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Delhi: After Covid halt, will University Special buses hit streets again?
The bus service which ran from North Campus was halted in March 2020 during the first lockdown. Once a mainstay for students, the U-Special has over the years lost ground to the Delhi Metro
Updated on May 12, 2022 01:55 AM IST
Fill unreserved seats solely on basis of CUET: Delhi University to Stephen’s
In the letter to St Stephen’s principal John Varghese on Monday, DU registrar Vikas Gupta wrote that the admission policy of the varsity, which mandated that admissions for the 2022-23 session shall be on the basis of CUET-2022 scores, applied to all its colleges.
Published on May 10, 2022 02:25 AM IST
Sadia Akhtar, New Delhi
DU at 100: The nursery of political luminaries
The Delhi University Students’ Union has been inextricably linked with national politics, with student leaders from various ideologies fighting for the seats on its prestigious panel
Updated on May 05, 2022 01:00 AM IST
Fareeha Iftikhar and Risha Chitlangia
DU at 100: Schools of excellence made a varsity shine brighter
In early 1946, Dr BN Ganguly, who taught economics at Hindu College, invited his student PN Dhar and former colleague Prof VKRV Rao for dinner. It was a conversation that eventually led to the birth of the Delhi School of Economics (DSE).
Updated on May 03, 2022 12:15 PM IST
Manoj Sharma, New Delhi
DU at 100: The chamber where Bhagat Singh was confined
On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt threw a bomb into Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi ‘to make the deaf hear’
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:22 PM IST
DU at 100: Ramjas College took a university from the middle-class to the masses
Celebrating a hundred years of Delhi University, a special series by HT commemorates the institution, its academics, students, schools, colleges, canteens, culture and the impact it has had on life in general in Delhi, and the country at large
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:21 PM IST
DU at 100: The registrar’s office, where Mountbatten proposed to Edwina
In February 1922, Edwina Ashley, a beautiful, young heiress was visiting her aunt at the Viceregal Lodge when she met and fell in love with the handsome lieutenant, Louis Mountbatten
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:21 PM IST
DU at 100: Delhi College a silent witness to the Capital’s rich history
Celebrating a hundred years of Delhi University, a special series by HT commemorates the institution, its academics, students, schools, colleges, canteens, culture and the impact it has had on life in general in Delhi, and the country at large
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:20 PM IST
Sadia Akhtar, New Delhi
DU at 100: How St Stephen’s College grew with Delhi
Celebrating a hundred years of Delhi University, a special series by HT commemorates the institution, its academics, students, schools, colleges, canteens, culture and the impact it has had on life in general in Delhi, and the country at large
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:42 PM IST
Paras Singh, New Delhi
DU at 100: The judge who envisioned DU as a miniature Oxbridge
Born in London on 25 April 1878, Maurice Gwyer was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Delhi University in 1938. In fact, he had been also appointed the first chief justice of the Federal Court of India, a year earlier in 1937
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:39 PM IST
DU at 100: Delhi and its university: How an institution helped shape a city
The first three universities in India were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1854. A 1917 commission set up to suggest improvements in Calcutta University paved the way for an independent varsity for the new imperial capital
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:35 PM IST
DU at 100: The four colleges that started it all
St Stephen’s, Hindu, Zakir Husain Delhi College and Ramjas were not just four colleges that affiliated themselves with Delhi University – an institution they predate, and which became synonymous with them instead of being the other way round – they have come to embody Delhi’s geographical and social evolution as a city, its history as a cosmopolitan capital and its syncretic, yet complex, culture
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:19 PM IST
Paras Singh, Hemani Bhandari, Jasjeev Gandhiok and Sadia Akhtar, New Delhi
DU @100: East or West, Delhi University is the best!
Delhi University is a top favourite among students from across India, who wish to pursue higher education. As the varsity celebrates its centenary, we join in the celebrations by looking at the 100 things that make us love DU.
Updated on May 02, 2022 03:54 PM IST
Angela Paljor, New Delhi