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28

Jul

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TDP urges action against rumour-mongers on public exams

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu on Tuesday defended the Andhra Pradesh government's conduct of the District Selection Committee (DSC) teacher recruitment examination, alleging that the opposition YSRCP was spreading rumours about the recruitment process, and urged the Centre to consider provisions to punish those deliberately spreading misinformation about public examinations.   Speaking during the debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, Lavu said the previous DSC examination held in 2018 faced delays and irregularities, with answer papers evaluated only in 2022. He urged the Government to look…

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27

Jul

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Ex Minister from Odisha Dharmendra Pradhan arrived in Parliament on Monday to a warm welcome by the BJP leaders amidst “Dharmendra Pradhan zindabad” slogans and cheers.

Two days after he resigned as Education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan arrived in Parliament on Monday to a warm welcome by the BJP leaders amidst “Dharmendra Pradhan zindabad” slogans and cheers . He was also given a traditional cap and a shawl on the shoulders  by one of the MPs as he reciprocated this with a smile and handfolded (Namaste) gesture.   The Opposition MPs at the same time shouted slogans like 'Chor Chor, Paper Chor' and hit out at the ruling dispensation for felicitating Pradhan.   Congress leader Pawan Khera said, "These are the same people who even welcomed the…

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27

Jul

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Oppn to corner BJP over use of pellet guns, lathi charge in Parliament

The student beat-down and alleged use of pellet guns in the national capital are set to dominate parliament proceedings today after nearly a month-long CJP protest ended with the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.   While the Congress party is seeking to raise the issue with all its might, other parties in the INDIA Bloc, including the TMC led by Mamata Banerjee and the Samajwadi Party, are also set to corner the Narendra Modi government during Monday’s session.   TMC’s Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, Sagarika Ghosh, has submitted a notice under Rule 267 to discuss the…

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26

Jul

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NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar accused the PDP chief of unabashedly defending the use of brutal force against local youth and children.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has landed at the centre of a fresh political storm after drawing a parallel between Gen Z protesters at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar and agitators in Kashmir, asserting that force was justified in the Valley under the guise of fighting militancy.     Her comments, made during her Jantar Mantar appearance earlier this week, in which she attempted to defend past crackdowns on local demonstrators, drew swift, sharp backlash from the rival political parties, who revived her infamous 2016 “milk and toffee” quote to accuse the former chief minister of blatant hypocrisy.   At the Jantar…

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26

Jul

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Mamata may visit Delhi to join NEET-UG protest

The CJP protest has united not just people from various sections of society but also given a platform to political leaders from the Opposition. In the fray of leaders joining the Opposition, the recent addition can be that of the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. It is learnt that Banerjee may visit Delhi on Monday to visit Jantar to meet students protesting against the NEET-UG paper leak.   The protests have persisted to continue with their strike despite activist Sonam Wangchuk calling off his hunger strike.     CJP founder Abhijit Deep asserted that the movement would not…

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25

Jul

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YSRCP seeks education minister’s resignation

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Spokesperson Konda Rajeev has demanded the immediate resignation of the Andhra Pradesh Education Minister, Nara Lokesh, over the alleged irregularities in the DSC recruitment process and sought a CBI investigation into the matter.   Speaking to media personnel, Rajeev said that when the NEET controversy erupted, political accountability was demanded and accepted. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, investigations were ordered, and corrective measures followed. If that is the NDA's standard at the Centre, he questioned why Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is bending every rule to shield Nara Lokesh from the mounting allegations in the…

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25

Jul

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KTR serves legal notice to Telangana CM asking for public apology

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former minister KT Rama Rao has served a legal notice to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, demanding an unconditional public apology within 48 hours over allegations that Globe Arena Technologies is his benami company. He warned that failure to apologise would result in civil, criminal and defamation proceedings. The notice, dated July 23, alleges that the chief minister falsely accused KTR of owning Globe Arena through benami arrangements, failing to act against the company despite alleged court directions, issuing it an experience certificate, influencing CBSE contracts through political connections and being…

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24

Jul

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Cockroach Janta Party, which is spearheading protests against the NEET paper leak, has told two Union ministers that its demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation is “non-negotiable”.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which is spearheading protests against the NEET paper leak, has told two Union ministers that its demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation is "non-negotiable". The group has also asked for Rs 1 crore compensation for families of those who committed suicide after the cancellation of the NEET test on May 3.   The two sides will meet again on Saturday.Two representatives of the CJP held a two hour meeting with Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh at the Vithalbhai Patel House here.   "We told Union ministers that our demand for the resignation…

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24

Jul

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Kunal suspended from WB Assembly after disrupting rebel TMC chief

Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh was suspended from the Assembly for the day after he interrupted rebel TMC Chief Whip Akhruzzaman during the Home and Hill Affairs budget discussion. After the Speaker's order, marshals forcefully took Kunal Ghosh out of the House. Minister Tapas Roy proposed to the Speaker to suspend Kunal Ghosh for this session.   Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari termed Ghosh's behaviour "not acceptable".   "This type of behaviour is not acceptable. We are also in an opposition post, but there is some responsibility. Akhruzzaman is a senior MLA, and his father was also a long-time MLA," CM…

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23

Jul

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HC refuses ‘blanket protection’ to Abhishek in multiple FIR cases

Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to grant interim “blanket protection” to Abhishek Banerjee, National General Secretary and MP of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), in connection with multiple cases filed against him across West Bengal. The matter was heard in the court of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya, who observed that there was insufficient legal basis at this stage to extend a comprehensive safeguard covering all FIRs lodged in different parts of the state.   Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Banerjee, argued that his client was facing a series of FIRs being filed “one after another” in various districts. He submitted…

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