New Delhi: Taking cognisance of social media videos of personnel “deliberately knocking down” protesters at the Jantar Mantar, and even assaulting people disengaged from the agitation, the force’s chief has pulled up the personnel and their commanders on the ground, ThePrint has learnt. RAF Inspector General Seema Dhundhia told the personnel and officers that such “excessive use of force” is…
New Delhi: A new amendment to India’s anti-paper leak law, set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha, aims to establish fast-track courts across all states and union territories for swift trials of accused individuals, alongside significantly harsher penalties for exam malpractices. Seeking to amend a two-year-old anti-paper leak law, a bill that proposes to…
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday announced the immediate withdrawal of its agitation at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar after reaching an agreement with the Centre on its key demands, hours after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned from office. Facing spiralling protests over the NEET paper leak issue, Pradhan resigned on Saturday, saying it…
Patna: Bijendra Kumar Gupta, the main accused behind the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 paper leak, has been arrested by Bhiwandi Police in Bihar. He was brought to Bhiwandi along with his associate, Indrajeet Singh alias Piku, for questioning, reported ANI. Main accused of Maharashtra TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) paper leak, Bijendra Kumar Gupta,…
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after weeks of sustained nationwide protests over the NEET paper leak row, saying it was not a matter of “individual prestige” for him. Pradhan’s resignation comes just hours before the third round of talks between the government and representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP),…
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday told the Delhi high court that video-recording of the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party-led protest against National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi was in ‘legitimate state interest’ and any objection to it was ironic. Responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) by…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked everyone for the responses and positive suggestions received to his video, where he announced the government’s decision to bring a strict law to punish those involved in paper leaks. In the video message, Modi said that a new bill incorporating provisions for strong action against paper…
New Delhi: The Centre has removed 47 officials from the National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of a major overhaul of the examination body, with legal action also likely against some of those removed, according to IANS. The government is preparing a comprehensive restructuring of the NTA, with the entire organisational framework set to be…
New Delhi: The Indian government has directed GitHub to remove Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging app developed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, after protesters used it to communicate during internet shutdowns in central Delhi. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), the Home Ministry’s cybercrime arm, ordered Microsoft-owned GitHub to remove the Bluetooth-based messaging application. Dorsey…
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das met union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh on Friday, as part of the second such high-level meeting with the Centre amid ongoing student protests in Delhi. After the meeting, Ranka told the media that the government has “in-principle” agreed to two demands…
