Aditi Vatsa

With a few days left for Delhi University Students’ Union elections,the two leading parties Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and National Students’ Union of India began a mud-slinging campaign.

After withdrawals and submission of affidavits,Delhi University on Thursday released the list of candidates for its Students’ Union election,scheduled for September 14.

Despite parties like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) holding top posts in Delhi University Students’ Union for many years now,left students’ organisations have failed to join hands to form an alliance to contest the elections this year.

The university’s decision came following a chorus of support for Unmukt,a BA first year student of St Stephen’s College,who scored 111 not out in the Under-19 World Cup final against Australia last Sunday to lead the team to victory.

St Stephen’s College has disallowed Unmukt to sit for his annual exam.

Satpal Singh of Acharya Narendra Dev College became the first teacher from Delhi University and the youngest recipient of the prestigious Dronacharya Award in para-athletics this year.

Shops on the Delhi University campus have stopped photocopying books after prominent publishers moved the Delhi High Court to stop the practice.

For last two years,Amita has been travelling nearly 40 km every day — from her hostel to the college and back.

The DU colleges attract almost 400 foreign students every year,but nearly 40 per cent of them fail in the exams because they are unable to overcome the “language barrier”.

Principals of several DU college on Monday raised concerns about the application of University guidelines which require colleges to admit reserved category students on the basis of the actual intake,instead of the sanctioned strength.

With classes for the new batch of undergraduate students set to begin on July 23,Delhi University,with the help of police,has made arrangements to check ragging incidents in colleges.

Most courses in campus colleges might not have a third cut-off list with admissions closing through the second list.

Twin sisters Nikita and Nikhila secured identical marks in their Class XII exams,and with their 95.6 per cent they found seats on the first day of admission to DU’s popular college SRCC.

Amidst indications of a further rise in cut-offs in DU this year,girl students may be the only ones with some reason to cheer.

For most urban colonies in India,summer months mean long waits for the water tanker

Many aspiring to make it to Delhi University under sports quota were left panting on Wednesday.

While the popular Aarts,Science and Commerce subjects saw many aspirants falling short of the 90-plus cut-offs,there were a few Delhi University courses where cut-offs were extremely low due to a shortage of applicants to these courses.

While the number of students applying under Persons With Disability category for under-graduate courses in Delhi University has seen a rise this year,applications under Kashmiri Migrants and Armed Forces quota are just trickling in with only seven students having registered under both categories in four days.

Forty kilometres from the North Campus,where freshly out-of-school applicants are busy registering for admission to DU’s under-graduate courses,is Bhagini Nivedita College.

Despite the availability of forms online and at post offices,students crowded college centres to register themselves for admission to under-graduate courses on Monday.

Around 400 jhuggis were gutted in a blaze in the Sadar Bazar area early Friday.

With the introduction of a new section called “integrated reasoning”,the format of the Graduate Management Admission Test is about to change.