17 Delhi schools to get potable water units
September 1st, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Seventeen Delhi government schools would get solar-powered water treatment plants to provide potable water to over 750 students daily in each institution, Chief Minister Sheila ... Read more...
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Over 250 Delhi school buses impounded this year
August 21st, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Over 250 school buses and vans were impounded by Delhi Traffic Police this year for violating the directives of the Supreme Court, parliament was informed ... Read more...
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Delhi continues to swelter, monsoon likely after July 3 (Lead)
July 2nd, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Hot and sultry weather conditions may continue in the national capital for a few more days as the weather office forecast light rains Monday ... Read more...
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Court notice over girls’ admission to Delhi school (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a plea seeking directions to ensure conducive atmosphere for girls' admission to a ... Read more...
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Court notice over girls’ admission to Delhi school
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a plea seeking directions to ensure conducive atmosphere for girls' admission to ... Read more...
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Delhi shelter homes to be all-weather ones
May 20th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Shelter homes in Delhi are being upgraded to make them all-weather homes so as provide a roof to the homeless during winter, summer and rains.Work ... Read more...
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Kids need counselling on networking sites: Experts
May 17th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Children addicted to social networking sites without understanding their implications are falling victim to grudges which move from cyberspace to the real world, say ... Read more...
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Soha takes piano classes, pleases mommy dearest
April 11th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Actress Sharmila Tagore and daughter Soha Ali Khan share a strong bonding and these days the younger one is making her mommy happy by learning to ... Read more...
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Delhi corporal punishment victim to be compensated
March 21st, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday directed the Delhi government to provide monetary relief of Rs.50,000 to a Delhi school boy, a victim of ... Read more...
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Students campaign against junk food
December 19th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Braving the morning chill, around 1,200 students of Father Agnel School formed a human chain here Monday to send out a message against consumption of ... Read more...
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Delhi school kids to form human chain against junk food
December 17th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The students of Father Agnel School in the capital will form a human chain Monday against the rise in junk food consumption among school-going children.
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Court notice to Delhi government on pre-school admissions
November 2nd, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO's plea for direction to prohibit private schools in the national capital ... Read more...
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Famous New York Film Academy comes to India
September 9th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Want to learn the art of filmmaking at the New York Film Academy? You don't have to go for that to New York as ... Read more...
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JNU scholar is Nepal’s new PM (Profile)
August 28th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 28 (IANS) A village boy from western Nepal's Gorkha district, that was once also the bastion of Nepal's Shah kings, Baburam Bhattarai, who was elected Sunday as ... Read more...
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Delhi opens whole new world for Jaffna’s ‘war born’
August 20th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) It is their first trip outside of Jaffna, Sri Lanka's once war capital. And the 10 Tamil students of a 160-year-old school in Jaffna find ... Read more...
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Court directs government to re-admit failed student
July 26th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to re-admit a girl student of a government school who had flunked her Class 12 examination.Justice ... Read more...
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Delhi School Basketball League returns for second season
July 25th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The second season of the Delhi School Basketball League begins Wednesday and will have teams from 18 schools in the boys and girls categories.The event, ... Read more...
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Two cartridges found in Delhi school
July 16th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Two live cartridges were found on the premises of a prominent Delhi school, police said Saturday.The cartridges were found in the play-field of Modern School ... Read more...
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Court relief for Delhi school manager
July 13th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The manager of a private school here has got relief from the Delhi High Court, which stayed his arrest for disobeying a tribunal order related ... Read more...
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Court notice to Delhi school on student’s plea
July 10th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV) and the Delhi government on a petition by a school student ... Read more...
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Tribunal jails school manager for a month
July 10th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi School Tribunal has awarded one month's imprisonment to the manager of a private school for disobeying its order related to an employee who ... Read more...
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Delhi school children get tips on community policing
June 15th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday launched a programme on community policing in the southern parts of the city, roping in school children as part of an awareness ... Read more...
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After Arunachal, Orissa shows way to top of Mt Everest
May 18th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 18 (IANS) After two gritty women from India's mountainous Arunachal Pradesh became the first Indians to summit Mt Everest this spring, a 39-year-old from the plains of Orissa ... Read more...
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Girl injured in Delhi school to get Rs.3 lakh
May 4th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) A Class 11 girl student, whose eye was injured in a stone pelting incident in her school, will be paid an ex-gratia of Rs.3 ... Read more...
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Delhi school students to get Airport Metro experience
May 1st, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) students from leading schools in the city will get a chance to ride the high-speed Airport Metro Express as part of an educational-cum-excursion trip, an official ... Read more...
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US ambassador visits USAID projects in Delhi
April 26th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The programmes of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) help improve social infrastructure at all levels of society in many Indian states, US ... Read more...
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Arundhati walks with different comrades in Kathmandu (With Image)
April 18th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 18 (IANS) Booker prize winner and social activist Arundhati Roy walked with comrades of a different kind in Kathmandu Monday on her maiden visit to the Himalayan republic.However, ... Read more...
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Missing Delhi school teacher found dead
April 2nd, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The body of a 25-year-old government school teacher in west Delhi, who Thursday went missing along with one of his colleagues, was found in Haryana's ... Read more...
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‘Abducted’ Delhi school girls found in Uttarakhand
March 26th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Four school girls who had gone missing Thursday evening from Delhi were Saturday found in Haridwar in Uttrakhand, police said. One person has been arrested."The ... Read more...
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Library assistant charges principal with sexual misconduct
February 10th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A 45-year-old library assistant of a south Delhi school has filed a complaint accusing the principal of making sexual innuendos and inappropriate comments, police said Thursday.The woman ... Read more...
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India’s shame: More violence against women
February 8th, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Two gangrapes, including one in the heart of the national capital, an attempt to rape an 11-year-old girl, a raped teen commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh, ... Read more...
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Class 11 girl raped, three nabbed
February 7th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A Class 11 student of a south Delhi school was gang raped by her neighbour and two of his friends last week, police said Monday. The three ... Read more...
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Rs.1,300 crore ADB loan to Kolkata municipality
February 3rd, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan of Rs.1,300 crore to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to undertake different projects, Mayor Sovan Chatterjee said Thursday."The ADB ... Read more...
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Nursery admissions: Schools make parents dance to their tunes
January 6th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The nursery admission process in Delhi schools is proving to be confusing and chaotic for some parents, who have blamed a few institutions of ignoring the government's ... Read more...
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Qawwals from Karachi who carry on Delhi legacy (With Image)
December 18th, 2010 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) They come from Pakistan but carry eight centuries of the Indian capital's Islamic musical history on their shoulders. The Karachi-based troupe owes its allegiance to ... Read more...
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