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Recent protest-related misinformation, debunked by independent fact-checkers.
Mukulam will provide higher secondary and vocational higher secondary students free AI-based training to prepare them for entrance tests such as NEET, JEE CUET, KVPY and for admission to IISER
Swatantra Bharadwaj had been arrested after outrage over his purported claim that he had avoided detention because of a phone call from the BJP’s Kapil Mishra.
The protest brought together the faction-ridden Punjab Congress, with state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who has opposed Mr. Warring's retention as president, joining the march.
The disagreement comes at a time when Ladakh is observing ‘Martyrs Month’ to remember the four civilians who died during protests in Leh in September 2025
The Cockroach Janta Party has announced that it will join the students in their protests over alleged paper leaks in various online examinations conducted by the MPSC.
The agitation seeking the resignation of the MPSC chairman and secretary would be taken forward, and a statewide tour would be undertaken to interact with MPSC aspirants if the demand was not met by September 24, the CJP said in a release
Mumbai Police, which has denied the permission for the indefinite hunger strike from Sept. 19, cited restrictions governing demonstrations at Azad Maidan and said the Ganeshotsav period would already place substantial demands on the city’s police force
Ladakhi civil society groups, including Leh Apex Body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), held talks with the Centre on September 9
Abhijeet Dipke said in his satirical letter that he was resigning as “my conscience does not allow me to continue occupying this chair after the deaths of more than 30 tribal children in Balaghat”
He is holding the demonstration to press for the issuance of Kunbi caste certificates to eligible members of the Maratha community.
Mr. Chhewang insists September 9 meet between Ladakh civil society, MHA, UT admin was “fruitful”; LAB, KDA claim meet was a “disappointment”; former MP says delays due to civil society differences, not MHA
While the UDF government is bound to consider the agreement signed by its predecessor, it does not imply that PM SHRI will be implemented, says Samsudheen
Against the backdrop of the Centre’s letter seeking a decision at the earliest, Education Minister says Chief Minister will make an announcement. Muslim Youth League adopts resolution urging the government not to implement PM SHRI
The court said that it could not stop someone from protesting in a democracy.
Mr. Dipke’s visit comes days after the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the State government over the deaths of more than 30 children, allegedly due to infectious diseases
A bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna heard a petition
The SFI leadership has alleged that the police action was contrary to the State Police Chief’s guidelines and questioned the need to handcuff the two student leaders.
Tibetan flags waived and slogans such as ‘Xi Jinping=Genocide' and 'Tibet is facing ecocide: Free Tibet' raised during protest near Bharat Mandapam; protest at Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi sees participation of hundreds of Tibetans from across India
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke appeals to Manoj Jarange-Patil to end his 14-day hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati
Ruling front seeking to balance scepticism among its constituents about the scheme against its monetary benefits, which envisage federal funding ranging from ₹1,400 to ₹2,000 crore for school education. Education Minister says Centre has asked the State to take a decision and the UDF should reach a consensus soon. KPCC president says UDF is awaiting the UDF-appointed Cabinet subcommittee’s report
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The Delhi Police is yet to comment on the matter.
Created by Karan D Kapadia and Nitya Mehra, the show also stars Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Arjun Mathur and Ram Kapoor. Out on September 25 on JioHotstar.
Keralam General Education Minister says UDF government will discuss the matter before taking a decision
Created by Rensil D’Silva and Siddharth P Malhotra, the Netflix show also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jennifer Winget and Sumeet Vyas. Out on September 24.
The court said it would intervene only if the Executive’s exercise of discretionary powers were found to be grossly disproportionate
Initiative aimed at amplifying students’ concerns held in four cities so far; Mr. Gandhi invites input via social media, video messages to highlight academic worries, the student housing crisis, and youth protests
The Magistrate issued the notice on September 4 despite an explicit Supreme Court order prohibiting coercive measures against students who participated in the agitation
CESS will consolidate suggestions and submit it as recommendations to the High Powered Task Force looking into National Testing Agency reforms, headed by Nandan Nilekani
The student’s counsel submitted that a vigilante had bragged on social media about the hurt caused to her and her family.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court verbally asked how ‘dare’ the official issue such a notice despite an order barring coercive action against CJP protesters.
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The government on Tuesday (September 8) passed the Bill in the Assembly amending existing provisions of Tamil Nadu Private Universities Act, 2019
Court expresses concern over vacant NEET-SS seats; Centre says it is willing to conduct a “stray round” but had decided against lowering the qualifying percentile
The counsel appearing for Cockroach Janta Party’s Saurav Das said that the tweet had already been deleted.
MPSC students and aspirants have been staging massive protests, particularly in cities like Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, due to widespread anger over alleged examination irregularities, paper leaks, and delays in the recruitment process.
The licence of an Indian railways-linked kitchen was also suspended after inspectors found live cockroaches in storage areas.
A High Court Division Bench had quashed the NSA detention of Akriti Chaudhary in a September 2 order while deriding Ms. Roopam’s lack of application of mind to a police report against the student activist, who had spent nearly five months in custody
Inspections in Mumbai find live cockroaches, rodent droppings and other food-safety violations at establishments serving railway passengers and operating at ISKCON Juhu
The executive magistrate had issued notice to a law student on Friday for allegedly campaigning for participation in the demonstrations.
Doctors at the government-run Gandhi Medical College (GMC) in Bhopal have announced a boycott of the OPD
The notice asked student Akshat Tripathi to explain why he shouldn’t provide a ₹5 lakh personal bond for allegedly “spreading anti-government propaganda” and “inciting” university students to join the Jantar Mantar protests
On Monday, September 7, hundreds of interns of the GMC, Bhopal, protested at their campus over their longstanding demand that their stipend be increased from the current ₹14,437 to ₹30,000.
The All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO) and the Job Aspirants’ Struggle Committee (JASC) staged a protest in front of Dharwad Deputy Commissioner’s office in Dharwad on Tuesday, urging the State government to immediately issue recruitment notifications for the 72,000 posts it had announced and complete the recruitment process within six months.
While the Greater Noida police officials confirmed that the notice which had asked the 20-year-old student Akshat Tripathi to furnish a bond of five lakh rupees was revoked the next day, Mr. Tripathi said that he has received no such information in writing
Alleges conduct of Delhi police and political executive not only “contrary to constitutional guarantees but also manifestly criminal in character”
The RHA Reservation Reforms Movement wants to shrink protections where disadvantaged groups have gained a toehold and shield the private economy from scrutiny.