Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Majority of educational institutions remained closed in Telangana on Friday in response to a bandh call given by Left-affiliated student groups to show solidarity with students and youths protesting in New Delhi over the NEET paper leak.Managements of many private schools and colleges in Hyderabad and surrounding districts declared holiday as a precautionary measure in view of the shutdown call.A few schools and colleges, however, remained opened.Osmania University post…
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Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Workers of BJP and Congress clashed near the BJP office in Hyderabad on Wednesday as both the parties protested against each other over Tuesday’s incidents in New Delhi during the protest near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence by Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders over the police action against students protesting the NEET paper leaks.While leaders and cadres of the BJP tried to take ou…
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…
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…
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…