Heena Kausar covers schools, universities and student politics in Delhi. A journalist for five years, she started her career in Kashmir and has closely tracked the entry of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi’s political space.
Articles by Heena Kausar
DU admissions 2018: 110% jump in women students taken for 2-year MBA course at FMS
There has been a 110% jump in the number of women candidates securing admission to the two- year MBA course of Delhi University’s Faculty Management Studies (FMS).
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Heena Kausar
Jamia women’s hostel form tells students to refrain from protests
Jamia Millia Islamia University has imposed a curfew at 9pm for female students residing in the hostels despite extending it to 10.30 pm following massive protests by students earlier this year.
Updated on Jun 29, 2018 08:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
Suspend teachers for miscalculating board exam papers, CBSE tells schools
Five teachers from Delhi region — three from government schools and two from private schools — have been suspended by the CBSE after anomalies of up to 50-55 marks were found during re-evaluation of Class 10 and 12 examination papers.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 08:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neelam Pandey and Heena Kausar
DU admissions 2018: 11,000 admissions under 1st cutoff list
DU admissions 2018: Some colleges may not issue a second list for popular courses, and even if they do, the cutoff is not expected to drop by more than a percentage point
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | A Mariyam Alavi and Heena Kausar
DU admissions 2018: DU seats filling up faster with more ‘realistic’ cut-offs
DU admissions 2018: No second list? Top colleges may seal popular courses
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar and A Mariyam Alavi
DU admission 2018: Many hopes riding on the second cutoff list
DU admission 2018: Many offcampus colleges will bring out their second list for some courses. However, the drop in cutoff percentage is expected to be minimal.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | A Mariyam Alavi and Heena Kausar
DU admissions 2018: More ‘realistic’ cut-offs filling up seats faster
Many popular courses in the more sought-after institutions may not be available after the first list, principals says, as admissions to aroun 10% of the available seats have already been approved.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar and A Mariyam Alvi
Steep cut-offs make it tough to bag DU seat, students below 90% may not get admission into popular courses
For those seeking admission in Delhi University’s on-campus colleges, the competition is tougher with no college offering any of the popular courses for less than 95%.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
Steep cut-offs make it tough to bag DU seat, students below 90% may not get admission into popular courses
For those seeking admission in Delhi University’s on-campus colleges, the competition is tougher with no college offering any of the popular courses for less than 95%.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
DU admissions 2018 first cut-off highlights: 98.50% for economics (H) at SRCC
DU admissions 2018: Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) on Monday released its first cut-off for economics and BCom Honours for the 2018-19 academic year.
Updated on Jun 18, 2018 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar and A Mariyam Alavi
Students of DU vocational courses can opt out after completing first, second year with degrees
Under the six skill-based courses, students will have the flexibility to opt out after completing the first or the second year with diploma and advance diploma degrees respectively. They will also be allowed to rejoin the courses and complete their degree.
Updated on Jun 16, 2018 09:40 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar
DU admission 2018: Entrance test clash with sports trial irks students
DU admission 2018: Delhi University has made a provision where students can send someone on their behalf with a copy of their admit card and an application to give the trials later.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
St Stephen’s College raises cut-offs in humanities courses, slight dip in science
The highest cut-offs of St Stephen’s College were for Economics (Hons) at 98.75%, and 98% and 97.5% for Humanities and Science students.
Updated on Jun 12, 2018 12:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
DU admission 2018: At minority colleges, a slight difference in admission process
DU admission 2018: The online registration process for St Stephen’s College will continue till June 10 — three days after the Delhi University closes its centralised registration process.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar
CBSE Class 10 results: Four students top exam with 499 out of 500 marks
CBSE Class 10 result: Four students scored 499 out of 500 marks to be joint toppers in the exam. Girls did better than boys with an overall passing percentage of 88.67 compared to 85.32 for boys
Updated on May 29, 2018 11:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar and A Mariyam Alavi
CBSE Class 12 result 2018: Despite re-test, pass percentage in economics improves
The CBSE Board exams were marred by controversy this year with question paper leaks being reported from Delhi-NCR, Haryana and Jharkhand of Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics.
Updated on May 27, 2018 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar
CBSE Class 12 result 2018: Students scoring 95% or above soars in India
This year, 12,737 students scored 95% and above marks, which is 2,646 more from last year’s 10,138; In Delhi, 2,237 students scored above 95%.
Updated on May 27, 2018 11:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
CBSE Class 12 topper Meghna Srivastava scores 499 out of 500
CBSE Board Results 2018: Meghna Srivastava, a student of Step by Step School, lost out on just one mark in English. Anoushka Chandra, who studies in Ghaziabad’s SAJ School, scored 498 marks to come second. Seven students shared the third spot, scoring 497 marks.
Updated on May 26, 2018 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
CBSE 12th result 2018 declared, 83.01% students pass
CBSE 12th result 2018: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results of Class 12 board examinations on its official website on Saturday.
Updated on May 26, 2018 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar
CBSE Class 12 results 2018 declared, Trivandrum region tops, Chennai second : Highlights
CBSE Class 12 results 2018: A total of 11,86,306 candidates registered for the Class 12 examination that were held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres outside the country.
Updated on May 29, 2018 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Nilesh Mathur/Heena Kausar
DU admission process for 2018-19 session starts, online registration from May 15
Delhi University officials said students can start filling the registration form with basic details and choice of courses till CBSE results for Class 12 are announced, most likely in May last week.
Updated on May 10, 2018 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
CBSE says ‘special strategy’ in place to avoid leaks as Class 12 students appear for Economics retest
Around 5 lakh students of Class 12 are taking the exam across the country and at centres abroad.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 09:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar, New Delhi
Delhi govt and private schools to be graded based on academics, infrastructure
To evaluate schools on the teaching-learning parameters, the institutes will be asked to submit information on the number of teachers, students, classrooms, library and laboratory facilities.
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar
CBSE board says class 10 mathematics retest won’t be held
A CBSE official said that a thorough analysis of the Class 10 mathematics answer sheets was done and no trend emerged that shows that the purported leak impacted the exam.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 12:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neelam Pandey & Heena Kausar
Delhi Police arrests 2 teachers and tutor for leaking paper, CBSE official suspended for ‘lax’ supervision
Two teachers opened the sealed question papers, took photos on their mobile phones, and shared them with a coaching centre tutor in a private coaching centre in Bawana.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 05:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shiv Sunny and Heena Kausar
DU gives in-principle nod to names for governing bodies of Delhi govt-funded colleges
Trouble started in September last year when the government withheld funds from the colleges after July as the colleges had no GBs for over ten months at that time.
Updated on Mar 08, 2018 11:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar, New Delhi
CBSE helpline gets queries on break-ups, memory loss, ill-treatment by parents
A total of 91 counsellors based in India and abroad have been answering queries of students on CBSE helpline — 1800-11-8004 — in the run-up to the Class 10 and 12 board exams starting March 5.
Updated on Feb 26, 2018 12:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Heena Kausar, New Delhi
‘World is watching Delhi set low standards’: Sheila Dikshit on chief secretary row
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken met Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal with a delegation, including Dikshit, that asked the L-G to provide security to government officials.
Updated on Feb 21, 2018 03:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar
DU may limit cutoff lists to five, remaining seats to be filled by counselling
Officials in the undergraduate admission committee said they were concerned that too many cutoff lists lead to admissions continuing even after classes start.
Updated on Feb 19, 2018 08:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar, New Delhi
Class 10 pre-board exams: Teachers in 120 govt schools given notice over poor results
Out of 1,34,200 students who appeared for the exams, only 42,224 students passed.
Updated on Feb 16, 2018 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Heena Kausar, New Delhi
