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The Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) of Delhi University said in a letter that “this is absolutely shocking as such an astronomical hike in fees was not previously discussed in the academic council and executive council meetings”. Most departments have increased the fees, which is also unfortunate, but the English department, in a totally unjustified and arbitrary manner, has raised fees more than 10-fold from last year, DTF said.DTF Secretary Abha Dev Habib said that this will grave implications for the students. “This unjustified act of Delhi University has put enormous financial burden and consequent mental strain on the students. It…

According to the police, one of the accused had called them to meet in Jaipur on the pretext of discussing the process of applying for government jobs and getting a suitable position.After both the girls came to Jaipur, the accused took them to one of his friend’s house and allegedly raped both sisters.The victim’s father lodged an FIR against the two accused in Amer police station for gang rape and Pocso Act.The case is being investigated by ACP (Amer) Aditya Poonia.The girls’ father in his complaint said that his 18-year-old daughter was living at a rented accommodation in Dausa. She…

Rohit Sharma also expressed his happiness that the team has achieved their first goal by qualifying for the semifinals.”I’m very happy knowing we have qualified for the semifinals, this was the first goal. But how we approached the seven games has been quite clinical, and a lot of individuals have put in the effort, put their hands up and stood up,” Sharma said during the post-match presentation after India defeated Sri Lanka by 302 runs to register their seventh win in seven matches in the World Cup.”To put in a performance like this back to back, against England and now,…

Shami claimed 5-18, his second five-wicket haul of the ongoing World Cup, while fellow pacers Mohd Siraj bagged 3-16 and Jasprit Bumrah took 1-8 as India bundled out Sri Lanka for 55 in 19.4 overs after riding half-centuries by Shubman Gill (92), Virat Kohli (88) and Shreyas Iyer (82) to post a massive 357/8 in 50 overs.”All the hard work we are putting in, the rhythm we have found, it’s because of that that you are getting to see this storm (on the cricket field), the incredible things our bowling unit is doing,” Shami said during the post-match presentation on…

While addressing a rally organised by the CPI in Miller High School ground, he said: “I have an old relationship with the leaders of the CPI. When I contested the Assembly election in 1987, the CPI and the CPI-M had helped me. Hence, my relationship with CPI has not developed recently. It is very old.”However, there was no election held in Bihar in 1987.Nitish Kumar had first contested Assembly elections in 1977 under the leadership of Jay Prakash Narayan but lost. He again contested the election in 1980 and lost again. He was elected for the first time to the…

NEC Secretary K. Moses Chalai said on Thursday that of the Rs 863 crore, the council has already released Rs 708.73 crore.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has funded the remaining amount for the 12.24 km Agartala (Tripura)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) railway line that was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.The DoNER Ministry funded for the 5.46 km railway line in the Tripura territory while the MEA provided funds for the 6.78 km stretch from Nischintpur (Tripura) to Gangasagar in Bangladesh.The NEC Secretary said that being the nodal agency for the economic and…

Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) India’s pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Mohammad Shami struck in the first over of their spell against Sri Lanka with Bumrah and Siraj becoming the first opening pair to take wickets off their first deliveries. While Bumrah claimed one wicket, Siraj and Shami bagged two wickets each in their first overs as Sri Lanka ended the powerplay with a paltry score of 14/6.Bumrah started the carnage by taking a wicket off the first ball, trapping Pathum Nissanka lbw with one that moved back in to strike the back pad, handing the Sri Lankan opener…

Addressing the India-Sri Lanka business summit in Colombo, Sitharaman said that in the current global scenario, countries are showing greater interest in regional or bilateral agreements rather than in multilateral cooperation, as these help smaller economies to insulate themselves from forex crises, energy and food shortages.”India and Sri Lanka can benefit from such an arrangement and this will lead to a kind of economic integration. It will help Sri Lanka reduce its dependence on external assistance, by providing it’s companies with greater know how and technological self reliance,” the Finance Minister said.She also stressed on the need for Sri Lanka…

The court was hearing a writ-petition filed by the woman wherein she demanded the release of her husband from jail saying that she wants to bear a child, citing procreation as her “fundamental right”. The petition’s arguments prompted the bench of Justice Vivek Agrawal to direct the dean of the government medical college in Jabalpur to constitute a five-member panel of doctors to examine whether the woman is fit to conceive and submit the report within the next 15 days.Subodh Kathar, the government counsel, said, “The husband of the petitioner is in a jail in a criminal case. The woman…

On October 25, the court had sought the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s response on Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal’s previous bodyguard’s applications. Special judge Raghubir Singh of Rouse Avenue Court noted that both the probe agencies have submitted their replies to the applications filed by Hossain, and that the copies of the replies have been provided to the accused. The CBI’s first information report alleges that the Trinamool leader, along with Satish Kumar, who was then a BSF Commandant, other public servants and private persons, was involved in the multi-crore cattle smuggling racket. The ED…