Ahmedabad, June 27 (IANS) A candle march under the banner ‘Chhatron Ki Gunj’ was held in Ahmedabad on Saturday from Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan to the statue of Swami Vivekananda at Town Hall, with participants raising concerns over examination irregularities, student welfare and the safety of academic futures. The march, organised by youth groups, drew students, youth leaders, and citizens who gathered to highlight grievances over alleged paper leaks and irregularities in competitive examinations.P…
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Bhopal, June 13 (IANS) The Congress workers, including leaders of the Youth Congress and NSUI, were detained by the police in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal on Saturday when they attempted to stage a protest and displayed black flags towards the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during his visit to the Madhya Pradesh capital over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination controversy. Police carried out preventive detentions ahead of the Union Education Minister’s scheduled pro…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday announced the first phase of a nationwide campaign targeting what it described as a growing crisis of paper leaks, examination irregularities, and unemployment.In a statement, party General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal said that the campaign has been launched “under the guidance of the Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge and the empowering leadership of Rahul Gandhi”.The Congress said Rahul Gandhi will lead a series of student co…
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Wednesday organised a massive protest rally in Sambalpur, the Lok Sabha constituency of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, demanding his resignation over the NEET-UG paper leak and alleged irregularities in CBSE examination evaluation. NSUI National In-charge Kanhaiya Kumar, National President Vinod Jakhar, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Bhakta Charan Das, Rajgangpur MLA C.S. Raazen Ekka, a…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday announced his resignation from the state Cabinet, alleging that Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had gone back on an assurance regarding the allocation of the Bengaluru Urban portfolio. Speaking from his Koramangala office in Bengaluru, Reddy said he would submit his resignation and leave it to the party leadership to decide whether to accept it or not.He clarified that he would not withdraw his resignation and w…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has moved the Delhi High Court by filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the implementation of the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) newly introduced On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluation of Class 12 board examination answer sheets. The OSM system is a digital evaluation method where physical exam papers are scanned, digitally masked to hide students’ identities, and evaluated by teachers o…
Bengaluru, June 1 (IANS) B.N. Madhukar, a childhood friend of Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar, expressed happiness over Shivakumar’s rise to the state’s top political office, recalling their long friendship that dates back to their school days. Speaking about his association with Shivakumar, Madhukar said he has known the Congress leader since 1969 and described him as someone who has remained unchanged despite his political stature.“It is really a matter of happiness th…
Bhopal, May 30 (IANS) Several senior Congress leaders, including former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, were detained by police in Bhopal on Saturday while leading a protest march over the alleged NEET paper leak and irregularities in competitive examinations. The Congress and its student wing, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), had organised the protest at the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) headquarters, from where party leaders and workers attempted to march towar…
Bengaluru, May 28 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar, who is set to assume the post of Chief Minister following the resignation of CM Siddaramaiah, has emerged as one of the most influential political leaders in the state.His political journey, spanning more than four decades, has been marked by organisational strength, electoral success and major governance initiatives.Widely regarded as the Congress party’s princip…
Bhubaneswar, May 28 (IANS) Odisha Congress on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Bhubaneswar against the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Hundreds of activists led by Chhatra Congress leader Bibhuti Bhushan Mohapatra, under the banner of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), took out a torchlight rally from the Pradesh Congress Committee office towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state head…