Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Corruption should never be tolerated in any generation, whether it is Generation Z, Generation Alpha or the generations to come, including Generation Beta, Nepali Congress Member of Parliament Sandeep Rana told IANS on Monday. Speaking to the news agency, Rana said the principle of rejecting corruption had been taught by ancestors and remained a guiding value. “We have a saying that both giving and accepting bribes are crimes. That has always been our guiding principle. …
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Gurugram, July 25 (IANS) In the aftermath of Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union Education Minister, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said on Saturday that the Central government should now work towards reforms in both the education system as well as governance.Speaking to reporters hours after Pradhan tendered his resignation following widespread students’ agitation, Wangchuk welcomed the step taken by the Union government and Pradhan himself.”I congratulate all my fellow countrymen, this …
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) In a strongly worded editorial published in its mouthpiece Saamana on Saturday, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) launched a blistering attack on the Union government, the Delhi Police, and the judiciary.The editorial alleged that the ruling dispensation is systematically eroding the foundational principles of the Indian Constitution while remaining indifferent to the mounting anger among students over repeated leaks of national-level examination papers.Invoking t…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late-night video on social media added around 1 million followers on Instagram overnight, an indication of the wide reach and public acceptance of his insights on the paper leaks issue. Observers credited PM Modi’s high-engagement selfie video addressing exam paper leaks for the overnight surge in his Instagram followers, taking the total number of his followers to nearly 101 million.The Prime Minister commands a massive digital presen…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a full-fledged probe into an excise duty irregularities case by conducting a raid and search operation at two locations in West Bengal on Friday.The two places where the ED raid and search operations are being conducted are in Kolkata and Purulia town in Purulia district.In Kolkata, the operation is being conducted at the office of a liquor sales company.Another team of ED officials is conducting a raid and search operation a…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The woe of millions of students in India has turned into a political tug-of-war with parties across the spectrum aggressively airing respective views and interests, refusing to negotiate, all the while heightening tension, friction, and resulting in street fights.The ongoing youth agitation has once again exposed deep structural fractures in India’s examination systems that need immediate attention and adequate tuning.The removal of one individual or even an administr…
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The West Bengal Government will be placing the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on the income and expenditures from the state exchequer on the floor of the Assembly on July 25, which will be the last day of the ongoing extended Budget Session of the House.Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari made an announcement on this count while addressing the floor of the House on Wednesday afternoon while giving his reply on discussions on the budgetary alloc…
Patna, July 22 (IANS) A protest march organised by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) turned violent in Patna on Wednesday after demonstrators clashed with police while attempting to march towards Raj Bhavan.The protest, held against alleged paper leaks, corruption, and privatisation in education, witnessed the use of tear gas shells and water cannons by police after some protesters allegedly pelted stones.Thousands of students, youth, and workers participated in the march, which started…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Saturday came down heavily on the central government for allegedly ignoring and defaming climate activist Sonam Wangchuk.In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, it said Wangchuk, along with a student named Neha, has been on a hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for the past 21 days, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the widespread NEET-UG question paper leak scandal.Th…
Amaravati, July 16 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said governance in Andhra Pradesh has completely collapsed under Chandrababu Naidu and directed YSRCP MPs to strongly raise people’s issues, corruption, illegal cases, farmer distress, employee problems, rising debt and scams in both Houses of Parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 20. Jagan chaired the YSR Congress Parliamentary Party meeting at the party’s central office in Tad…