JNN Late Night News: Victory, Fury, and a Nation That Refuses to Sleep

India woke up to one of the most dramatic political days in recent memory. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, celebrated by thousands of protesting students as a hard-earned victory, has quickly turned into the beginning of a much larger political battle rather than its conclusion. Politics, like unfinished homework, has an uncanny habit of multiplying overnight.Continue Reading

Pradhan's Resignation Sparks Celebration, But Congress and Others Say the Fight Has Only Begun

New Delhi: July 25, 2026: The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has triggered jubilation among student protesters, Congress NSUI, and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose weeks-long campaign over the NEET paper leak and education reforms kept pressure on the government. Yet even as celebrations erupted, Congress and others insisted that one resignation cannot close the chapter.Continue Reading

CBI Gives Clean Chit to Sanjeev Mukhiya as Sonam Wangchuk Ends Hunger Strike Following PM Modi's Midnight Address

In the shadow of a midnight promise, a hunger strike ends – and an old suspicion dies. Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at midnight, declaring “nothing is more important than the future of India’s youth” and unveiling tougher anti-leak laws, fast-track courts, parliamentary debate, protester protections, and compensation for shattered families, Sonam Wangchuk finally broke his 26-day fast. In a Gurugram hospital room, under the gaze of Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh, the education reformer accepted a cup of juice. After surviving on water and salt, losing more than ten kilograms, and pushing his body to the brink in solidarity with students and the Cockroach Janta Party, Wangchuk yielded to the government’s formal assurances.Continue Reading

"Resign Dharmendra Pradhan or the Demand Will Reach You": CJP's Abhijeet Dipke Issues Direct Challenge

The battle over the NEET-UG paper leak and examination irregularities took an even sharper political turn on Thursday as Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and funder Abhijeet Dipke delivered a fiery address at Jantar Mantar, directly urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He warned that if the government continued to shield the minister, the growing anger of India’s youth would eventually be directed at the Prime Minister himself.Continue Reading

Owaisi Slams Centre’s NSA Move Against Student Protesters: “Are Young Indians a Threat to National Security?”

In a searing indictment of the Modi government’s handling of the ongoing NEET paper-leak protests, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Centre of hypocrisy and authoritarianism after the Ministry of Home Affairs empowered the Delhi Police Commissioner to detain people under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980.The order, effective for three months from July 19 to October 18, authorises Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar to exercise preventive detention powers under Section 3 of the NSA. This allows authorities to hold individuals for up to 12 months without formal charges if they are deemed a threat to national security or public order. The move comes amid intensifying demonstrations by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, where students whose futures have been upended by alleged exam irregularities have clashed with police.Speaking to reporters outside a red-sandstone landmark in the capital, Owaisi delivered a blistering response that cut straight to the heart of the controversy:Continue Reading