New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Friday said its protest at Jantar Mantar would continue despite innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ending his 26-day hunger strike, reiterating that the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan remains the movement’s primary demand.CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said the party had earlier appealed to Wangchuk to end his hunger strike due to concerns over his deteriorating health. He said the activist was…
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New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The 21-year-old woman who sustained critical injuries during a protest-related incident at Jantar Mantar earlier this week is now conscious, breathing on her own, and responding appropriately to commands, according to a statement by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Friday.The hospital said the patient has shown significant clinical improvement since being admitted in a critical condition following the incident.”She is showing clinical improvement. She was successf…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken students’ concerns about examination paper leaks seriously and that strict action would be taken against those involved in such irregularities. He added that Sonam Wangchuk’s movement was being misused by anti-national and foreign forces, and that the CJP protest has gone astray.Speaking on the ongoing controversy surrounding examination leaks and student protests, Jaiswal said the g…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to meet Union government ministers on Friday after the Centre agreed to hold discussions at a neutral venue amid the party’s ongoing protest over the NEET paper leak issue.The CJP, which has been staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar demanding accountability over alleged examination irregularities, said the government accepted its request for talks outside government offices. The meeting is scheduled to take place at …
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday welcomed the Centre’s decision to establish fast‑track courts for the speedy trial of cases related to the alleged NEET paper leak, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government is committed to protecting the interests and future of students. Sharing PM Modi’s message on social media, Sarma said the proposed fast‑track courts would help ensure swift justice against those accused of compromising the integri…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Thursday asked Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal to refrain from spreading unverified information and rumours about an “impending crackdown” on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters at Jantar Mantar here past-midnight. In a message on its official X account, the Delhi Police said, “There is no plan of Delhi Police to crack down on the ongoing protest tonight as is being conveyed. You are advised to refrain from spreading or circulati…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry ordered the suspension of mobile internet services for eight hours starting 4 p.m. on Thursday around Jantar Mantar – the venue of students’ protest against exam irregularities – to maintain public order, an official said. The Ministry issued the order for suspension of mobile internet services, saying that the Secretary is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in the “interest of public order and for preventing incitement to the commis…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, on Thursday took to social media to express concern over the ongoing protests against NEET exam-paper leak, urging that it not be “treated merely as a law-and-order issue to be tackled through the use of force”. The standoff between activists and the Union government intensified this week after protests over widespread exam-paper leaks spilled on …
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government has made four formal proposals for talks with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in the past twenty‑four hours, said MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh on Thursday, while adding that the latter has remained “unresponsive and uncommunicative” to their outreach. The Union Minister told IANS that the government has reached out with “utmost humility” to the protesting students at Jantar Mantar, highlighting that dialogue was the only constructive way to end the…
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) In a bid to expand its movement over the NEET examination paper leak and other issues beyond New Delhi, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has approached the Kolkata Police seeking permission to hold a rally in the city in solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk’s ongoing hunger strike.Sources in the city police said the first email was sent to the Joint Commissioner (Headquarters) and Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Kolkata on July 19 seeking permission to hold the rally fr…