launched by a group of students and teachers of Delhi University (DU) to oppose the "hasty" implementation of the four-year graduation programme. About 750 signatures were collected on the petition 'Save Delhi University Campaign' addressed to the Prime Minister opposing the decision of a new 4-year course taken by DU authorities "without wider debate and discussion". ...
10:08 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Nurturing the ambition to make it big in the finance arena, a 23-year-old Delhi girl has qualified as chartered accountant, cost accountant, and also company secretary - becoming possibly the youngest person to complete all the three professional accounting courses. A Delhi University commerce graduate, Pallavi Sachdeva admires ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar as a role model and has already got her dream job with an offer from international finance...
10:08 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday lashed out against Indian Army for its reluctance to make amendments to controversial AFSPA. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The Gujarat chief minister addressed the students of Delhi University at Shri Ram College of Commerce, calling them India's biggest resource and saluted them for making India global power. ...
10:02 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Pitching himself as a leader and a visionary who can harness India's untapped potential and make it a developed country, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the youth, calling them India's biggest resource while addressing the students at Shri Ram College of Commerce on Wednesday. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A group of students protested outside Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) against the visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The students broke the police barricade and shouted slogans outside SRCC. ...
03:27 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Narendra Modi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wedneaday in a reportedly courtesy call after he was re-elected as the Gujarat Chief Minister. ...
11:00 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the capital on Wednesday. No agenda is set for the meeting. Reportedly Modi is in Delhi to speak at the prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). ...
08:34 AM, Feb 06, 2013
