Articles by Fareeha Iftikhar
JNUSU elections: After a long night of tension, jubilation
Slogans and the sound of daflis and drums filled the air at 2pm inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Sunday after it was announced that the United Left had swept all four seats

Updated on Sep 17, 2018 02:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar, New Delhi
JNUSU election records 67.8% polling, results expected on Sunday
Competition is expected to be tough between United Left — consisting All India Students Association (AISA), Students Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Students Federation (DSF) and All India Students Federation (AISF) — and ABVP.

Updated on Sep 15, 2018 09:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Note ban, lynchings, activists’ arrests mark JNU pre-election debate
Wednesday’s presidential debate saw national-level issues — cases of mob lynching, demonetisation, anti-national forces and the recent arrests of activists — being raised by the candidates instead of local campus related concerns.

Published on Sep 14, 2018 02:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Faulty EVMs, ruckus delay counting in DUSU elections
The counting process, scheduled to begin at 8:30am, was delayed by more than one hour due some technical glitch in an EVM. The second hitch occurred around 11:20am, when the display of an EVM malfunctioned. The counting resumed after a gap of 50 minutes when a new display panel arrived.

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 10:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
ABVP wins president, VP and joint secy posts in DUSU election, NSUI takes secretary
The results from the Delhi University Student Union election were declared on Thursday night after counting of votes were suspended for a short while. Ankiv Baisoya won the president’s post.

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Fareeha Iftikhar and Vatsala Shrangi
DUSU elections: Students vote for free and safe campus, eminence tag
Affordable accommodation and transportation, a violence-free campus, ‘Institution of Eminence’ status for their university and women security were major issues on which students voted in Wednesday’s the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections.

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 10:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
More students vote in tense 3-way contest in DU polls. Results today
In morning shift colleges and departments, the turnout was 43.8 %, slightly higher than last year’s overall polling of 43%.Counting will begin at 8 am on Thursday and results will be declared by the afternoon. Delhi University has not touched the 50% mark in the last six years.

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 09:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Interviews for MPhil and PhD in Delhi University from next week
Admissions to research courses were delayed by one-and-a-half months following protests over a new norm that made it mandatory for candidates to score 50% marks — for both general and reserved candidates — in the entrance exam to be qualified for the interview.

Published on Sep 12, 2018 04:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
North Delhi schools start exams, but parents say no teachers to take classes
North MCD acknowledged that the schools were faced with a shortage of teachers, but said steps were being taken to address the issue.

Updated on Sep 10, 2018 10:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar, New Delhi
Nandini Sundar’s ‘controversial’ book likely to be part of Delhi University’s reading list
The renowned sociologist’s book was allegedly dropped from the department’s reading list last year after some members of the rightwing teachers’ group, National Democratic Teachers’ Front, objected to its content.

Updated on Sep 08, 2018 03:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Suggested readings in Delhi University’s history syllabus trigger row
Even in the past, a few books and essays were dropped from the reading lists of the university’s history and the sociology departments after objections from a section of academic council.

Updated on Sep 07, 2018 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Farmers make beeline for Delhi demanding loan waiver, better wages
Thousands of farmers and workers took out a protest march in the national capital Wednesday demanding remunerative prices for farm produce as per the Swaminathan Committee recommendations

Updated on Sep 06, 2018 03:42 AM IST
New Delhi |
Fareeha Iftikhar and Soumya Pillai
JNU polls: BAPSA campaigners will be from ‘margins’
The Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students ‘Association (BAPSA) was established in 2014 by members of the United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF), to practice Ambedkarite politics on campus.

Updated on Sep 04, 2018 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
30% students at ‘model’ govt school in Delhi without books
Seventeen months ago, a Sarvodaya school in Rohini was hailed as example for all other government schools, but today it has fallen behind.

Updated on Sep 04, 2018 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
DU unlikely to overhaul PG courses this year
Several departments are yet to restructure and submit their syllabi despite the academic session starting two months ago.

Updated on Aug 31, 2018 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Campus politics in Delhi hots up as parties eye 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Student leaders in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) are busy strategising ahead of the prestige battles for control of the unions. New alliances are being formed, and issues beyond campus politics are finding a place in manifestos.

Published on Aug 30, 2018 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
Now, attendance clause in JNU scholarship forms
The Delhi high court, while hearing a contempt petition filed by some JNU students on August 9, had asked the varsity to avoid enforcing the rule in any form.

Published on Aug 30, 2018 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar
UGC ‘stops’ DU’s funds over delay in signing grants pact
The MoU —to be signed between the varsity, the MHRD and the UGC — was first sent to the DU and other educational institutions in October last year.

Published on Aug 29, 2018 01:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Fareeha Iftikhar, New Delhi