Software Freedom Law Center, India has moved the Delhi High Court against mobile internet suspensions imposed around Jantar Mantar during protests over the NEET paper leak and alleged examination irregularities. The public interest litigation challenges four Union Ministry of Home Affairs orders dated July 17, 20, 22 and 23,...
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the University of Delhi of intimidating students after it advised them to stay away from demonstrations at Jantar Mantar. Gandhi questioned the university’s authority to warn students against exercising democratic rights and said its officials would be...
The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to direct President Donald Trump to halt military action against Iran unless Congress formally authorises the campaign, exposing growing bipartisan concern over a conflict now approaching five months. The war powers resolution passed by 214 votes to 208 after four Republicans...
Congress intensified its confrontation with the government ahead of Parliament proceedings, questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to address the NEET paper leak through a video rather than make a statement before lawmakers. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge said the government had failed to demonstrate accountability for an examination crisis...
The Delhi High Court has declined to order the removal of every alleged unauthorised religious structure and other encroachment from public land across the capital, ruling that sweeping relief cannot be granted on the basis of general allegations. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice...
Cockroach Janta Party activist Abhijeet Dipke praised Sonam Wangchuk’s courage and sacrifice on Friday after the education reform campaigner ended a 26-day hunger strike, saying his life was “far too precious to this country”. Dipke said Wangchuk had placed his health and life at risk to awaken the nation’s...
Union minister and BJP leader J P Nadda accused the Congress of obstructing Parliament and turning the controversy over the NEET-UG paper leak into a political confrontation rather than joining efforts to strengthen examination safeguards. Nadda said Congress MPs had worn black clothes, carried banners and repeatedly disrupted proceedings...
Pakistanis watching the student-led agitation at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar have responded with a mixture of admiration, curiosity and envy, asking why a comparable movement has not emerged in their own country. The protest, organised by the Cockroach Janta Party, has grown from a campaign over examination irregularities into...
Fresh clashes between protesters and police near Tolstoy Marg in central Delhi left Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat injured late on Wednesday, deepening tensions around a youth-led agitation over examination paper leaks and demands for ministerial accountability. Bhagat, the ACP responsible for the Connaught Place area, suffered injuries...
India’s economy remains among the fastest-growing major markets, but high trade costs, regulatory complexity and limited integration with global supply chains could obstruct its ambition to become a developed economy by 2047, the World Trade Organization has warned. The assessment, released during India’s eighth Trade Policy Review, presents a...
The Supreme Court has ordered the demolition of unauthorised structures across Meerut and its outskirts, rejecting attempts to protect illegal construction through delay, administrative inaction or payment of compounding charges. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan directed authorities to remove illegal commercial buildings, additions...
Police have launched a manhunt for four suspects after the bodies of two seers were recovered from a pit at a temple complex in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district, exposing a suspected double murder linked to a possible dispute over the property. The victims were identified by investigators as Seva Giri...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of avoiding protesters who marched towards Parliament, claiming he “turned his car around and drove away” as demonstrators approached the complex. Banerjee made the allegation on Tuesday while condemning the police action against supporters of the Cockroach...
The Allahabad High Court has ordered a senior Central Bureau of Investigation officer to file a fresh affidavit explaining the agency’s progress in examining allegations of disproportionate assets against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The Lucknow bench expressed dissatisfaction with the CBI’s earlier response, saying it did not clearly disclose...
A 21-year-old woman remained critically ill on ventilator support at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after suffering injuries during Monday’s “Sansad Chalo” protest, intensifying scrutiny of the police response to the youth-led demonstration. Doctors were closely monitoring the woman, who was showing signs of improvement but remained in a...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the future of young people a national priority on Monday, shortly before more than 170 protesters and police personnel were taken to hospitals after a youth march towards Parliament demonstrated the government’s commitment to practical education. Calling the NEET paper leak a national issue,...
Bihar’s government has discovered that learning outcomes improve dramatically once school walls are painted the correct political colour. The BJP-led NDA administration has ordered 551 upgraded model schools, now named Saraswati Vidya Niketan, to adopt a saffron colour scheme, triggering opposition protests and disagreement within the ruling coalition. The...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demanded the strictest possible punishment for those behind the NEET-UG paper leak, assuring anxious students that the question paper may have escaped government custody but the culprits will not. The Prime Minister described preventing examination leaks as a national responsibility during the National Democratic...