In an article in The Times of India titled, “Delhi Metro: Phase III to cover 105 km now” dated Jan. 19, 2011: E Sreedharan, the head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), has announced that in the phase III extension of the Metro network, Delhi Metro will also be reaching Jamia Millia Islamia. He is quoted to have said: ...

The Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution organized a conference on Kashmir titled “Kashmir: Is peace possible?” on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2011, at the Mir Taqi Mir building on campus. The speakers on the panel consisted of Prem Shankar Jha, the former editor of Hindustan Times; Ravi Hemadri, the executive officer for The Other Media; Sukumar Murlidharan, the ...

According to a Jamia press release: a total of 58 students in diploma engineering evening courses have not been permitted to take their annual examination due to a shortage in their class attendance. Jamia requires a minimum of 75% class attendance to be eligible to appear for final exams. Below is a breakup of the number, according to branch and ...

The department of English organized a seminar titled “The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean: A focus through V.S. Naipaul’s ‘A House For Mr. Biswas'” on, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. The seminar was conducted by Dr. Judith Misrahi-Barak from the department of English at the Universite Paul Vale- Montpellier III, France. The seminar, attended by students from the department, irrespective of ...

The India-Arab Cultural Center and the Zakir Hussain Institute of Islamic Studies, organized a lecture by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The event was held in the conference hall at the  Center for Information Technology;  which incidentally, was packed to capacity even before the event had begun. According to the Al-Ahram, an English ...