Delhi Traffic Police begins drive on noise pollution

Delhi Traffic Police begins drive on noise pollution

The Delhi Traffic Police on Saturday said that it has started a special drive to penalise the commuters for using pressure horns and modified silencers in vehicles across the national capital. The campaign was brought in to educate people about noise pollution and to hold those accountable who are found exploiting it. The traffic police […]

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Delhi HC tells Centre to move single-judge Bench on service charge issue

Delhi HC tells Centre to move single-judge Bench on service charge issue

The Bench will now hear the matter on August 31 ‘Stay order was passed by the single-judge Bench without giving an opportunity to file replies’ ‘Stay order was passed by the single-judge Bench without giving an opportunity to file replies’ The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to approach a single-judge Bench for […]

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DTU suspends a third of its M.Tech programmes over ‘poor admissions’

DTU suspends a third of its M.Tech programmes over ‘poor admissions’

Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly known as the Delhi College of Engineering, has “suspended” more than a third of its master’s programmes for the academic year 2022-23 on account of “less number of admissions”, The Indian Express has learnt. At least 10 out of the 26 M.Tech programmes offered at DTU will not run this […]

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JNU hostel, water issues: ABVP activists stage protest, demand answers from rector

JNU hostel, water issues: ABVP activists stage protest, demand answers from rector

RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Thursday accosted JNU Rector rector Ajay Kumar Dubey in the university and demanded answers on the dilapidated conditions of hostels and water crisis on the campus. ABVP activists said Dubey’s “callous and non-serious attitude” regarding problems faced by the JNU students community is a clear manifestation of […]

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Ensure timely completion of projects, LG tells govt. agencies

Ensure timely completion of projects, LG tells govt. agencies

Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday directed the Capital’s agencies to enhance efficiency, rationalise costs, ensure financial probity and improve quality in civil construction and other works. Mr. Saxena also issued directions to government departments to carry out a thorough review of existing work procedures for the improvement of quality and the timely completion of […]

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Parliament Monsoon Session live updates | Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon after continued Opposition protests; Motion for Election to Committee on Public Accounts passed in Rajya Sabha

Parliament Monsoon Session live updates | Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon after continued Opposition protests; Motion for Election to Committee on Public Accounts passed in Rajya Sabha

Updates from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Day 15 of the Monsoon Session of Parliament Updates from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Day 15 of the Monsoon Session of Parliament Day 15 of the Monsoon Session again began with continued Opposition protests. Both the Houses saw adjornments within the […]

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DU UG course fees to rise with introduction of charges towards EWS support fund, varsity facilities

DU UG course fees to rise with introduction of charges towards EWS support fund, varsity facilities

The Delhi University (DU) has decided to raise fees for its undergraduate courses from the academic session 2022-23 by introducing charges under new heads such as for varsity facilities and economically weaker section (EWS) support fund and revising some other components. The university has added new sections to the fee structure like University Facilities and […]

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NEP 2020 two years celebration LIVE Updates: PM Modi to inaugrate new initiatives under Education ministry

NEP 2020 two years celebration LIVE Updates: PM Modi to inaugrate new initiatives under Education ministry

NEP 2020: As the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 completes two years today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch a slew of initiatives in the education and skill sectors at an event in New Delhi at 4 pm. From the introduction of a four-year multidisciplinary undergraduate programme with […]

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Learning programme at govt schools brings most students up to the mark

Learning programme at govt schools brings most students up to the mark

A majority of primary and pre-primary class students in Delhi government schools will now move on to regular teaching-learning after over three months of focused foundational learning, with the latest round-up of assessments showing them to be at a ‘desired learning level’. Since schools in Delhi reopened physically in full capacity on April 1 this […]

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Delhi Metro to change signage on transgender toilets to ‘[T]’  

Delhi Metro to change signage on transgender toilets to ‘[T]’  

Move follows complaint to NHRC against old signage being offensive to transpersons Move follows complaint to NHRC against old signage being offensive to transpersons The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to mark all transgender toilets on its premises with a ‘[T]’, following a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission that the signage […]

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