Top 10 News Today: St Stephen’s College hikes fees, DU admissions, Somnath temple restriction, Anna Hazare’s swanky new SUV, Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi agenda, more

"All financial agencies are most welcome to audit any aspect of the college...I welcome them whole-heartedly...to have its account audited by not one but all agencies is in interest of the institution," Thampu told PTI.

Delhi University's offline admissions to begin tomorrow
The offline application process for admissions in Delhi University's undergraduate courses is set to begin tomorrow, with over two lakh candidates having already registered online for the same. The eight registration centres where offline forms will be accepted are Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, Dyal Singh College, Gargi College, Maharaja Agrasen College, PG DAV College, Rajdhani College, Shyam Singh College and SGTB Khalsa College. "All the centres have been instructed to set up at least four windows for sale and acceptance of forms. In case of unexpected rush, more counters will be set up. Help desks have also been established to guide the admission seekers in case of doubts regarding filling of forms," DU spokesperson and Joint Dean of Students' Welfare, Malay Neerav said. "Since, the form doesn't need any photograph or signature of the candidate, it is not necessary for the admission seeker to visit the centre. The application can be made by someone else on his or her behalf," he added. A total of 54,000 seats in various undergraduate programmes are up for grab and the last date for application is June 15. (Express Photo) (04/06/2015)

Restricted entry for non-Hindus in Somnath temple wrong: Paswan
Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today criticised the decision taken by authorities at the Somnath temple in Gujarat to restrict entry of non-Hindus inside, sans permission, and stated that the Central government has never supported any discrimination on the basis of religion. "This is wrong...and should not to be done because it is a public place and no discrimination can be allowed in the name of religion or caste," said Paswan in reply to a query on the recent restriction of entry of Non-Hindus in Somnath temple. Authorities at Somnath, the famous pilgrimage of Lord Shiva in Veraval taluka at Gir-Somanth district in Gujarat have decided that non-Hindus can only enter in the temple after getting permission from the management. (Courtesy: Somnath temple) (04/06/2015)

Anna Hazare has a new vehicle after SUV auction
Anna Hazare now has a new vehicle, a Toyota Innova, a month after his old SUV was auctioned after eight years of use. Hazare today drove the vehicle through Ralegan Siddhi. People gathered to have a look at their village's most famous resident driving his new vehicle. "The Innova came to Ralegan Siddhi yesterday. The seating arrangement suits Anna, who is suffering from back pain," Hazare's aide Datta Awari told PTI over phone from the village in Ahmednagar district. The eight-year-old Mahindra Scorpio used by Hazare during various agitations, including Jan Lokpal movement, was sold on May 17 for Rs 9 lakh in an auction at Ralegan Siddhi. Pravin alias Atul Lokhande from Ahmednagar, who is closely associated with Hazare, purchased the Scorpio for Rs 9,11,000. (Express Photo) (04/06/2015)

Bureaucrat accuses Arvind Kejriwal's secretary of corruption
A senior bureaucrat has filed a complaint with the Delhi government's Anti-corruption Branch (ACB) against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's secretary Rajender Kumar, accusing him of allegedly indulging in corruption. Ashish Joshi, former member-secretary of the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC), has marked his complaint to Lt Governor-appointed ACB's chief M K Meena and sought to probe the role of Kumar. In his complaint to Meena, Joshi alleged that Kumar, as director of Education (from May, 2002 to February, 2005) and later Secretary (IT), Secretary (Health) and Commissioner (VAT), had allegedly set up various companies to award work orders of departments without tenders. (15/06/2015) (PTI)

The Centre's ambitious National LED programme -- Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) -- will be implemented across the country by 2019, Minister for Power and Coal, Piyush Goyal said today. (PTI)

Karnataka governor in controversy over splurging money
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, a former Gujarat Finance Minister, was embroiled in a controversy over expenditure of Rs four crore on renovation of Raj Bhavan and another Rs 1.30 crore on air travel including by special flights during nine months. The Congress government in Karnataka gave an approval on January 5 this year for taking up seven civil works at a cost of Rs three crore, besides electrical works worth Rs one crore, according to information furnished by the State Public Works Department in reply to an RTI query. In response to another RTI query, it was stated that the govt has spent Rs 1.3 crore on the Governor's air travel expenses since his assumption of office on September 1, 2014 till May 13, 2015. (Express Photo) (04/06/2015)

AAP accuses UPA, NDA of "protecting" riots accused
Aam Aadmi party (AAP) today hit out at the Centre and the previous UPA dispensation, accusing both of trying to "protect" the accused in 1984 anti-Sikh and 2002 Gujarat riots. Both UPA and the current NDA government are not interested in ensuring justice to the victims and arms dealer Abhishek Verma's claims on Congress leader Jagdish Tytler getting clean chit raises further questions, AAP claimed. AAP was reacting after CBI yesterday filed a third closure report, containing Verma's claims that Tytler had told him in 2008 that he had met the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after which he got a clean chit over his alleged role in an anti-Sikh riots case. (Express Photo) (04/06/2015)

DMK chief says b'day wishes for him was top Twitter trend
Thanking all those who had wished him on his birthday, DMK President Karunanidhi today said a whopping 47.67 lakh people greeted him and wishes for him topped Twitter India trends. "Birthday wishes for me on Twitter by using the tag "#HBDkalaignar" was on the first place yesterday in Twitter India trends, I thank them," Karunanidhi said in a statement. A total of 47,66,837 persons had greeted him through SMS, social networking sites Facebook, Google Plus, and micro-blogging site Twitter, his website, besides phone calls and personal greetings, Karunanidhi said in a "thanks message" to those who had wished him well on his 92nd birthday yesterday. (PTI Photo) (04/06/2015)

Narendra Modi's tough talk on religious bias not only against Hindus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's straight talk on zero tolerance to religious discrimination is not only aimed at "pro-Hindutva" forces but also "bigots" converting Hindus, Shiv Sena said today as it raked up core saffron agenda including Article 370 and uniform civil code. "Prime Minister has taken a strong view against extremists by saying that communal intolerance will not be accepted. But the question is whom these comments were meant for. "Modi's statement has been projected as if it is meant for 'Hindutvavadis' in certain sections. But, we don't think that Modi had only Hindutvavadis in mind when he made those comments," Sena said in its party mouthpiece 'Saamana'. Modi had recently asserted that he will not tolerate any discrimination or violence against any community and termed anti-minority comments by some Sangh Parivar leaders as "unfortunate" and "uncalled for". (Express Photo) (04/06/2015)