The New York Times: “The Minister Who Once Branded Protesters as 'Terrorists’ Stepped Down

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In a rare and resounding victory for India’s youth, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, 2026, after 36 days of relentless protests led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Triggered by the NEET-UG paper leak and deeper exam-system failures, the movement forced the Modi government into an unprecedented retreat. International media seized on the moment with sharp, unflinching coverage.Continue Reading

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

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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

Bollywood's Divided Conscience: Celebrities, Students, and the Price of Speaking Up

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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

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

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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

JNN Morning News - July 23, 2026 - A Morning Written in Fire and Rain

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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

From Jantar Mantar to Lok Kalyan Marg: The Student Uprising That Refused to Be Silenced

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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

The Fury of Rain and Rivers: Poonch, Rajouri and Kashmir Valley Battle Nature's Wrath

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uly 22, 2026: For three relentless days, the skies over Jammu and Kashmir refused to close. Rain that normally nourishes fields turned into a force of destruction, tearing through mountainsides, swelling rivers into monsters, and leaving entire communities fighting for survival. In the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, and across parts of the Kashmir Valley, the monsoon has carved a trail of death, devastation, and heartbreak. Authorities continue to warn that the danger is not over as heavy rainfall and flash flood alerts remain in force.Continue Reading