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Kejriwal govt issues warning to private schools: Here's why it deserves a pat on the back

It also warns the schools against any discrimination against students from weaker sections of the society.

Greenpeace India slams PM Modi's National Air Quality Index, says it has 'several flaws'

Greenpeace India said "flaws still remain" in the National Air Quality Index while accessibility of data on air pollution continues to be "skewed".

Not a good year for JNU: Amid sedition row, varsity sees dip in applications for admission

Amid a row over its students being charged for sedition, JNU has received over 76,000 applications for admission to the upcoming academic session

JNU refuses to make public report of preliminary inquiry conducted by 3 professors

JNU has refused to make public report of the preliminary inquiry conducted by three professors in the controversial events of 9 February.

Opposition stages walkout in Delhi Assembly over CM Kejriwal's charges against PM Modi

The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar after MLAs from Opposition BJP attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over some civic projects.

Widespread sexual harassment still persists in Delhi despite tougher laws, says study

Sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem in Delhi despite tougher laws being enacted, said a study.

Verifying whether Kanhaiya Kumar violated bail conditions: Police tells Delhi HC

Delhi Police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that they are probing whether JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar has violated the conditions imposed on him.

Delhi court summons Kejriwal for providing false information in poll affidavit

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday summoned as an accused for allegedly giving false information in an affidavit filed in run up to 2013 assembly polls

Show-cause notices indicate ideological bias: JNU students tell varsity

JNU Students' Union has written to the university administration alleging that the recent spate of show-cause notices issued by it indicate ideological bias

Delhi: Five-year-old boy allegedly abducted from outside his school by tenants

A five-year-old boy was allegedly abducted from outside his school by three persons who lived in the victim's residence as tenants in south Delhi.

Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani released from jail

Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani, who was arrested in a case of sedition last month, was released from Tihar jail on Monday.

JNU ABVP members were subjected to smear campaign after 9 February, says student

Alok Singh, head of ABVP wing in Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the student members of the organisation have been subjected to a "smear" campaign.

World Culture Festival didn't damage Yamuna floodplain, says NEERI expert giving Art of Living clean chit

The Art of Living’s gigantic event at the Yamuna floodplain has not damaged the river or the floodplains in any tangible way, let alone in the long term. This statement comes from Dr Rakesh Kumar, environmental scientist, and head of the Mumbai office of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.

Shocking animal cruelty caught on camera: Man stabs three dogs and a puppy in Delhi

A man was caught on camera brutally stabbing three stray dogs and killing a puppy outside Green Park metro station in south Delhi.

Freedom of expression and nationalism can co-exist: Arun Jaitley

Amid a controversy over the recent JNU row, BJP on Sunday said freedom of expression does not give a right to call for the country's destruction

Jai Jawan, Jai Samvidhan? Flip-flops and convenience now come handy to JNU activists

Students of JNU once again gathered at the administrative block to celebrate the release of Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya from judicial custody on Friday evening. Chants of "lal salaam" were once again shouted at the highest pitch possible, and they reverberated in the campus

Engaging in politics over water is not good: Kejriwal tells Haryana govt over canal dispute

There should be no politics over water, Kejriwal asserted on Friday, a day after the Haryana government said it may have to cut supply of water to Delhi.

Will go on with our struggle to ensure sedition law is scrapped: JNU student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar

Kanhaiya Kumar vowed to wage a battle for scrapping of the sedition law under which he and 2 other PhD scholars of the university were arrested last month.

JNU row: Umar Khalid, Anirban granted interim bail after three weeks in prison

In a relief to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, a Delhi court has granted interim bail to them for six months, news reports said

Sufism is the voice of peace, co-existence and equality, says PM Modi at World Sufi Forum

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was greeted by loud chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai by a large Muslim audience, inaugurated the World Sufi Forum in New Delhi on Thursday.

National Commission for Minorities issues notice to JNU professor over remarks on Dalits, Muslims

The National Commission for Minorities issued a notice to JNU authorities over a professor's alleged remarks calling Dalits, Muslim teachers anti-national.

Whatever transpired on 9 February does not constitute major act of indiscipline: JNU professors

It appears from the probe report that the sequence of events "does not constitute a major act of indiscipline", JNU professors said in New Delhi.

Delhi court to hear bail plea of former DU lecturer SAR Geelani on Friday

A Delhi court will hear on Friday the arguments on the bail application moved by former DU lecturer SAR Geelani.

JNU students say inquiry report is based on unfair probe, reject the findings

JNU students, who have been served show-cause notice to explain their alleged role in the 9 February event, have decided to "not accept" the report.

Congress and CPM trying to make political capital out of JNU row, claims Venkaiah Naidu

Opposition's criticism of its handling of the JNU row notwithstanding, government said what happened at the JNU was "definitely an anti-national activity"

P&G to resume sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra, Phensedyl after Delhi HC stays govt's ban

P&G and Abbott will resume sales of Vicks Action 500 Extra and Phensedyl, respectively after Delhi HC stayed government's ban on sale.

Molestation case against AAP's Kumar Vishwas: Register an FIR, Delhi court tells cops

A Delhi court ordered lodging of an FIR on a plea by AAP volunteer alleging molestation by Kumar Vishwas with a liberty to police to arrest him if required

Upset about 'tough' CBSE math paper, 240 students and parents start online petition

Social media is abuzz with complaints against the "tough" math paper for Class 12 and as many as 240 petitions have been posted on Change.org platform

BJP is most anti-national of all: Kejriwal accuses party of shielding 'anti-nationals'

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of shielding those who raised anti-national slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in Delhi