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Delhi University website crashes; chaos, protests on first day of admissions

New Delhi: The Delhi University admission process Monday started amidst chaos with the varsity's website crashing and the admission centres witnessing crowds, mismanagement and even protests.Daulat Ram College (DRC), one of the centres in the

The forms cost Rs.100 for students under the general category. For those belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the OBC community, the forms are priced at Rs.50 only.

"There are no arrangements for anything this time. Neither are there tents, nor drinking water facilities. Like last year, the administration has not provided any facility," Lokesh Chugh, secretary, National Students Union of India, told IANS.

Besides, many students groups are also staging protests against the four-year under-graduate programme and burning effigies of Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh.

Compared to the north campus, the admission process at the south campus was smooth without any hassles.

Delhi University is conducting the admission process for 54,000 seats in 61 colleges, while St. Stephen's College, Jesus and Mary and Lady Irwin College are conducting separate admissions.
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