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India.com
21 hours ago
- Politics
- India.com
Meet Noida's first woman DM, an economic graduate from DU, national-level rifle shooter, daughter of an IAS officer, her name is..., AIR is...
Medha Roopam, an IAS officer from the 2014 batch, has been appointed as the new District Magistrate (DM) of Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida). She replaces Manish Verma, who has now been posted as DM of Prayagraj. Before this, she was the DM of Kasganj district in Uttar Pradesh. Medha started her career as an IAS officer with her first posting in Bareilly as an Assistant Magistrate. She is known for her disciplined work style and calm nature. Who is Medha Roopam? She comes from a family with a strong administrative background. Her father Gyanesh Kumar Gupta, was an IAS officer in the Kerala cadre. Because of his posting, Medha completed her schooling up to Class 12 in Kerala. However, her roots are in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Medha studied economics at the prestigious St. Stephen's College in Delhi University. She later married Manish Bansal, who is also an IAS officer from the 2014 batch and currently serving as the DM of Saharanpur. The two met during their training and got married later. They have two children. Roopam served as Additional CEO of the Greater Noida Authority from February 2023 to June 2024. During that time, she was involved in major infrastructure and planning projects and is seen as a trusted officer of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to The Indian Express report. She has earlier served in Bareilly, Meerut, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Hapur, and Kasganj. While posted in Hapur, she led focused health and Ayushman Bharat drives. In Kasganj, she received praise for navigating a tractor through flood-affected areas during rescue operations. Roopam secured an all-India rank of 10 in the 2014 UPSC exams. Before joining the civil services, Medha had a different kind of spotlight, she was a talented shooting player. She won three gold medals at the Kerala State Shooting Championship and even broke a state record. She began her journey in shooting during her early years and achieved great success. Apart from administration and sports, Medha is also interested in music. She enjoys singing and has even uploaded videos of herself singing on YouTube. Over the years, she has held many key positions such as the Additional CEO of Greater Noida Authority and the DM of Hapur.
NDTV
7 days ago
- General
- NDTV
DU Cut-Off List 2025: Zoology Among The Most Sought-After Programs
DU Cut-Off List 2025: The University of Delhi released the first cutoff-list recently and began the admission process to its Undergraduate (UG) programs based on the scores achieved by the candidate in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2025. The list included allocation of 93,166 students for only 71,624 seats available across 79 programs in 69 colleges, indicating a strong competition for admission into one of the country's top university. The highest cut-off for admission was recorded at 950 marks for the Hindu College's Bachelors (BA) (Hons) Political Science program, followed by 936.18 marks for its BA in History and Political Science program. Hindu College set the cut-off-more than 900 for its various programs including BA (Hons.) History - 914, (Hons.) - 912 and BA (Hons.) History - 914. Lady Shri Ram College and Miranda house also saw a high demand for its BA (Hons.) Political Science program and kept high cutoffs at 915 and 926. While the BCom (Hons) and Political Science (Hons) remained as the top-choices for students, Bachelors In Science ( (Hons) Zoology saw a increase in its demand and emerged as the third most sought-after program at the University. This is the first time Zoology has emerged among the three most-preferred programs offered at the University of Delhi, which could be because of the students' growing interest in animal kingdom, how its ecosystem works, the concern for its preservation and how it can contribute to human and environmental well-being. The most sought after colleges in the Delhi-University according to the Round 1 are: Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) Hindu College with Hansraj College St. Stephen's College Miranda House Top 10 Colleges With The Highest-Cutoff Recorded: Hindu College - BA (Hons) Political Science - 950.58 Hindu College - BA Program (History + Political Science) - 936.18 St. Stephen's College - BA (Hons)English - 926.93 Lady Shri Ram College for Women - BA (Hons) Psychology - 926.53 Miranda House - BA (Hons) Political Science - 925.98 St. Stephen's College - BA (Hons) History - 918.72 Shri Ram College of Commerce - BCom (Hons) - 917.43 Lady Shri Ram College - BA (Hons) Political Science - 915.70 Hindu College - BA (Hons) History - 914.38 St. Stephen's College - BA Program (Multidisciplinary) - 912.57 The University of Delhi is scheduled to release the second cut-off list on July 28, 2025. Students will be able to download the cut-off list on the official website, The list of vacant seats is expected to be released today at 5 PM. Candidates will have the opportunity to re-arrange their preferences between July 24 and July 25, 2025.
Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Science
- Indian Express
DU Admissions 2025: SRCC, Hindu College recorded highest cut-offs
Delhi University admissions 2025: Hindu College, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), and St. Stephen's College have emerged as the front-runners in Delhi University's first round of undergraduate seat allocations for the 2025-26 academic session, recording the highest cut-offs in the Humanities, Commerce, and Science streams, respectively. The university has made public the minimum allocation scores (cut-offs) for each course and college based on Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores. Hindu College registered the highest overall cut-off this year with 950.58 out of 1,000 for BA (Hons) Political Science in the General category. Other top scorers in the humanities stream include BA Programme (History + Political Science) at Hindu College with a cut-off of 936.18, English (Hons) at St. Stephen's College at 926.93, Psychology (Hons) at Lady Shri Ram College at 926.53, and Political Science (Hons) at Miranda House at 925.98. Read | DU UG 2025 Admissions: Over 72,000 candidates accept seats in first round The cut-offs for most top humanities courses remain well above 900, underscoring intense competition. In the commerce stream, SRCC maintained its long-standing dominance with the highest cut-off of 917.43 for BCom (Hons). This was followed by Hindu College at 912.21, Lady Shri Ram College at 906.37, and Hansraj College at 901.71. The lowest allocation score in the same programme came from Zakir Husain Delhi College (evening) at 683.38, reflecting the wide range of competition across institutions. In the BCom Programme, Kirori Mal College posted the highest cut-off at 883.99, while the lowest was reported at Shyam Lal College (evening). Among science courses, St. Stephen's College led with a cut-off of 834.08 for Mathematics (Hons). Zoology (Hons) saw a high of 678.44 at Hindu College, while Physics (Hons) recorded its highest score at 578.76, again at St. Stephen's. Unlike humanities and commerce programmes, which are evaluated out of 1,000 based on the top four subjects, most science courses are scored out of 750 using the top three subjects. Mathematics and Computer Science remain exceptions, assessed out of 1,000 marks. The seat allocation process for undergraduate admissions is being conducted through the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS-UG), which considers CUET-UG scores, reservation policies, and candidate preferences. In the first round, the university made 93,166 allocations against 71,624 seats, indicating scope for extensive internal movement and reallocations — a pattern seen in previous admission cycles. The allocations span 79 undergraduate programmes across 69 colleges and include multiple reservation categories such as UR, OBC, EWS, SC, ST, Sikh Minority, PwBD, Kashmiri Migrants, Single Girl Child, and Orphan. By 9.40 pm on July 20, the number of candidates who had accepted their allotted seats reached 72,659. Colleges had approved 14,939 of those applications, the university said in an official update. Notably, within the first two hours of the allocation list going live, 27,533 candidates had already accepted their offers. The last date for seat acceptance in this round is 4.59 pm on July 21, followed by college-level approval by July 22 and fee payment by July 23. The university also released detailed category-wise data. A total of 1,325 allocations were made under the Single Girl Child category, while 259 orphan candidates — 127 female and 132 male — secured seats in the first round. Performance-based courses such as Hindustani and Karnataka Music, Percussion, Physical Education, and Fine Art will be allotted in the third round, with candidates advised to check college websites for trial schedules. The second round of seat allocation will be released at 5 pm on July 28, and the new academic session for first-year students will commence from August 1.
India.com
18-07-2025
- Politics
- India.com
More Than 20 Delhi Schools Receive Bomb Threat, Investigation Underway
More than 20 schools in Delhi reportedly received bomb threats via email on Friday, Delhi police said. The latest incident follows similar threats earlier in the week. On Wednesday, five schools in Delhi, including St Thomas School in Dwarka, Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodhi Estate received bomb threats via email. On Tuesday, Thomas School in Delhi's Dwarka and St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi received bomb threats. The threat was sent to the Delhi Police via email at 7:15 AM. In the case of St. Stephen's College, the mail stated that a bomb had been planted in the library. Soon after the alerts were raised, teams from the Delhi Police Bomb Disposal Squad, Dog Squad, Fire Brigade, and Special Staff were dispatched to both locations. However, no suspicious items were recovered from either institution. On Monday, three schools in the national capital -- CRPF School in Prashant Vihar, CRPF School in Dwarka Sector 16, and another school in Chanakyapuri, were targeted with similar bomb threats. Police noted that the email received by the Chanakyapuri school contained anti-Tamil Nadu government content. In all instances, bomb squads were deployed and extensive searches were carried out, but each threat was ultimately determined to be a hoax. Meanwhile, on the same day, Punjab's Golden Temple in Amritsar also received a threatening email. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of Sikhs, reported the incident to the authorities. The email reportedly threatened to blow up the langar hall (community kitchen) of the revered Darbar Sahib.
India Today
17-07-2025
- India Today
12-year-old behind hoax bomb threats to St Stephen's College, Dwarka school
Delhi Police have traced the bomb threat emails sent to St. Stephen's College and St. Thomas School in Dwarka on July 15 to a class 8 student. The 12-year-old student, who studies at a different school, sent the threats as a prank, according to detained the child for questioning and released him after hoax emails had created panic on Tuesday morning. Authorities at both St. Stephen's College and St. Thomas School received threatening emails claiming that multiple bombs had been planted on their The email to St. Stephen's College, received around 7.15 am, mentioned four IEDs and two RDX bombs, warning they would explode by 2 the alerts, the campuses were evacuated, students were sent home, and bomb detection and disposal squads, along with Delhi Fire Services and local police, conducted intensive teams from Maurice Nagar Police Station, along with other agencies, had arrived at the scene and sealed off the entire area. A detailed search of the premises was conducted, but no suspicious items were found, officials to Delhi Fire Services, they received a bomb threat call from St. Thomas School at 8:01 am, followed by another from St. Stephen's College at 8:50 am. Fire tenders were immediately dispatched to both seven more schools in Delhi received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, all of which were later confirmed to be hoaxes following thorough schools targeted included Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, Prudence School branches in Paschim Vihar and Pitampura, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodhi Estate, and St. Thomas School in Paschim marked the third consecutive day of fake bomb threats aimed at schools across the city, causing repeated panic and disruptions.- EndsMust Watch
