Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University (File photo)Delhi News Highlights: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has announced a sharp increase in tuition fees for the 2025-26 academic year, with hikes ranging from 16% to 41% across various courses. The fee revisions, outlined in the university’s latest prospectus, cover both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, marking a significant rise compared to last year.
Social sciences programmes, including MA and BA (Hons) in Political Science, BCom (Hons), and the four-year BA (Multidisciplinary), now carry a fee of Rs 9,875 per year, marking a 32.99% increase from the previous fee of Rs 7,425. In addition to the fee hikes, JMI has announced the launch of 14 new courses and expanded its use of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for admissions.
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Mar 20, 2025 12:55 PM IST
Robbery at DU ex-professor’s home: Domestic help related to a robber, helped the accused, say police
Two days after gold and cash were looted from the house of a former Delhi University (DU) professor in Northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar, police said on Wednesday that their domestic help is the cousin of one of the accused and allegedly helped the robbers.
“The domestic help was questioned. She has admitted to her role in the crime,” DCP (North West) Bhisham Singh said.
On Monday, when the former DU professor and his wife were held hostage, the domestic help was with them.
According to police, they received a PCR call around 11.45 am about the incident, which had taken place around 11 am. Police said four assailants stormed into the elderly couple’s house, tied them up and their help, and looted the gold and cash in the house before fleeing in the couple’s car.
Mar 20, 2025 12:54 PM IST
2020 Delhi riots: Delhi court charges 8 with auto-rickshaw driver’s murder, discharges 11
A Delhi court has framed charges against eight men for the death of an auto-rickshaw driver during the 2020 Delhi riots, and acquitted 11 other accused due to lack of evidence.
In an order dated March 18, the court framed the charges against the eight men in connection with the case noting that there was prima facie evidence to proceed against them under Sections 148 (rioting with a deadly weapon), 153-A (promoting enmity between groups), 302 read with 149 (murder committed by unlawful assembly) among others of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
“Videos showed that when the persons assaulting that boy (Babbu) left him on the road in injured condition, the persons from the rival mob came to that boy and probably they lifted him away from that place. So, by no stretch of the imagination, it could be part of the common object of the mob of persons from the Muslim community to assault the victim namely Babbu,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Court said in his order.
Mar 20, 2025 12:54 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Speaker tightens screws on bureaucracy, asks chief secretary to ensure officers’ availability for new MLAs
In what is being seen as a “cautionary message” to the capital’s bureaucracy, Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta Wednesday wrote to Chief Secretary Dharmendra about how heads of government departments under them should deal with newly-elected legislators. The bureaucracy in Delhi was usually seen at odds with the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
Terming it “a serious matter”, Gupta cited instances where senior bureaucrats at the helm of Delhi government departments were not making themselves available for communication with MLAs. The BJP dethroned the AAP at the helm in Delhi, winning 48 of the 70 seats in the recent Assembly election.
“A few instances have been brought to my notice where the communications of the Hon’ble Members in the form of letters, phone calls or messages have not even been acknowledged by the concerned Officer,” Gupta wrote.
Mar 20, 2025 12:54 PM IST
Delhi govt set to roll out Ayushman Bharat in national capital, to ink MoU with Centre on April 10
The Delhi government will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre on April 10 to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the national capital, Health Minister Pankaj Singh said Tuesday.
The newly-formed BJP government plans to enrol at least one lakh beneficiaries in the health insurance scheme within 30 days as part of its 100-day agenda. Ayushman Bharat aims to provide yearly health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family.
The scheme’s implementation was a major promise of the BJP leading up to the Delhi Assembly elections in February. The previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had created its own scheme after refusing to adopt the AB-PMJAY.
Mar 20, 2025 12:53 PM IST
Boxing Federation of India polls: Delhi HC stays governing body’s March 7 circular on eligibility
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed a circular issued by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) which had mandated that only elected members of affiliated state boxing associations can contest in BFI elections due on March 28.
Justice Mini Pushkarna, however, clarified that the election process of BFI shall be continued on the scheduled date.
The court has issued the stay in a petition moved by Delhi Amateur Boxing Association (DABA), the state association for boxing in Delhi, that challenged the circular. DABA has termed the circular illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional.
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