Dharmendra Pradhan resignation

Where Does the NEET Aspirant Stand Now?

A resignation answered one question, and a new law addressed another, but lasting confidence depends on whether the system itself improves. The NEET protest at Jantar Mantar began with a specific cause: allegations of paper leaks and irregularities in the...
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CJP Must Remain as Watchdog

After forcing Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, the Cockroach Janata Party faces a defining choice: remain an independent citizens’ watchdog or risk losing its credibility by entering electoral politics. Minutes after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned ‘on his own’, a friend from Delhi who...
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Gen Z revolt leaves Modi govt scrambling

Mumbai: The recent CJP agitation at Jantar Mantar, amplified by a ferocious wave of social media backlash, has achieved what years of fragmented opposition politics could not: it has visibly shaken the highest echelons of the Narendra Modi government. For...
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Trust Reset

As the recent protests over the NEET paper leak showed, India’s examination system has reached a point where incremental repairs are no longer enough. The appointment of a high-powered task force on examination reforms, headed by technology pioneer Nandan Nilekani,...
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When Protest Turns into Mob Rule

The NEET protests at Jantar Mantar highlighted a democratic paradox: the right to protest is fundamental, but so is the state’s duty to restore order when violence erupts. The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan marked an unusually swift...
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‘Just the beginning of the new revolution’

Gen Z says their next target is Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman Mumbai: Dancing on the tunes of ‘Zinghaat’, the Gen Z at Dadar, was celebrating Dharmendra’s Pradhan’s resignation. The ‘Tiranga’ rally called up by Thackeray brothers on Thursday for...
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Thackerays try to encash youth’s sentiments

Succeed in pulling crowd that celebrated Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation with sharp political messaging Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray came together for the third time in five days at a joint...
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