New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A tragic incident has come to light from Jalalpur village in Karjat taluka of Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district, where a student allegedly died by suicide after receiving lower-than-expected marks in the NEET examination. The deceased student has been identified as Ankita Sangale. According to her family members, Ankita had scored 166 marks in the NEET exam. However, she was reportedly under stress as she had expected a higher score.The incident took place on Saturda…
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Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Three more persons have been arrested in connection with the violence and attacks on police personnel and journalists during a protest rally in Kolkata on July 24 against the NEET examination paper leak and other exam scandals, taking the total number of arrests to 14, officials said on Sunday.The fresh arrests were made between Saturday night and Sunday by the Kolkata Police. Earlier, 11 persons had been arrested after being identified through CCTV footage and video reco…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A total of six FIRs have been registered by the Kolkata Police over rowdyism during the joint rally of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) involving the youth and the students’ wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak protest on Friday. According to the police, several criminals had infiltrated the students’ protest and they are mainly responsible for the hooliganism that took place that day.Of the six FIRs, one had been registered suo motu by the …
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) As the Centre prepares to introduce a Bill in the Parliament next week calling for harsher punishment in paper leak cases, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju warned the Congress that it will “fall into a trap” if the Opposition continues the disruption of Parliamentary proceedings.His reaction came after the first week of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session witnessed major disruptions as the Opposition, in view of the students’ agitation, kept the condition of Union Education Min…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Tension flared up at the busy Esplanade area in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Friday over a joint rally by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the youth and the students’ wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak. For some time, the entire Esplanade area turned into a virtual battlefield following clashes between the protesters and the policemen.Tension flared up as the protesters started hurling glass bottles, bricks and shoes towards the huge polic…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Opposition’s protests against the alleged NEET exam paper leak escalated in the capital on Thursday as Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and MPs from the INDIA bloc staged a symbolic demonstration at Gandhi Smriti on Tees January Marg. The protest was held in solidarity with students who died by suicide following the controversy and those injured during recent demonstrations. Rahul Gandhi, dressed in his trademark white t…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Countering the Opposition’s protest over exam paper leaks, NDA leaders on Thursday staged an agitation at the Makar Dwar of Parliament, accusing the Congress of “wasting valuable time” of the House by disrupting proceedings and “running away” from the discussion on NEET exam irregularities.Raising slogans, the leaders of the ruling alliance held placards targeting the Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for “instigating” the youth.Speaking to reporters wit…
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) In a joint press conference, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Thursday came together to sharply criticise the NDA government at the Centre over the ongoing NEET exam paper leak controversy and the police action against protesting students in Delhi. They also announced a joint protest march on July 26.Announcing the major political and social mobilisation, both leaders declared that they will lead a massi…
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday announced that he will be joining a protest by the student wing of the party in Hyderabad on Friday in solidarity against the ‘crackdown’ on students and youth in Delhi.BRSV, the student wing of BRS, plans to hold a massive protest at Indira Park here on Friday.Rama Rao took to ‘X’ on Thursday to announce that he will join the protest to show solidarity with students and youth protesting in Del…
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over the call to protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence. Questioning the Congress leader’s motives, Deputy Chief Minister Shinde asked, “What exactly did Rahul Gandhi intend to achieve by urging people to gather at a location where protests are prohibited? Was there a plot to ca…