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Paper leak row: All three Jharkhand PSC members resign
Ranchi: All three members of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) resigned on Sunday, August 9, amid the massive protests over the alleged irregularities in recruitment tests conducted by the agency. According…
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Jharkhand CM vows justice, flags bid to disrupt democracy
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday, August 9, pledged to deliver justice with transparency to youths protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams while asserting that dialogue, not batons, can solve…
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Poetry, satire fuel Jharkhand students’ protest over exam row
Ranchi: From mock job “rate cards” and satirical posters to verses from the Mahabharata, Jharkhand’s protesting students are wielding creativity rather than abuse or violence to voice their anger over alleged recruitment…
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Jharkhand student protests: Talks with govt end in deadlock
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Saturday, August 8, held talks with the Devendra Nath Mahto-led faction of the protesting job aspirants over the alleged paper leaks. However, it failed to break the…
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Jharkhand protest: Man throws ink at AISA president, detained
Ranchi: A man threw ink at All India Students’ Association president Neha Bora during a protest march to the Jharkhand Assembly here on Friday, August 7, over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams…
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Student on Jharkhand hunger strike rushed to hospital
Ranchi: One of the six protesters, who have been on a hunger strike as part of a demonstration against the alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in Jharkhand, was taken to a hospital…
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Jharkhand students to march towards Assembly over recruitment row
New Delhi: Student organisations in Jharkhand will march towards the State Assembly on Friday, August 7, as part of an intensified protest against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC)…
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Temples, mosques, gurudwaras keep Jharkhand exam protest going
Ranchi: An army marches on its stomach, and so does a protest. As the stir against alleged examination irregularities in Jharkhand gains steam, temples, mosques and gurudwaras, as well as individuals, are…
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Jharkhand: Mohd Imroze, accused of raping Dalit girl, lynched
Chatra (Bihar): A Muslim man was lynched by a mob on allegations of raping and confining a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Jharkhand‘s Chatra district on August 4. According to Mohammed Sultan’s police…
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Mohd Junaid reaches Ranchi to support Jharkhand student protests
Ranchi: Mohammad Junaid, who gained attention for feeding protesters at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, arrived in Jharkhand’s Ranchi to extend similar support to students protesting government recruitment exam irregularities. Videos from the…
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Paper leak, OMR scam, corruption: Why students are protesting in Jharkhand
In the last few weeks, Jharkhand has seen a mass sit-in protest that doesn’t seem likely to halt soon, with students and job aspirants joining a hunger strike, alleging exam irregularities and…
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Jharkhand student protests: CM Hemant says doors open for talks
Ranchi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Wednesday, August 5, spoke to Devendra Nath Mahto, who is on a hunger strike against the alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, and urged him to…
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CJP to join Jharkhand students’ protest: Abhijeet Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday, July 5, said they will go to Jharkhand in support of the students protesting there over alleged irregularities in the state public service…
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Five more join hunger strike as Jharkhand protest grows
Ranchi: Five people, including two women, have begun an indefinite hunger strike here as the protest against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations intensified ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Assembly, set…
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Jharkhand man booked for ‘threatening to kill’ PM Modi, Shah
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Police have lodged an FIR against a man for “threatening to kill” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, an…