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DU OBE: HC tells Railways to arrange travel for disabled students to Delhi for second round of exams
•The court was also informed by Delhi Univesity counsel that results of those students who appeared for online Open Book Examinations (OBE) will be declared at the end of October, if things go well
Delhi PWD orders door-to-door survey of illegally-occupied govt flats, asks officials to submit report by 24 February
•Move comes days after the Delhi High Court rebuked the Housing Ministry for permitting over 550 accommodation units to be illegally occupied by retired officials and ordered the Centre to get them vacated within two weeks
Kshiti Goswami passes away at 77: Ex-Left Front minister breathes his last at private hospital in Chennai, survived by wife and daughter
•The leader of the RSP, a constituent of the Left Front, served as the state PWD minister for more than two decades
JNUSU blames vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for continuing crisis in university, urges HRD ministry to remove him from post
•JNUSU urged the Ministry of Human Resource Development to remove him from his post
Assam floods: Sarbananda Sonowal visits Goalpara, hands over ex-gratia cheques to kin of two deceased
•Sarbananda Sonowal visited the flood-hit areas of Goalpara district to take stock of the damage there and interacted with the affected people.
AAP, BJP joining hands for Okhla plant a welcome step, but political enmity may continue to hamper policy work in Delhi
Pallavirebbapragada •Recently Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal jointly laid foundation for a sewage water treatment plant in Delhi, showing once again what a Centre-state harmony can do for Delhi
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's 2015 promise of free Wi-Fi across city remains a distant dream
Sameer Sachdeva •Even after four years of Kejriwal government free Wi-Fi remains mere lip-service as many parts of the city still to get it
Political leaders who don't keep promises get 'beaten up' by people, says Union minister Nitin Gadkari
•Nitin Gadkari said political leaders who sell dreams to people but fail to make them a reality get "beaten up" by the public. The minister, who handles a host of infrastructure-related portfolios in the Narendra Modi government, asserted he is a doer and delivers on his promises.
Election Commission orders states to arrange for pick-up, drop facilities for differently-abled voters during polls
Ians •The Election Commission's directive says government vehicles can be used to pick up and drop differently-abled people during polls.
Karnataka's PWD in flux as minister HD Revanna transfers 700 officials in 24 hrs; move ruffles Congress camp
Fp Staff •Karnataka PWD minister and brother of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, HD Revanna is in the midst of a fresh controversy once again, with his decision to transfer over 700 officials overnight.