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Indian Express
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘Hard labour can't be overlooked': Delhi HC grants relief to open school students left out of JEE-Mains counselling
When the JEE-Mains exam results were declared last month, Om Upadhyay, a student of the National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS), found out he scored a whopping 97.7 percentile. But he was far from happy. The reason? The Mains result was declared on April 18, way before his Class XII results which will only be released by the end of June. And the last date of the JEE Mains counselling process — a prerequisite for getting admission in Delhi Technological University (DTU), Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT), and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) — would end on June 19. 'With these marks, I could have gotten into DTU… It was my dream,' he had told The Indian Express last week. Aggrieved by this, Om (an EWS student), along with two other students (one who scored 91.66 percentile and an SC student who scored 72.54 percentile), moved the Delhi High Court on May 28 through advocates Ankit Singh Sinsinwar, Ravi Kumar and Dhananjay. Two days later, on May 30, they were granted relief by Justice Vikas Mahajan. '… no direction can be given to the JAC (Joint Admission Committee) to reschedule or defer the counselling dates. However, an important aspect which cannot be overlooked is that students put hard labour for two to four years, or maybe more, while preparing for JEE (Mains)… and they should not get ousted from consideration [during] counselling despite having attained good percentile and rank only on the ground that result of Class XII was not been declared timely by the education Board concerned conducting such qualifying exam…,' Justice Mahajan ruled. The three open school students had moved court against JAC, a consortium of institutions, for admission to undergraduate programmes in Delhi government-funded premier universities offering engineering and architecture programmes. The admissions are done based on the rank of students in the JEE Mains exam. The Class XII marksheet is relevant only to the extent that it assesses the minimum qualifying marks, which are 60% or more for BTech courses offered by NSUT and DTU and 70% for the same courses at IIIT-Delhi. While the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) have declared results of the Class XII examination, open school students have been left in the lurch. The open school examinations concluded on May 19, while the JEE Mains result was out a month earlier, on April 18. The plea stated, 'In the past, JAC released its schedule for counselling in a manner so that the last date [to apply] is post the declaration of Class XII result by NIOS. This was done to accommodate students of Class XII, who appeared through open school…' 'However, to the shock and surprise of petitioners, commencement of online registration and choice filling was to be done from 21.05.2025 (May 21) and the last date and time for online registration and choice filling was 02.06.2025 (June 2), till 10.30 pm,' stated the plea. Passing a list of directions, Justice Mahajan noted: 'It is true that students have no control over the declaration of result by the Board conducting Class XII examination nor they are in any way responsible for the delay in declaration of result, but at the same time it cannot be overlooked that operational difficulties might occur if, at this belated stage, few students are allowed to participate in the counselling without having Class XII result.' First, it directed NIOS to declare the Class XII results before June 17, giving the students three days before the last day of counselling concludes. 'In case Class XII result is not declared by NIOS before the opening of single-day window on 19.06.2025, the Respondent/JAC shall permit the petitioners to register themselves on a single-day window available on 19.06.2025, without insisting upon the Class XII result, either physically or making necessary changes on their online portal, with a condition that seat allotment will be made by JAC to the petitioners only if they can furnish the result of Class XII before the declaration of seat allotment result of second round,' read the second direction. The HC also directed JAC to notify other candidates similarly placed as the three students about the court order and allow them to register for counselling on a single-day window, which will be made available on June 19. 'In the present petitions as well, some of the petitioners have scored a good percentile and ranks. Some of them are even from the marginalised sections of society. They will be deprived of participation in counselling and consequent admission to the course and institute of their choice for reasons beyond their control…,' the court ruled.
Indian Express
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘Under huge stress': Open school students move Delhi HC as JEE-Mains counselling begins before their Class 12 results are out
Om Upadhyay performed better than 97.7 per cent of his competitors in the JEE-Mains exam but he was far from being elated about it. The reason? His Mains result came before his Class 12 open school results, which will only be released by the National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS) by the end of June. Despite scoring 97.7 percentile, he will not be allowed to participate in the counselling process, which is a prerequisite for getting admission in Delhi Technological University (DTU), Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT), and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi). 'I'm under tremendous stress. My luck didn't support me, it seems,' Om told The Indian Express. 'With these marks, I could have gotten into DTU… It was my dream,' he said. Aggrieved, Om, who belongs to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), approached the Delhi High Court on May 28 seeking relief along with two other NIOS students who scored 91.66 percentile and 72.54 percentile (SC student). Their main grievance? That they are not even being allowed to appear provisionally before the Counselling Committee and are being discriminated against due to no fault of their own. While the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) have declared the results of the Class 12 examination, open school students have been left in the lurch, anxiously waiting for their results with every passing minute. The open school examinations concluded on May 19, while the JEE Mains result was out a month earlier, on April 18. The petitioners moved the Delhi High Court against the Joint Admission Committee, which is a consortium of institutions for admission to undergraduate programmes in Delhi government-funded premier universities offering engineering and architecture programmes. The admissions are done on the basis of the rank of students in the JEE Mains exam. The four participating institutions are offering 6,491 seats in engineering this year. 'In the past, JAC released their schedule for Counselling in a manner so that the last date of applying in the Counselling is post the declaration of Class XII result by NIOS. This was done in order to accommodate the students of Class XII, who appeared through open school, so that they can actively participate in the JAC Counselling and compete with the students from the other boards,' read the plea moved by the three students who were represented in court by advocates Ankit Singh Sinsinwar, Ravi Kumar and Dhananjay. 'However, to the shock and surprise of Petitioners, commencement of Online registration and choice filling was to be done from 21.05.2025 (May 21) and last date and time for Online registration and choice filling was 02.06.2025 (June 6), till 10.30 pm,' stated the plea, while seeking relief. 'If the Petitioners are denied the opportunity to even participate in the Counselling process, their whole year shall get wasted and it cannot be even explained the mental trauma and anxiety they would undergo for not even being allowed to sit in the Counselling process, without any fault of theirs,' it added. The counselling for JAC universities will go on for five rounds. After the five rounds are concluded, a registration portal and choice filling/editing portal will be opened on June 19 by the JAC as a one-time measure. However, the petitioners will not be able to seek this relief as well as their results are likely to be out after June 20. The Class 12 marksheet is relevant only to the extent that it assesses the minimum qualifying marks which are 60 per cent or more for the BTech courses offered by NSUT and DTU and 70 per cent for the same courses at IIIT-Delhi. In the plea, the petitioners have also cited the example of the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) which has been set up by the Ministry of Education to manage and regulate the joint seat allocation for admissions to 127 institutes across the country, including 23 IITs and 31 NITs. The JoSAA allows candidates to participate in the counselling process in case the Class 12 results are awaited, subject to them providing the relevant documents at the time of admission. Close to 1.5 lakh students appeared for NIOS exams across India. The Delhi High Court, meanwhile, reserved its order on May 30. 'This is the first time the JAC has done this… It was totally unexpected. I am hoping we can get relief from the high court,' Om said.
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Sonu Nigam schools fan who asked him to sing in Kannada at Bengaluru show: ‘Yahi kaaran hai Pahalgam mein jo hua'
Singer Sonu Nigam recently lost his cool and schooled a boy during his performance at the East Point College in Bengaluru. A video emerged on Instagram in which Sonu was seen telling the crowd that he loves Kannadigas, but still he was 'rudely threatened' by the boy to sing in Kannada. Sonu also spoke about the Pahalgam incident. (Also Read | Sonu Nigam says no stones or bottles were thrown at him during DTU concert: 'I paused show because…') In the clip, Sonu said that he loves to sing Kannada songs and respects people of Karnataka. "I have sung songs in all languages. But the best songs that I have sung in my life are Kannada songs. Main aapke beech mein jabbhi aata hoon bohut pyaar se aata hoon. Shows toh roz karte hain humlog, lekin jab kabhi bhi Karnataka mein kahi bhi shows hote hain hum bohut izzat se aate hai kyuki aap logo nein humien apna pariwaar maan hai (Whenever I come amid you, I come with so much love. We do shows every day, but whenever we do any shows anywhere in Karnataka, we come with respect, because you have made us your family)," he said. Sonu then shared how the fan 'threatened' him to sing in Kannada. "Mujhe accha nahi laga ki waha ek ladka jiski umar, jitni uske umar nahi hogi use pehle toh main Kannada gaane garaha hoon (I didn't like the boy whose age, I have been singing Kannada songs before he was born). He was so rudely threatening me, 'Kannada, Kannada'. Yahi kaaran hai, Pahalgam mein jo hua hai na? Yahi kaaran hai jo karrahe ho, jo kiya tha na abhi? Dekho toh kaun saamne khada hai. I love Kannadigas, I love you guys (This is the reason what happened in Pahalgam. This is the reason, what you did just now. Look at first who is standing in front of you)." A post shared by Namma Bengaluru (@nammabengaluroo) He also talked about how he performs even if one Kannadiga fan is there in the crowd during his performances anywhere in the world. "Main puri duniya mein jaha bhi jata hoon, main humesha bolta hoon main, sabko bolta hoon main...14,000 ki audience hog usme ek awaaz aati hai, 'Kannada'. Toh main unke liye, us ek Kannadiga k liye main kuch line Kannadiga k gaata hoon. Main itni izzat karta hoon aapki, itna pyaar karta hoon. So thoda sa rehna chahiye, aesa nahi karna chahiye aapko (Wherever I go in the world, I tell a crowd of 14,000 there will be one voice, 'Kannada'. So I sing for that one Kannadiga fan. I love and respect you so much. So you shouldn't do like this)." Recently, Sonu had performed at the Delhi Technological University. He began his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from the TV serial Talash (1992). Sonu began his career as a playback singer in Bollywood in the early 1990s and quickly rose to fame with hit songs such as Sandese Aate Hai (Border) and Yeh Dil Deewana (Pardes). Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung in Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, English, Assamese, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Tulu, Maithili, and Manipuri.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top German triathlete to make comeback one year after heart attack
German triathlete Lasse Nygaard Priester celebrates after crossing the finish line of the men's Triathlon Sprint (0.75 km swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run) of the German Championship. David Inderlied/dpa German triathlete Lasse Nygaard Priester will race in the Venice-Jesolo Ironman on Sunday, just a year after suffering a heart attack during an event in China. "There's definitely a bit of excitement," he told dpa. "From time to time, I do think about how, after everything that happened last year, this is a great thing and a bit of a reward. I can just enjoy it." Advertisement Priester did not not even realize he had suffered a minor heart attack until several weeks after the race in Chengdu on April 29 last year. He was aiming to collect points for Paris Olympic qualification, but dropped out in the second transition zone after the swimming and cycling. "I felt so bad that I had to quit. Even several hours later, I still didn't feel well," he recalled of his decision not to run. The symptoms subsided, and Priester, then 28 years old and seemingly in peak physical condition, continued to Japan. However, he only managed 29th place in the World Triathlon Championship Series race. From there, he travelled to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where he finished 35th, and then to Italy, where he placed 21st. Advertisement All these results were far below his expectations. Martin Engelhardt, president of the German Triathlon Union (DTU) and a doctor, explained that cardiac problems can sometimes go undetected initially and are not always life-threatening. "Lasse Priester experienced a drop in performance, which led to more detailed medical examinations. This revealed the heart attack – in layman's terms, a circulatory disorder of the heart," he said. Priester, whose Germany team mates took gold in the mixed relay in Paris in August, has undergone rehabilitation on the long road back to full health. He said: "Despite all the bad luck, I was also very, very lucky."
