DU urges teachers to end strike for students' sake
New Delhi, June 8: The Delhi University on Friday urged the striking teachers to come back to work and start evaluating exam sheets in interest of the students.
In a meeting conducted on Friday, several deans and college principals expressed "serious concern" at the strike, fearing that this may lead to delay in declaration of results of thousands of under-graduate students.
"... it is appealed to all teachers concerned, in the larger interest of the career of students, to immediately join the process of evaluation work at their respective evaluation centres and evaluate answer-scripts," the varsity said in a statement.
Hundreds of Delhi University teachers are on strike since last month to demand that ad hoc teachers be made permanent and colleges not be not allowed to go 'autonomous' - as offered under a scheme by the Human Resource Development Ministry.
Teachers are opposing autonomy, saying that this will provide a pretext to increase fees and make higher education out of bounds for poor students.
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Allahabad High Court directs Centre to decide on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship by December 19
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has instructed the Union Home Ministry to decide on a petition regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship. The Bench, led by Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, set a deadline of December 19, 2024, for the government to update the Court on the matter.
The petition, filed by S Vignesh Shishir, requests a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that Rahul Gandhi holds British citizenship. Shishir claims that evidence, including confidential emails shared by VSS Sarma, suggests Gandhi may be a British citizen. However, due to UK data protection laws, the British government has not disclosed full details without Gandhi's consent.
During the November 25 hearing, Deputy Solicitor General SB Pandey informed the Court that the Home Ministry is reviewing the representation. The Court directed the government to report on the status of the petition by the next hearing on December 19.
A similar petition challenging Rahul Gandhi's citizenship is pending before the Delhi High Court, where the matter will be heard after the Allahabad High Court's proceedings.
