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The collapse of a five-storey building in Satya Niketan on September 6 in New Delhi, in which several young students who were staying there as paying guests were killed, was a tragedy waiting to happen. Its genesis, however, lies in the inadequate hostel accommodation at the University of Delhi. This author has been associated with…
DU students said the protests at Jantar Mantar in July have gained confidence to raise their issues | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT More than 500 women gathered at Delhi University’s South Campus on Thursday holding banners and placards highlighting sexual violence against women and minor girls in the Capital. The city has witnessed several such…
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At least 3,000 women students from Delhi University marched through North Campus on Monday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma At least 3,000 women students from Delhi University (DU) marched through North Campus on Monday (September 28), demanding safer public and institutional spaces, a week after a 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by three…
Delhi University students during a protest over women’s safety following the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old at Astha Kunj Park in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi University has suspended three students of Law Centre-II for allegedly harassing two Hindu College students in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar, according to a notice issued by…
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The Delhi High Court on Friday criticised Delhi University over its response on the issue of adding additional hostel facilities for students as “absolutely vague” while hearing various petitions on the September 6 Satya Niketan multi-storey building collapse in which seven persons, including five students, lost their lives. The court made stern remarks on the…
Security personnel deployed to maintain law and order during the DUSU Elections 2026 at North Campus , Delhi University ,in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA As students went to cast their votes on Friday, some said the large-scale protests at Jantar Mantar encouraged many to “raise their voices” and…
The Satya Niketan building collapse has brought the shortage of hostels and safety concerns in paying guest (PG) accommodation into focus, with candidates making better housing a key manifesto promise for the upcoming Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections. Student outfits have been releasing their manifestos since September 12, with accommodation emerging as a common…
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Two women’s colleges of Delhi University (DU) have begun admitting students on the basis of their Class 12 board results after nearly 2,000 seats remained vacant under the university’s centralised admission process through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). The separate admission process at Aditi Mahavidyalaya in northwest Delhi’s Bawana and Bhagini Nivedita College (BNC)…
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For Gurkirat, a former Delhi University student now pursuing a Master’s in Sociology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, fear is no longer confined to what might happen to her. She worries about what the police might do to her parents. Ms. Gurkirat, former president of the Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch, alleged that Delhi Police personnel…
For Delhi University students from outside the city, academic breaks are often the only window to travel home. But with a tighter academic calendar and fewer extended holidays in the new session, many said they are finding it difficult to plan trips around classes, assignments, and attendance requirements. The newly issued academic calendar has drawn…
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