Panaji, July 16 (IANS) Philosopher and author Acharya Prashant, speaking at length on the NEET paper leak, the student suicides and the protests that have followed, has said the crisis is not merely an administrative lapse but “a sign of a far deeper crisis in our education system and our society.”Amid the ongoing student protests at Jantar Mantar and educationist Sonam Wangchuk’s eighteen-day fast, he urged Wangchuk to end his hunger strike and appealed to the government to open a dialogue.Spea…
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Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Actress Soni Razdan has expressed concern over Sonam Wangchuk’s deteriorating health amid his ongoing hunger strike. Sharing her support, she penned a note urging the engineer-activist to end his hunger strike. On Wednesday, Alia Bhatt’s mother took to her Instagram handle and shared a note that read, “Dear Sonam Wangchuk, For your health we all do pray, please do not leave us in this way, please live to fight another day. Please stay. Please end your fast today.” …
Bhopal, July 14 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday launched a 200-km ‘Yuva Swabhiman Cyclothon’ from Indore to Bhopal, stepping up its campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre over alleged paper leaks, unemployment and issues related to the education sector. The two-day bicycle rally, led by Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari, is part of the party’s 40-day “Students’ Voice” campaign being organised on the call of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandh…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her support to the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) movement in Delhi and enquired about the physical condition of social activist Sonam Wangchuk over the phone. She also expressed solidarity with the movement seeking justice for students.Welcoming the Trinamool leader’s support, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of CJP, expressed his gratitude on social media. He said that Banerjee spoke to Wangchuk to enquire about his hea…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) In a major political escalation over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) controversy, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday announced his party’s full support for the ongoing student protests led by activist Sonam Wangchuk and youth activist Abhijeet Dipke. Speaking at a press conference from his residence, Matoshree, Thackeray urged political parties nationwide to transcend partisan lines, while explicitly calling on the Leader of the Opposition (…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and state governments to formulate a “Standard Questionnaire” and a “Special Investigation Procedure” to ensure time-bound investigation and speedy trial of paper leak cases across the country.The plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay under Article 32 of the Constitution, also sought directions for assessment and confiscation of the movable and immovable prop…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday launched a blistering attack on the Central government over its “callous silence” regarding the rapidly deteriorating health of innovator and activist Sonam Wangchuk.In a scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Thackeray faction demanded the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the massive NEET-UG examination scam and called for a nationwide youth mobilisation …
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) and Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Harsh Malhotra on Tuesday hit out at the former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for speaking on every issue — from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination to fuel quality but remaining silent on the growing drug menace and crime in election-bound Punjab where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power. Malhotra said that it is astonishing for the people of Delhi and the country to s…
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader in Telangana Assembly, Akbaruddin Owaisi, has said that he would continue to build educational institutions and declared that if one institution was demolished, he would build 10. The MLA from Chandrayangutta constituency on Sunday made this statement two days after the Telangana High Court granted state authorities one week to place all relevant records before regarding Barrister Fatima Owaisi Educational KG-PG Campu…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Legendary screenwriter Salim Khan of Salim-Javed duo once shared how a person from outside of the family became more important than him for his family members. An old video of the veteran screenwriter has surfaced on the Internet, and it shows him explaining the situation.He said, “There was a man who used to come to our house. I was busy with work so, I used to come in the evening. These people were like, ‘Ganesh came. Ganesh came. Serve the tea to Ganesh. Give him a …