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Fee hike routine, no major increase in majority courses: Delhi University

The new fee structure will see first-year B.Tech students paying 3.7 per cent more, with fees rising from Rs 2.16 lakh to Rs 2.24 lakh

Minister Atishi sanctions Rs 100 crore to fund 12 Delhi University colleges

Delhi Education Minister Atishi has sanctioned the release of Rs 100 crore for the financial year's second quarter to fund 12 Delhi University colleges. This amount represents the second instalment of the Delhi government's financial commitment to the colleges. According to a statement issued on Sunday, the Delhi government has allocated a budget of Rs 400 crore for 12 colleges for the fiscal year 2024-25. Atishi gave her nod to release the second instalment for the 12 colleges funded by the Delhi government. The colleges are Acharya Narendra Dev College, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Bhagini Nivedita College, Bhaskaracharya College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Maharaja Agrasen College, Maharishi Valmiki College, Shaheed Rajguru College and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. In the statement, the Delhi government said that since the Kejriwal administration took

DU sets up 4-member panel to probe vandalism at DUSU office; FIR registered

Delhi University (DU) on Monday constituted a four-member committee to investigate the alleged vandalism at its students' union office which will submit its report within seven days. The committee comprises DU Proctor Rajni Abbi, Dean of Students' Welfare Ranjan Kumar Tripathi, Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) staff advisor Surender Kumar, and Joint Proctor Geeta Sahare, an official notification said. "The Committee may submit the report at the earliest, preferably within 7 days," it read. The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday alleged that members of the Congress' student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI), including DUSU vice president Abhi Dahiya, ransacked the students' union office in the North Campus. The ABVP has lodged a police complaint in the matter. "A complaint has been received at Maurice Nagar police station. Police will investigate the matter and act accordingly," DCP North M K Meena said. The ABVP alleged that Dahiy

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DU rolls back fee hike in degree correction charges after teachers protest

The Delhi University on Friday rolled back the hike in charges for making corrections in marksheet and degree certificates following objections by the Academic Council members, an official statement said. The council, comprising teachers, objected to the hike in fee approved by Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh last month, affecting an increase from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 in the fee for those seeking correction in marksheet and degree within six years from the day of graduation and Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for a period more than six years. An action taken report on the fee hike along with various other items was tabled before the AC for apprising them about the proposals already passed by the VC by exercising his special powers. The administration had to amend the approved proposal due to their opposition, the teachers claimed. Apart from this, the council gave its nod to several proposals, including one on introducing courses for LLB Students at Faculty of Law on the three new criminal laws wh

Salami tactics to fulfill RSS efforts: Cong on 'Manusmriti' proposal in DU

The Congress on Thursday attacked the Centre over a proposal to teach 'Manusmriti' to Delhi University's LLB students, alleging that this is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "salami tactics" to bring fulfilment to the decades-long attempt by the RSS to "assault" the Constitution. The Congress's Scheduled Caste department also called for protests against the proposed move at the state and district levels. The proposal to teach 'Manusmriti' (Laws of Manu) to DU's LLB students is slated to be discussed in a meeting of its Academic Council on Friday. Reacting to the development, Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh said this is "all part of the salami tactics of the non-biological PM to bring fulfilment to the decades-long attempt by the RSS to assault the Constitution and Dr. Ambedkar's legacy". "In its issue dated November 30, 1949, the RSS mouthpiece Organiser had stated: 'The worst about the new Constitution of Bharat is that there is nothing ..

Is DU planning to teach Manusmriti to law students? What edu minister said

DU Manusmriti row: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan clarified that there was no question of teaching any controversial portion of any script in the syllabus

Mayawati welcomes DU's decision to reject Manusmriti as part of syllabus

On Thursday, Delhi University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Yogesh Singh, announced that the proposal to include the Sanskrit text 'Manusmriti' in the LLB curriculum was rejected

DU doubles charges for correction in marksheet, degree certificate

The Delhi University (DU) has doubled the charges for those seeking any correction in their degree certificate or marksheet, according to an official order. The cost was increased following the recommendations made by a committee formed by university Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, it stated. The DU has increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 the fee for those seeking correction in marksheet within six years from the day of graduation and Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for a period more than six years, according to the order. For those seeking correction in their degree certificate within six years, the fee has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000. For a period of more than six years, the fee has been hiked from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000. The recommendations of the committee was accorded approval by the authorities concerned on June 4, the order said. Asked about the development, a senior DU official told PTI that the fee was hiked as it had not been revised for a long time. The charges for issuing o

NEET Row: Indefinite sit-in enters 3rd day, students demand NTA scrapping

The agitation against alleged irregularities in NEET-UG, PG and UGC-NET continued on Friday, with protests by several student groups entering the third day of their indefinite strike here at Jantar Mantar. Left-backed student outfit All India Student Association (AISA) and Delhi University's Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), along with various other groups gathered, at Jantar Mantar to protest against the alleged rigging in the exams held by the National Testing Agency. The demands of the student groups, who are protesting under the banner "India against NTA", include the scrapping of the National Testing Agency and resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the issue, among others. On Thursday, the students including Congress' youth wing IYC held a massive demonstration at Jantar Mantar leading to the police resorting to lathicharge to disburse the crowd, visuals from the protest site showed. In a separate protest, Congress' student wing National Students' Union of .

QS World University Rankings 2025: IIT Bombay, Delhi in top 150; MIT tops

IIT Delhi advanced 47 positions, from 197 last year to 150 this year, while IISc improved 14 places, from 225 to 211 in the world rankings

DU begins admissions for new session, introduces single girl child quota

The Delhi University will provide single girl child quota across its programmes from the academic session 2024-2025, varsity officials announced on Tuesday as it began the admission process for the undergraduate courses. At a press conference here, DU officials launched the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) for UG admissions into 69 colleges and departments with 71,000 seats on offer. While there are no major changes in the admission policy this year, the varsity, in a first, has introduced reservation for single girl child in all programmes as part of the supernumerary seats, DU registrar Vikas Gupta said. Asked about the procedure to identify the single girl child, Gupta told PTI, "We are working on modalities to identify the single girl child claimants." Last year, DU introduced a supernumerary category to provide admissions to orphan students; a male and a female in each programme of each college. The admissions will be held in two phases -- first for registration at the CS

Over dozen DU colleges including Lady Sri Ram, Hansraj receive bomb threat

Over a dozen colleges including Delhi University's prestigious Lady Sri Ram College, Hansraj College and Ramjas College received bomb threats on Thursday but nothing suspicious was found after thorough searches, officials said, a day after a similar e-mail sent alarm bells ringing in the North Block. A Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said they first received a call at 4.38 pm about the bomb threat at the LSR College and two fire tenders were pressed into service. Later, other colleges also made the call to authorities. The local police, a bomb disposal squad, a bomb detection team arrived at the LSR College along with a dog squad and conducted searches but nothing suspicious was found, the official said. LSR Principal Suman Sharma told PTI the entire campus has been sanitised. "We received the bomb threat e-mail in the afternoon today. Immediately, the police were informed and they sent a bomb (disposal) squad. The search operation went on for two-three hours and the entire campu

CUET exam for May 15 rescheduled to May 29 for Delhi centres: Official

The exam will be held in prescribed schedules for other centres other than Delhi, said the National Testing Agency

DU to start post graduation admissions for 2024-25 session from April 25

The Delhi University will start admissions for the post graduation (PG) courses for the academic session 2024-25 from April 25, varsity officials said on Friday. The registration for admissions into the PG courses will remain open till May 25, they said. Addressing a press conference, Dean Admissions Haneet Gandhi said the Delhi University (DU) will start the admissions for undergraduate (UG) courses in the second phase after the CUET-UG examinations are over. The dates for the UG admissions will be declared by middle of May, she said. According to the officials, this year admissions will be done on a total of 13,500 seats for post graduate (including Non Collegiate Women's Education Board), 120 seats each for three B.Tech and 60 seats each for BA LLB and BBA LLB courses. The PG admissions this time will also include courses on MA Hindu Studies, MA Public Health, MA Chinese Studies, MA Korean Studies and Master in Fine Arts. The press conference was also attended by Vice-Chancell

DU doesn't require stringent measures like JNU to curb protests: VC Singh

DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh said the varsity does not require stringent measures like the Jawaharlal Nehru University to regulate protests on campus, while adding that the character of both the universities is different. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in December last year introduced a revised Chief Proctor Office (CPO) manual imposing a fine of upto Rs 20,000 for staging protests in the prohibited areas of the campus and Rs 10,000 for raising "anti-national" slogans. In an interview with PTI, the DU VC said regulations at the moment are not required in the university. "We are very different from JNU. It is a small size but reputed campus university. We, on the other hand, provide education to the masses. We have 6.5 lakh students and our impact and reach all are very different (from JNU). "Regulations will not help us right now, although we have required guidelines in place for protests. The students have to take permission and there is a place for any 'dharna pradarsha

SC rejects Maha govt's plea seeking stay on acquittal of G N Saibaba

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maharashtra government application seeking a stay on a Bombay High Court order that acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and others in the Maoist links case. A bench of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta admitted the state government's appeal, even as it observed that the high court order was "prima facie well reasoned". The bench also rejected the oral request of Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the Maharashtra government for early listing of the appeal and said it will come in due course. "There cannot be any urgency in the order of reversal of conviction. Had it been the other way around, we would have considered," the bench told Raju. Justice Mehta said it is a hard-earned acquittal and in normal course, this court should have dismissed this appeal. On March 5, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba, 54, and others, noting that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable

Maoist links case: Ex-DU professor Saibaba released from Nagpur jail

Former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba was released from the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday, two days after the Bombay High Court acquitted him in an alleged Maoist links case. Saibaba was lodged in the jail here since 2017 after his conviction by a trial court in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. Before that, he was in prison from 2014 to 2016 and was subsequently granted bail. "My health is very bad. I can't talk. I will have to first take medical treatment, and then only I will able to speak," Saibaba, who has been wheelchair-bound, told reporters after coming out of the jail. A family member was waiting for him outside the jail. The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the life sentence of Saibaba in the alleged Maoist links case, noting that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. The HC overturned Saibaba's sentence, terming the sanction for prosecution granted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as "n

Delhi University allocates 67 crore to set up WiFi networks on campuses

Delhi University allocates Rs 67 crores to set up WiFi in its college campuses to provide free WiFi to students. Ninety colleges will get the wifi connectivity in both north and south campuses

DU allocates Rs 67.71 crore for setting up WiFi in all college campuses

The Delhi University has allocated a fund of Rs 67.71 crore for setting up a WiFi network across all its college campuses and in an upcoming girls' hostel in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, according to an official document. The WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) connectivity will be set up across about 90 colleges of Delhi University, on both north and south campuses and the Dhaka Hostel complex, the document said. The execution of the work will be funded from the loan corpus of Rs 938.33 crore taken by the varsity from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) in October last year to undertake various developmental projects. A loan share of Rs 261.33 crore from this corpus has been sanctioned by the HEFA for setting up the WiFi network as well as to start the work for the construction of a building for the Faculty of Technology. The HEFA is a joint venture company of Canara Bank and the Ministry of Education which provides financial assistance for the creation of educational ...