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‘Forcibly removed’: Jamia students staging hunger strike face rustication, campus ban

October 18, 2026 admin

Heavy police deployment outisde Jamia Millia Islamia campus on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Students on hunger strike demanding the restoration of Jamia Millia Islamia’s students’ union elections alleged they were “forcibly removed” from the protest site around 5.30 a.m. on Saturday, triggering further protests. The administration, however, denied using force and said the…

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Delhi Cabinet clears plan to create ₹50-cr. corpus for start-ups

October 18, 2026 admin

The Delhi government has approved the setting up of the Go-Delhi Foundation, an initiative aimed at promoting startups, innovation and entrepreneurship in the capital. The foundation will provide young people, researchers and entrepreneurs with integrated support to turn their ideas into practical products and successful enterprises, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement…

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Union Minister meets start-up leaders over NCR pollution

October 17, 2026 admin

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday interacted with representatives of start-ups and innovation companies working on air pollution mitigation, with a focus on developing practical, scalable and technology-driven solutions to address the air pollution challenge in Delhi-NCR. Innovative approaches for low-cost mechanised road sweeping, monitoring road-dust resuspension, portable pothole…

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Delhi HC questions delay in setting up open, semi-open prisons

October 15, 2026 admin

The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned the jail authorities over delays in implementing the Supreme Court’s directions to provide open and semi-open prison facilities in the Capital. Open and semi-open prisons are less restrictive correctional facilities available to eligible inmates. A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma referred…

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Anti-CEC protest LIVE updates: CJP calls for ‘Chalo Jantar Mantar’ protest today; Supreme Court to hear contempt plea against Delhi transit shutdown

October 11, 2026 admin

People protest near Connaught Place in New Delhi on October 10, 2026 | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Following the detention of thousands of people, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called for another round of protests in Delhi on Sunday (October 11, 2026) to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar…

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Protesters allege assault in custody, abuse in Tihar after demanding FIR against Delhi Police ACP

October 9, 2026 admin

Protesters at sit-in outside the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Several protesters who were arrested earlier this week after they protested outside the Parliament Street police station demanding an FIR against a police officer accused of harassing a woman journalist held a press conference in Delhi on…

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Citizens divided between October 10 protest calls, police warnings

October 8, 2026 admin

Police personnel deployed after prohibitory orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita enforced in the area around Jantar Mantar Road, following INDIA bloc MPs’ protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI With the police calling up volunteers, holding meetings with residents and using loudspeakers to…

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Delhi court seeks report on ‘custodial torture’ charges by protesters

October 6, 2026 admin

A Delhi court has granted bail to 17 students and journalists who were taken into police custody on Monday and sought a report from Delhi Police on allegations of “custodial torture” levelled by two protesters. Judicial Magistrate Animesh Kumar of the Patiala House Courts issued four separate bail orders on Monday night. The arrested persons…

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Eviction looms over 700 families near Prime Minister’s residence

October 4, 2026 admin

A view of BR Camp, as the More than 700 slum-dwelling families living in BR Camp jhuggis near the Jaipur Polo Ground and Race Course area in Lutyens’ Delhi on Friday expressed concern over a demolition and relocation drive, New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Over 700 families living in JJ cluster bastis…

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CM lays foundation for waste processing, biogas plants in city

October 3, 2026 admin

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday virtually laid the foundation stones for new waste processing plants at Okhla, Singhola and Ghazipur, as well as a 300-tonne-per-day biogas plant at Ghazipur for processing biodegradable waste, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a release. According to a separate release issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi…

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