Pralhad Joshi appointed India's new education minister
Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India's new Union Education Minister, following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan amid protests over the NEET medical entrance exam paper leak.
VB Desk, International
VB Desk, International
Delhi police raid Junaid's home after giving water, food to protesters
Delhi police have raided the home of a man named Mohammad Junaid for providing water and food to protesters at Jantar Mantar. They took away his father and younger brother. Police also went to his sister's home and detained members of her in-laws' family.
Prime accused in NEET paper leak Bijendra Gupta arrested in Bihar
The main accused in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam paper leak case has been arrested. The Maharashtra Police arrested Birendra Kumar Gupta, the alleged mastermind of the syndicate responsible for the leak, from Bihar on Saturday after a three-week manhunt .
Cockroach Janata Party withdraws Jantar Mantar protest
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has officially announced the withdrawal of the protest after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and assuring that the various demands of the protesters will be accepted. The announcement came after the third round of meetings with the Narendra Modi-led central government on Saturday.
Third round of talks between Indian government and CJP
Following the resignation of India's Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a third round of talks is underway between the protesting organisation Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and representatives of the central government. The movement, which had sparked widespread protests across Delhi and other parts of India, is led by this youth organisation.
What Dharmendra Pradhan wrote in his resignation letter
Amid widespread student protests across India over allegations of irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. The protests had been led largely by a youth-led movement called the 'Cockroach Janata Party' (CJP), which had been demonstrating at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for several weeks demanding his resignation .
...