

Saturday 4 April '09
The Capital will get some more Bollywood glitter, with actor Sanjay Dutt and director Prakash Jha set to campaign for Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) candidate for Chandni Chowk seat Shoaib Iqbal next week, Iqbal said on Friday.Friday 3 April '09
BSP supremo Mayawati’s top aide Nasimuddin Siddiqui met the seven party candidates in the city on Thursday to discuss the election campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Wednesday
1 April '09In the narrow alleyways of Kabir Nagar in Northeast Delhi, where mounds of garbage are a common sight and houses stand neck to neck, the BSP office is abuzz with activity at all hours.Tuesday
31 March '09Around 15 policemen stood guard with blankets around B S Barari who posed for shutterbugs on Monday morning waving numerous petitions he had sent to the government to review his case.Monday
30 March '09After the Jats dominated the political and caste canvas of the Capital last week, the Gurjjars tried to make their presence felt by organising a ‘Gurjjar Mahapanchayat’ in Chhattarpur on Sunday.Wednesday
25 March '09Rama Indra Kumar sits against the wall on the protest street, surrounded by people who listen to him talk about his vision for a socialist world order — hooked and completely mesmerised.Sunday
22 March '09Aggrieved by the non-payment of arrears due to teachers under the Sixth Pay Commission, the All-India Kendriya Vidyalaya Teachers Association will submit a letter to the Minister of Human Resources Development Arjun Singh on Monday seeking an explanation for the same.Friday
20 March '09The CBSE question papers may have been easy to crack for students till now but Thursday’s Class XII geography paper, contrary to their expectations, was tough.Friday
20 March '09A group of parents along with Social Jurist, an NGO that litigates education cases, will file a petition on Friday in the Delhi High Court against the government notification on fee hike...Wednesday
18 March '09It’s only when he removes his shirt that wounds which refuse to heal reveal themselves. It’s almost been three years since Rajneesh Kumar Sant set himself alight to protest against the apathy shown by authorities after his wife and children were allegedly kidnapped.Tuesday
17 March '09CBSE panel had decided on Monday to give full marks to the students who attempted the question.Monday
16 March '09The Delhi government is looking to pair madrasas with government schools to impart multigrade education to children who attend these seminaries.Monday
16 March '09The CBSE has admitted there was a printing mistake in the Class X mathematics question paper on Saturday and announced that students who had attempted the question would not be penalised.Wednesday
11 March '09When Vishram Singh Rajput speaks about his life, half of which has been spent fighting for his pension in courts and dharnas, he breaks down often; it’s hard to not notice the hurt and anger in his voice.Tuesday
10 March '09Twenty one years ago, author and social worker Firoz Bakht Ahmed was on a mission to Kolkata, trailing the bloodline of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II.Monday
9 March '09For Daniya Alvi, 17, a Class XII student at the Jama Masjid Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, the CBSE Board exams results are her only ticket out of a life of squalour.Monday
9 March '09Besides 'ladies' and 'gents', public lavatories in Chennai may soon offer a third option — for transgenders.Sunday
8 March '09Some 70 city madrassas may get funds to improve their infrastructure under the Union’s government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education For All) scheme.Saturday
7 March '09Many private, unaided schools will file a writ petition in the Delhi High Court next week against the cap on fee hike put by the Delhi government on the recommendations of the S C Bansal Committee that submitted its report early this year.Wednesday
4 March '09With English the most sought-after language as a result of globalisation, Kannada author U R Ananthamurthy warned against the growing influence of the language on the diversity of regional languages.Wednesday
4 March '09Muntadhir al-Zaidi, famous for throwing his shoes at George Bush when he was visiting Baghdad in December last year, was not Machindra Nath’s inspiration.Tuesday
3 March '09Going by the mood of relief at many examination centres post-papers on Monday afternoon, the first day first show of the CBSE Board examinations was a hit.Tuesday
3 March '09A panel discussion on Monday — “Is religion beyond media scrutiny?” — threw up interesting opinions on how the media should write on religion.Monday
2 March '09For years, as Mohd Shahrukh sat at home listening to his mother cry for him and the happy shrieks of his siblings playing outside his jhuggi, the 10-year-old visually impaired child felt lonely and hopeless.Sunday
1 March '09More than five months after Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma was shot in an encounter the tears still choke his widow...