Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Assam BJP legislator, Manab Deka, on Monday said the devastating floods that affected several parts of Assam recently were triggered by high rainfall rather than the usual riverine flooding, while extending support to the Centre’s initiatives aimed at reforming the country’s examination system and strengthening laws against unfair practices. Speaking to reporters here, Deka said the recent floods were unlike previous monsoon disasters as they struck areas that have histo…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has systematically addressed the NEET paper leak crisis through structural reforms, a stringent anti-malpractice law, fast-track courts, and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, yet the Opposition continued its Parliamentary blockade on Monday, at the beginning of the second week of the ongoing Monsoon Session.This persistent disruption continued even as the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Me…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) It should never have taken a street protest to force governments to address a problem that has plagued India’s examination system for many decades. But that is precisely what the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi has exposed. The protest, though projected as an agitation against examination paper leaks and carrying an unmistakable political hue, has brought to the fore a problem that has plagued the country for decades.Year after year, Ind…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Saturday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress of “exploiting” the future of students and youths, while adding that under the Modi government, stringent steps are being taken against the “paper leak mafia”. He asserted that anyone who plays with the future of students will not be spared, stating that action has already been taken against those accused in the NEET paper leak case.Speaking at a public programme at …
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday said that even though it welcomes the decision of educational reforms and the amendments to The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, established to tackle the problem of paper leaks, the main demand remains Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. This came hours before the third round of talks with the Centre. Earlier on Friday, Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh held the second …
Bhubaneswar, July 24 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday questioned the effectiveness of the proposed amendments to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, announced by the Union government, claiming that merely enacting stricter laws will not curb recurring question paper leak incidents unless they are implemented effectively. Addressing a press conference at the Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, BJD Spokesperson and Media Coordinator Lenin Mohanty said the…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal intervention in the standoff involving the fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk, protesting students, and others involved in the ongoing stir against exam-paper leak has been both decisive and symbolic. For weeks, the impasse had deepened, with Wangchuk’s fast entering a critical phase, student groups intensifying demonstrations, and the government facing acute pressures from civil society and the Opposition benches alike. By openi…
Bhopal, July 23 (IANS) As protests over the alleged NEET paper leak continued in New Delhi and several parts of the country, including Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Thursday stepped up their political attack on each other, trading charges over accountability and the conduct of the examination. Addressing a press conference in Datia, Madhya Pradesh BJP president Hemant Khandelwal accused Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul G…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government has set in motion the process for setting up fast-track courts to deliver swift justice and stringent punishment for those involved in the paper leaks, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement.Those accused in the NEET paper leak case will face the new ‘anti-cheating’ law, and they will be prosecuted under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.Highly placed sources said that the Central Government is in the proces…
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) Jharkhand Police have arrested four persons including a candidate, an invigilator, the centre superintendent and an IT staffer, for alleged system hacking in the SSC GD Constable Examination-2026 in Ranchi, officials said on Friday. According to police, the accused were remotely accessing the examination centre’s computer systems through the internet and IP-based connections to solve question papers. Candidates were allegedly charged between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 10 lakh for c…