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
On October 5, Dalit labourer Ram was killed, allegedly by a government school teacher from the upper-caste Thakur community, for entering and “defiling” a flour mill in Kadaria village.
The National Air Quality Index showed that the air quality was poor at R K Puram and Mandir Marg, very poor at Punjabi Bagh, and severe at Anand Vihar for most of the day.
In DU, the challenge to house outstation students has grown in the last 20 years. Students who do not get hostel seats are forced to hunt for affordable housing, which is easier said than done.
Earlier this month, the HC had ordered the govt to work out a plan to move children from the overcrowded government girls and boys senior secondary schools in Sonia Vihar.
