

Tuesday 31 March '09
Parents gathered at Salwan Public School in Old Rajender Nagar on Monday to agitate against the school’s decision to hold back report cards of students who are yet to pay the arrears following the recent fee hike.Sunday 29 March '09
The scars on his body and mind may heal with time, but they have made 22-year-old Ahmad Fawad determined to do something for his country.Saturday
28 March '09Seventeen-year-old Sameer’s day begins and ends with doing odd jobs for the family where his aunt works as a domestic help.Saturday
7 March '09Colourful Rajasthani dancers and aerial ballet artistes from the UK and Belgium raised the tempo at St Stephen’s College on Friday.Thursday
26 February '09Parents of students taking the Board examinations now have one more item on their anxiety list.Monday
23 February '09Come April and the students of Classes I to VII of government schools in the city will no longer use the State Council of Educational Research and Training (scert) textbooks.Monday
23 February '09Parents of students at the Salwan Public School, Rajinder Nagar, and G D Salwan School are up in arms against school authorities for allegedly ‘threatening’ students of Classes X and XII...Sunday
22 February '09Private schools across the country might soon start a cultural and educational exchange programme under the aegis of the National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC)...Thursday
19 February '09A day after the Delhi High Court ordered the closure of the Saravana Bhavan outlet in Outer Circle of Connaught Place due to expiry of the lease...Monday
16 February '09The foundation ceremony for the in-situ rehabilitation of the Kathputli colony in Shadipur Depot on Sunday saw Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken, and local MLA Ramakant Goswami, among other dignitaries in attendance.Saturday
14 February '09“It's interesting to note how amid all the discussion about ‘Indian Culture’, no one has mentioned the violation of the Constitution by the Sri Ram Sene members,” says Namrata Kotwani, who is organising a protest at Jantar Mantar on Valentine’s Day.Saturday
14 February '09With Valentine’s Day this year turning into culture battle of sorts, the Vivekananda statue area at the DU Arts Faculty turned the into a battleground fomenting conflicting views on “Indian Culture”, separated by a thin line of policemen.Friday
13 February '09Nearly two weeks after the Delhi Cabinet gave its approval to allow private schools to hike fee, the Directorate of Education issued the notification on Thursday allowing private schools to hike the tuition fee.Friday
13 February '09Three billion years of the earth’s evolution from the Big Bang, and the evolution of life on earth, are now available in form of a graphic timeline on a touch-screen kiosk...Monday
9 February '09“Parents of Board examinees also get stress symptoms similar to what their children experience,” said Deepak Gupta, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Ganga Ram Hospital ...Monday
9 February '09When the parents of a visually-challenged student in class IV called the CBSE counselling helpline, they learnt about the plethora of options and the kind of facilities available for disabled students in the board exams.Sunday
8 February '09With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the Delhi unit of BJP has decided to tackle the tuition fee increase in private schools head on by involving those most affected by it: middle class parents, a sizeable section of the electorate.Saturday
7 February '09Once bitten twice shy, the Delhi government is waiting for a final report before announcing the expansion of the midday meal scheme for schoolchildren up to Class VIII.Saturday
7 February '09After Delhi, authorities in Gurgaon have also put a curb on private schools raising their tuition fees indiscriminately.Tuesday
3 February '09The pass percentage in schools run by the Delhi government in the CBSE Board exams has jumped from 48 per cent to 84 per cent in the last three years.Saturday
31 January '09“I had to defy my parents to come back to Delhi from Azamgarh...Saturday
31 January '09On January 26, cyclist Vinod Punmiya was flagged off from the Gateway of India by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, musician Pandit Jasraj and writer-poet Javed Akhtar.Saturday
31 January '09On Friday, the two stood side by side at Jantar Mantar to mark their protest against the Delhi government’s decision to allow private schools to hike tuition fee...Friday
30 January '09At 43, combat duty would not be the preferred choice of most women. But for Taslima Khan it is a priority.Thursday
29 January '09The Delhi government on Wednesday allowed private schools in the city to increase tuition fees by a maximum of 20 per cent, or Rs 500, thereby ending weeks of speculation on a possible steep hike.