The political battle over the nationwide student protests against the alleged NEET paper leaks intensified on Friday as Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi declared that the opposition would refuse to engage in discussions until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.Continue Reading
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the nationwide protests over the alleged NEET paper leak, his message was formal and institutional. In a late-night video address on July 23 and an earlier announcement introducing fast-track courts, he declared that India’s youth remained the government’s highest priority, promised tougher laws, and assured the nation that those responsible for harming students “will not be spared.”Continue Reading
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
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
One of the most intriguing dimensions of the student movement is not simply its confrontation with the government, but its evolving relationship with India’s opposition parties, particularly the Congress.Continue Reading
The world wakes today to the sound of rising tensions, restless streets, and governments making decisions whose consequences may echo for generations. Across continents, diplomacy is giving way to deterrence, protests are challenging power, and nature itself continues to remind humanity that it answers to no ideology, no election, and no military alliance. This is not merely another day in the news cycle. It is another day in a world increasingly defined by confrontation.Continue Reading
A World Holding Its Breath, An India Finding Its Voice A mother in a West African village clutching her feverish child, praying it’s not the nightmare returning- Ebola is flaring up again, with fresh outbreaks sparking terror in communities still scarred by the devastating 2014-2016 epidemic that claimed thousands ofContinue Reading
Who Wields the Lathi? Viral Video Deepens Questions Over Delhi Police’s Protest Tactics
New Delhi – July 22, 2026
A fresh wave of controversy has erupted online after a video from the July 20 “Chalo Sansad” march began circulating widely, reigniting debate over the conduct of security personnel during the protest and the role of unidentified baton-carrying men in crowd control.
The video, originally highlighted by The Lallantop and subsequently amplified by various social media accounts, is now being widely shared alongside a post by veteran journalist Ravish Kumar. In his post, Ravish displayed a dramatic “WANTED by GenZs” style poster featuring a young man carrying a lathi and questioned whether the Delhi Police had identified those seen wielding batons during the protest.Continue Reading
Every mass movement has two stories: the slow-burning fire that ignites it, and the moment that turns it into a national blaze. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led student movement had already lit that fire. Politicians’ arrival poured political oxygen onto the flames.Continue Reading
From Jantar Mantar to Lok Kalyan Marg: The Student Uprising That Refused to Be Silenced
Delhi Defies the Crackdown: Jantar Mantar Rises Again
New Delhi witnessed another day of extraordinary political ferment on July 21 as the student-led movement over the NEET paper leak and demands for sweeping education reforms refused to fade, despite a forceful police crackdown a day earlier. What began as an attempt to disperse protesters has instead evolved into a renewed show of determination, with thousands once again converging at Jantar Mantar under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), transforming the capital into the epicentre of one of the country’s most closely watched protest movements.Continue Reading
