Delhi University: News

03 Apr 2018

NIRF

IISc best university, Miranda best college: Top institutes in 8-categories

The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Miranda House of Delhi University have emerged as the best university and college respectively in government rankings this year.

01 Apr 2018

India

DUSU polls: SC asks DU to respond to researchers' plea

The Supreme Court has given the Delhi University the last opportunity to respond to a plea that research scholars be also allowed to contest and represent students in student union polls in the varsity.

30 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: DU student, thought kidnapped, murdered by 'dating-app' friend

Two days ago, the body of a 21-year-old Delhi University (DU) student was found in Dwarka. He had been missing since a week.

24 Mar 2018

Noida

This Indian start-up pays you for your used cigarette butts

If you are a smoker, collecting used cigarette butts might make you some money.

14 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi Metro's Pink Line inaugurated, North, South campus students relieved

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Union Minister Hardeep S Puri inaugurated a section of the Pink Line of Delhi metro remotely today.

12 Mar 2018

Telangana

Hyderabad: Anjani Kumar takes over as Police Commissioner

Anjani Kumar has been appointed as Hyderabad's new Police Commissioner.

12 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi: Car overturns after hitting divider, two DU students killed

A celebratory ride of five college students in Delhi took a disastrous turn when the woman behind the wheels lost control.

19 Feb 2018

Delhi

DU considers limited cut-off lists, online aptitude tests for candidates

The Delhi University (DU) is mulling cutting down the number of cutoff lists for undergraduate admissions to five.

JNU: Students 'confine' top administration over compulsory attendance row

Looks like the furore over compulsory attendance at the Jawaharlal Nehru University is not going to die down anytime soon.

12 Feb 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Man masturbates, tries to molest DU student on bus

A man reportedly masturbated on board an orange cluster bus in South Delhi while sitting next to a 23-year-old woman. He also reportedly tried to molest her.

06 Feb 2018

Delhi

Controversy-hit Delhi University to conduct forensic tests on admission documents

Hit by allegations of a massive admission scam, Delhi University (DU) is going hi-tech to ensure genuine applications.

30 Jan 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Fake degree racket busted, three men arrested

Delhi Police on Monday arrested three men for allegedly running a fake degree racket through 27 fake websites.

29 Jan 2018

India

Challenges that await new Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale

Seasoned diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale took charge as the new foreign secretary today, a day after his predecessor S Jaishankar demitted office.

24 Jan 2018

Delhi

Major admission scam in DU: Principals, colleges under scanner

A major scam in Delhi University has come to light: apparently, many students gained admission in 2017-18 without necessary marks, or with fake education certificates.

23 Jan 2018

Delhi

Delhi: Stephen's and LSR won't be included in ranking system

Delhi's top two colleges, St Stephen's and Lady Shri Ram College may not figure in this year's national ranking system of colleges as they have refused to share details regarding their faculty, one of the mandatory measures to assess the colleges' performance.

02 Jan 2018

South Korea

Will new Foreign Secretary Gokhale change India's approach towards China?

Former ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale, a 1981 batch IFS officer, has been appointed India's new foreign secretary. He will replace the incumbent S Jaishankar on January 28.

30 Dec 2017

Delhi

NCB busts students from JNU, DU, Amity over drug racket

In a major crackdown on drugs, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested four students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU), and Amity University for their alleged involvement in a narcotics supply ring in Delhi.

11 Dec 2017

India

Colleges to the help of students who don't have Aadhaar

Online application for JEE 2018 opened ten days ago. Aadhaar is compulsory while applying.

13 Oct 2017

Mandeep Singh

Gurmehar Kaur among Time's top 10 Next Generation leaders

Gurmehar Kaur, who shot to fame after taking on the ABVP during the Ramjas violence, has been named by Time among its top-10 Next Generation leaders.

06 Oct 2017

Delhi

Hindu College: 'Maal' poster at freshers' party sparks outrage

Female freshers at Delhi University's Hindu College were shocked when they were welcomed by a "sexist" poster during the freshers' party last week.

13 Sep 2017

Delhi High Court

DUSU polls: NSUI candidate becomes president, ABVP gets secretary post

There was close contest between RSS-backed ABVP and Congress-supported NSUI as the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) voted to choose its new leaders.

25 Aug 2017

Delhi Police

Dera Chief Rape Case Verdict: Gurgaon on high alert

Ahead of Panchkula Special CBI court's verdict in the rape case involving Dera Sacha Sauda Chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, police security has been stepped up in Gurgaon.

07 Aug 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi HC clears 75-year-old DU professor of sexual harassment charge

Overruling Delhi University's (DU) Executive Council's decision, Delhi HC acquitted 75-year-old former DU professor, who was accused of sexual harassment by two researchers 16 years ago.

06 Aug 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi police crack first case of 'Mysterious hair thieves'

Delhi police concluded investigation of first case of mysterious hair choppings after they found out that 14-year-old girl's hair was chopped as part of a prank by her relatives in Dakshinpuri.

04 Aug 2017

Delhi

Five DU professors accused of leading protest at Ramjas college

Delhi police accused five DU professors of heading a group shouting slogans about ''azadi'' at Ramjas College, leading to violent clashes.

02 Aug 2017

Delhi

Students protest against Delhi govt for stopping grants to colleges

Delhi University (DU) students took to streets to protest against Delhi government's decision of stopping funding to 28 DU colleges as they failed to form governing bodies.

31 Jul 2017

Delhi

DU to organize special admission drive to fill up seats

With 1,500 seats still left vacant, Delhi University is all set to conduct special admission drive for applicants under reserved quota and will release two more cut-off lists on August 3 and August 7.

31 Jul 2017

Delhi

Delhi govt stops funding to 28 DU colleges

The Delhi government has stopped funding to 28 DU colleges for allegedly not forming governing bodies. Twelve are fully-funded; the rest are partially-funded.

27 Jul 2017

Delhi

708 bungalows in Delhi's Lutyens zone vulnerable to earthquake

According to housing and urban affairs ministry, 708 government bungalows (built between 1912-1930) in Delhi's Lutyens bungalow zone (LBZ) are "considered structurally unsafe against earthquake".

College students to now receive 'free Wi-Fi', courtesy Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio is everywhere. After bombarding with free feature phones, Reliance Jio is all set to offer free Wi-Fi to around three crore college students across the country.

18 Jul 2017

Delhi

Delhi: Chased by 'power thieves', engineer dies in car crash

While escaping the mob armed with rods at Jhuljhuli village, a BSES engineer was killed and his four colleagues were injured as their car crashed into a tree near Najafgarh.

11 Jul 2017

Delhi

Delhi government to launch 'app-based AC bus service'

In a bid to take private vehicles off the roads, Delhi government is working on a new 'app-based AC Bus Service, 2017' proposal which will enable commuters to book tickets through mobile applications.

10 Jul 2017

Delhi

Noida: Fatal accident as Dzire tries to overtake Lamborghini

A fatal accident involving three cars claimed life of one driver on Noida Expressway.

10 Jul 2017

India

Swayam: 24x7 access to educational content through DTH, mobile

Soon, thousands of academic courses will stream on mobiles, tablets and DTH channels for students from Class IX to post graduation in India.

08 Jul 2017

Education

GST to be introduced in DU's curriculum

Delhi University is soon to introduce GST as part of its curriculum.

07 Jul 2017

Delhi

Delhi University's third cut-off list dips by 3%

In what comes as a relief for many aspirants, the Delhi University declared its third cut-off list on Thursday night and dropped the cut-off by 3%.

05 Jul 2017

Delhi

DU: Third cut-off list to be released on 7th July

Many Delhi University colleges will release their third cut-off list on Friday, a drop of up to 2% in most courses is expected.

04 Jul 2017

X

Delhi: Cop's tweet scares kidnappers to release held hostage

Delhi-based Varun Vohra, an MNC executive, who was kidnapped would have never thought that Twitter would come to his rescue. On July 1, Deputy Commissioner of Police Surender Kumar tweeted about Vohra missing.

30 Jun 2017

Delhi

Reservation in DU: Assembly proposes 85% quota for local students

The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution unanimously to reserve 85% seats for the local students in government funded Delhi University colleges this Thursday.