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NEW DELHI: Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) has issued a show cause notice to Dr Kaustav Banerjee, an associate professor at the School of Global Affairs, accusing him of inciting disorder and disrupting the academic environment during a recent student-led protest. The notice, dated March 28, 2025, claims that Banerjee’s actions undermined the university’s integrity, violated…

At a White House Rose Garden event on Wednesday on what he called “Liberation Day” for the US, India became a middling victim in Trump’s take-no-prisoner approach that treated friend and foe alike with a two-tier tariff: a baseline tax of 10% on all countries that will go into effect on April 5, and additional…

NEW DELHI: Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh has strongly defended the three-language formula proposed under the National Education Policy (NEP), dismissing criticism as politically motivated. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Singh said opposition to the policy is not based on academic concerns but rather on resistance to necessary educational reforms. “The National Education Policy…

Top lawyers and MPs Abhishek Singhvi and Kapil Sibal on Thursday targeted govt over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, with Singhvi alleging that the legislation “is more a conspiracy than an attempt to bring reforms” and violates the Constitution’s Article 25 and 26. He warned that the bill could be struck down by courts as unconstitutional,…

KOLKATA: Due to rising temperatures and humid conditions, the West Bengal Education Department will declare summer vacation in state-run schools from April 30, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Briefing journalists at state secretariat Nabanna, Banerjee said instead of the usual practice of declaring summer vacation from the second week of May, the department…

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha witnessed an intense debate on the waqf bill, with leaders from BJP’s “secular” allies, NCP and JDS, both new entrants to NDA, supporting the legislationNCP’s Praful Patel was aggressive, in particular as he took on Congress and its allies over their claim that they were opposesd to the bill because it…