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Topic: Delhi University

Delhi University should have the courage to read Kancha Ilaiah

Kancha Ilaiah’s writings are provocative, but that’s no reason for DU to drop him.

No ESMA in DU, Modi govt rolls back decision to curb dissent by university teachers

HRD ministry goes back on plan to make teaching in Delhi University an essential service and punish striking teachers.

Teaching in Delhi University could soon become an essential service

HRD Ministry is looking to examine if DU can be brought under ESMA. If implemented, teachers can face arrest or fine if they participate in protests.

Diktat for teachers at central universities like JNU & DU: Can’t criticise govt

University Grants Commission says all educational institutions taking funds from the Central govt will now come under rules that disallow protest.

The Narendra Modi govt is under siege from within

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Nightmare on Route 544: Men use this DTC bus to ‘sexually harass’ DU college students

A 19-year-old student of Kamala Nehru College tells ThePrint about the three times she was 'molested' on this bus. Women say it's been happening since 1985

Delhi University procured EVMs after we gave no objection, says Election Commission

DU claims it has been using the machines since 2009, six of them malfunctioned during counting of votes in Thursday's DUSU polls.

Does ABVP’s Delhi University sweep augur well for BJP in 2019? Precedent says yes

The RSS student wing has won three of DUSU's four central panel posts, up from last year's two.

DUSU election faces the EVM test, counting restarted amid chaos

DU authorities suspended counting for the DUSU elections due to malfunctioning of at least six ‘outdated’ first-generation EVMs.

Here’s what the last 11 DUSU presidents are doing now

Only one of them, Amrita Bahri, has not gone on to make a career in politics. But none of the others have made it big.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.