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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicOld Rajinder Nagar

Topic: Old Rajinder Nagar

4 coaching centres announce aid to families of deceased UPSC aspirants, offer to take in Rau’s students

Week after the 3 aspirants drowned in flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi, Vajiram & Ravi, Drishti IAS, NEXT IAS and Sriram's IAS have come forward with support.

High Court transfers Delhi coaching centre deaths case probe to CBI

The court directed the Central Vigilance Commission to appoint a senior officer to oversee the probe and said it was unable to fathom how the students could not come out.

Implicated in act of ‘overenthusiasm’— court grants bail to SUV driver in UPSC aspirants death case

Manuj Kathuria was booked under BNS section 105 for wading through waterlogged street opposite Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar where flooding in basement claimed 3 lives.

Delhi court rejects bail for SUV driver arrested in UPSC aspirants deaths case — ‘allegations serious’

In the court order, judge noted that Manoj Kathuria, arrested Monday, caused displacement of water at large scale with his speeding SUV & didn't heed warnings by passersby on the road.

Delhi govt to draft law to regulate coaching centres, stakeholders feel ‘won’t solve broader issue’

Delhi minister Atishi says 5-member committee will oversee drafting of law to regulate coaching centres including infra, fees, teachers’ eligibility and other factors.

India is cultivating a demographic time bomb that no number of coaching centres can defuse

Coaching centres in India are an open wound that everyone sees festering but no one dares to stitch up. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

Broke, burnt-out & now bereaving—the crushing cost of UPSC aspirations

UPSC aspiration story isn’t just about 24x7 study. It’s about daily financial stress, penny-pinching, and heavy guilt over parents' loans. Deaths of 3 aspirants have deepened despair

If Rau’s IAS tragedy had happened under Sheila Dikshit, she would’ve restored our confidence

Were this tragedy to happen under a more responsible Congress govt, we would’ve asked our CM to apply for a bail to be among the people. That’s what the Sheila Dikshit that I knew would have done.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.