Mallica Joshi is the Chief Reporter, Delhi with The Indian Express. She has been covering politics, education and environment in Delhi for 13 years. She tweets @mallicajoshi

March 08, 2017 02:12 IST
UGC says system of many colleges being affiliated to a university is unwieldy; teachers and students see this as a step towards privatising education
Wed, Mar 08, 2017
March 06, 2017 04:38 IST
The violence at Ramjas College last month has revealed cracks beneath the surface of the country’s premier university. Mallica Joshi and Aranya Shankar look at the world of campus politics, and find parallels to the larger national discourse
Mon, Jun 25, 2018
March 04, 2017 03:18 IST
The Delhi government and the Environment Pollution Control Authority have come out with separate plans to control pollution in Delhi and NCR.
Sat, Mar 04, 2017
February 28, 2017 03:01 IST
The longest serving principal of any centrally funded institution, Rajendra Prasad will end his 32-year tenure on Tuesday.
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
February 27, 2017 04:57 IST
We need to look at nutritional value of food along with quality and are thinking of increasing the money the government spends on the scheme.
Mon, Feb 27, 2017
February 25, 2017 04:15 IST
St Stephen’s College has already called a meeting of its governing body on Saturday to discuss the proposal.
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
February 24, 2017 06:31 IST
An inspection team of the Education Department visited the school earlier this month to ascertain if allegations were true.
Fri, Feb 24, 2017
February 24, 2017 06:14 IST
Saikat Ghosh, staff advisor of the theatre society at Khalsa College, said the programme was cancelled “under duress”.
Fri, Feb 24, 2017
February 24, 2017 05:52 IST
The sloganeering went beyond the standard Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai, with many chanting slogans such as “Afzal ke in yaaron ko, ek jhatka aur do’, ‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, joote maaro....’ and ‘Khoon bhi denge, jaan bhi denge’.
Fri, Feb 24, 2017
February 23, 2017 05:00 IST
ABVP filed a similar complaint against JNU students last year in February, alleging that they shouted anti-national slogans at a protest march.
Thu, Feb 23, 2017
February 23, 2017 04:05 IST
The clashes took place a day after Ramjas College authorities withdrew an invitation to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar on Culture of Protests.
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
February 15, 2017 04:39 IST
Schools, meanwhile, are happy with the verdict.
Wed, Feb 15, 2017
February 13, 2017 02:54 IST
Delhi Public School, Dwarka, for example, had more than Rs 51.3 crore under several heads, such as general reserve, deprivation fund, development fund etc, the audit showed.
Mon, Feb 13, 2017
February 01, 2017 01:16 IST
The area with most number of private schools built on government land is northwest Delhi — with 99 schools — followed by east Delhi with 62 schools.
Wed, Feb 01, 2017
January 31, 2017 01:39 IST
Nursery admission process in Delhi schools is based on a points system.
Tue, Jan 31, 2017
January 30, 2017 05:34 IST
In the 46,208 square kilometre area that forms the Delhi-NCR, there are only 51 air quality monitoring stations.
Mon, Jan 30, 2017
January 30, 2017 02:45 IST
In the chaos and confusion, the leopard attacked eight people as it ran deeper into the village — disoriented and scared — before it was beaten to death by a mob armed with sticks and lathis.
Mon, Jan 30, 2017
January 28, 2017 04:26 IST
The plan is to ask schools to decide their admission criteria in the beginning of the year and update us in April.
Sat, Jan 28, 2017
January 23, 2017 01:44 IST
According to education director Saumya Gupta, more than 2,159 inspections have taken place in 1,150 government schools since April.
Mon, Jan 23, 2017
January 21, 2017 03:36 IST
"Implementing agencies (there are at least 16) must be honest and sincere about implementing the plan."
Sat, Jan 21, 2017
January 19, 2017 04:34 IST
Teachers complain the cases of misbehaviour and violence against them are on the rise as teachers are “devalued”.
Thu, Jan 19, 2017
January 18, 2017 00:12 IST
The intention is to take progressively strict steps even before an emergency is reached. But it will require coordination among at least 16 agencies.
Wed, Jan 18, 2017
January 16, 2017 05:27 IST
The study says the average NOx emissions of heavy-duty vehicles was 210 mg/km, less than half the average emissions from cars (480-560 mg/km) in independent testing and Member State testing.
Mon, Jan 16, 2017
January 14, 2017 03:00 IST
December 2015 saw 25 per cent severely polluted days as opposed to 16 per cent in December 2016.
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
January 13, 2017 04:43 IST
Moerner, Varmus, and Haroche were in Delhi Thursday to attend the Nobel Prize Series—India Programme 2017, a conference organised by Nobel Media AB, Sweden, in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Fri, Jan 13, 2017


