scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Tuesday, October 28, 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

Bihar beyond Buddha and Mandal—why the 2025 polls are critical for Indian democracy

It is not often noted, but in the North, Bihar is the only state where the BJP has not come to power on its own. The party's desire to turn Bihar into UP should not be ignored.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.