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Shradha Chettri

Shradha Chettri

Shradha Chettri was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. She no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Shradha Chettri

Consult us before changing syllabus: 124 DU English teachers write to dept head

The letter, signed by 124 English teachers, to Christel R Devadawson, states, “wittingly or unwittingly, there is a serious participatory deficit in the process that finalised the proposed syllabus”. The letter was written on April 27.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 02, 2017 11:40 pm IST

DU hostel asks residents to show up in ‘proper’ dress in co-ed common room

The Delhi University’s Department of Social Work (DSW) hostel has asked its residents to “dress up properly” while in the common room, reigniting a row over dress codes in colleges.(Raj K Raj/HT File Photo)

Updated on Apr 29, 2017 10:47 pm IST

JEE Mains 2017: Two Delhi students among top three with 350/360 score

Vasu Jain

Updated on May 04, 2017 09:52 am IST

New rules in Ramjas college ban loud music, freshers’ party after 4pm

The new set of rules comes three months after a violence erupted in Ramjas College after Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid, who was charged with sedition in 2015, was invited to a literary event.(Raj K Raj/HT File Photo)

Updated on Apr 22, 2017 12:02 pm IST

Delhi: St Stephen’s to go ahead with autonomy, top body gives nod

Autonomy means that the college will no longer be a constituent college of the Delhi University. It will be free to take its own decisions in framing syllabus, fee structure, starting new college branches and others.(Sonu Mehta/ HT File Photo)

Updated on Apr 22, 2017 11:55 am IST

St Stephen’s rues AC diktat as Delhi records hottest April day since 2010

As the city is battling the heatwave, students and staff of St Stephen’s complained that the college administration has instructed them not to use ACs.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 19, 2017 05:10 pm IST

Delhi blooper: Girls allotted seats in govt schools for boys

The admission in charge of the school confirmed that several girls were allotted seats there.(Representative photo)

Updated on Apr 13, 2017 08:12 am IST

In India’s capital, poor children going to schools without books

.There are around 50 other people living in east Delhi and admitted in different private schools in the area, where children have been going to schools without books.(Representative photo)

Updated on Apr 11, 2017 11:33 pm IST

Narrow escape for Delhi’s Hans Raj College student as plaster from ceiling falls on hostel bed

A final-year student of Delhi University’s Hans Raj College had a narrow escape on Saturday night as the plaster on his hostel room ceiling fell on his bed.

Updated on Apr 10, 2017 11:11 am IST

CBSE biology students asked which is better, burial or cremation?

People have raised question over the relevance of the paper. Some of them tagged Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Twitter.(Sunil Ghosh / HT file)

Updated on Apr 22, 2017 05:03 pm IST

JNU administration files FIR against student leaders for removing hostel CCTV camera

Student leaders say university authorities bypassed democratic bodies to install CCTV cameras across the campus.(Sanjeev Verma/HT photo)

Updated on Apr 02, 2017 01:41 pm IST

JNU teachers say cuts in number of MPhil, PhD seats in university unconstitutional

JNU students block traffic during a protest outside the UGC building in New Delhi.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Mar 31, 2017 07:45 am IST

Illegal colonies in east Delhi clamour for basic civic amenities before April 23 polls

Every lane and bylane of these illegal colonies are storehouses of garbage, which accumulate for weeks. The residents say that for the corporation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan did not exist.(Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 04, 2017 04:57 pm IST

No immediate fee hike at private schools built on Delhi govt land

Last year, it was made mandatory for schools located on government land – such as the Birla Vidya Niketan, Sanskriti School and Delhi Public School-Vasant Kunj – to acquire prior approval of the Directorate of Education (DoE) for effecting the regular 10% fee hike.(Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 08, 2017 09:15 am IST

Delhi municipal corporations make classrooms smart, but fail students

A municipal corporation school in Tughlakabad. The municipal corporations have improved the infrastructure in their schools. However, learning levels have remained dismally low.(Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 27, 2017 02:28 pm IST

How to spend Rs 151 cr in 7 days, asks Delhi University as UGC funds set to lapse

Delhi University had to return Rs 108 crore to the University Grants Commission because it was unable to spend it. The varsity still has more than Rs 151 crore remaining with it that has to be utilised by March 31.(Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 24, 2017 09:04 am IST

JNU begins MPhil, PhD admission process but with fewer seats

The admission process to MPhil and PhD programmes in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University began on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 23, 2017 12:04 am IST

Board exams: CBSE Class 12 Business Studies paper tricky, say students

Teachers say this year’s paper was easier compared to the previous year. The pattern of the CBSE Business Studies paper was changed in 2015.(HT FILE)

Updated on Mar 17, 2017 04:18 pm IST

From blank pages to inverted map: Delhi govt’s free textbooks full of errors

A student shows a class 5 book called ‘Hamari Duniya’ in which the map of India has been published upside down. Books provided by Delhi government in this academic session have several printing errors.

Updated on Mar 15, 2017 11:10 am IST

Delhi budget for education: 10,000 classrooms, tablets to teachers, bananas to students

Delhi government has allocated Rs 11,300 crore for education in the budget for 2017-18, up from Rs 10,690 crore last year.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 09, 2017 11:59 am IST

DU prof Saibaba’s family shocked, says his health biggest concern

Delhi, India - April 8, 2016: G N Saibaba at his residence at Vasant Vihar after granted bail by Supreme Court. University professor Mr Saibaba talks to Hindustan Times Reporter Shradha after being arrested for alleged Maoist links in Delhi, India, on Friday, April 8, 2016. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 08, 2017 12:03 am IST

CBSE’s new mobile app will help students locate exam centres

A student or a parent has to register through their mobile number to receive an OTP (one-time password) number. The OTP will help log into the centre locator app.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 07, 2017 09:50 pm IST

Stephens to offer Political Science as DU adds new courses this academic year

The move will allow St Stephen’s College to offer honours courses in political science and economics respectively(Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 07, 2017 12:58 pm IST

DU students to take out march to Parliament Street against ABVP ‘hooliganism’

Students, teachers and Left-leaning student groups of Delhi University will march from Mandi House to Parliament Street today.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Mar 04, 2017 10:48 am IST

Delhi govt questions land ownership of Mother’s International, Mirambika school

The basketball court in The Mother’s International School, Delhi.(Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Mar 04, 2017 02:14 pm IST

Mirambika row: Government questions land ownership of schools

Mirambika students were shifted to Aurobindo Ashram premises in April 2015.(Shradha Chettri)

Published on Mar 03, 2017 11:48 pm IST

Delhi: AVBP team meets L-G, seeks action over ‘anti-national’ slogans at Ramjas college

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal assured the ABVP members that he will raise their demands with the Delhi Police.(Sushil Kumar/HT FILE)

Updated on Mar 03, 2017 08:56 pm IST

Autonomy move: St Stephen’s students protest, teachers to quit admin posts

Students protest against St Stephen’s move to apply for autonomy from Delhi University on Wednesday.

Updated on Mar 02, 2017 10:27 am IST

Ramjas row: 10 things that turned a college brawl into a battle of ideologies

Protests against ABVP continue to rock Delhi University campus.

Updated on May 12, 2017 12:21 pm IST

Meet Gurmehar Kaur, the DU student and martyr’s daughter who took on ABVP

Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, whose social media campaign against the ABVP went viral.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Feb 28, 2017 11:55 am IST

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