Low-intensity explosion outside Delhi High Court, none injured

A minor explosion outside Delhi High Court on Wednesday shattered the lull in the capital for over eight months and prompted the police to sound an alert in the city and strengthen security.The low-intensity explosive, kept in a white polythene bag near a lawyer’s car parked at Gate No 7 on Service Road, went off at around 1.25 p.m. causing panic. Three minutes later, the police received a call regarding the blast.

No undue sympathy to students falling short on attendance: Court

The Delhi High Court has come down heavily on students bunking classes saying no sympathy should be shown to those falling short of requisite attendance and allowing them to appear in examinations will lead to total academic chaos.“No student can excel in his or her life, unless he or she devotedly attends the classes of a course which he or she undertakes. Attendance is a rule and absence from class is an exception,” Justice Kailash Gambhir said, while dismissing the pleas of three journalism students of Jamia Millia Islamia, falling short of requisite attendance to take their final-year examinations.