Narendra Modi

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INDIA PM Narendra Modi announced a new exam reforms task force under Nandan Nilekani. The government is also preparing to table changes to make the anti-paper leak law stricter in Parliament. Add DNA as a Preferred Source TRENDING NOW Gold, silver prices today, February 8, 2026: Check city-wise rates in…

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday a special task force to reform the country’s exam system, a day after his government’s education minister resigned. The social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had drawn thousands of demonstrators, mainly students, to the capital’s Jantar Mantar site in New Delhi...Read More

Saurabh Sharma, Aftab Ahmed and Shilpa Jamkhandikar July 26, 2026 — 1:30pm New Delhi: Indian youth protesters have called off weeks of demonstrations and celebrated in the streets after the education minister quit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government bowed to demands including calls to fix a cheating-prone exam system.…

India's Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, pictured in May, has resigned after days of youth-led protests. Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images India’s education minister said Saturday he had resigned in a major victory for young protesters, whose spiraling demonstrations have presented a rare and growing challenge to the government of…

Dharmendra Pradhan resigns Highlights: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned, saying the decision was taken in the interest of students and to ensure the ongoing controversy and protests do not affect their future. In his statement, Pradhan said he had submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding…

Actress and environmental activist Dia Mirza has once again voiced her support for the students protesting at Jantar Mantar, this time responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first public statement on the ongoing agitation over the alleged NEET paper leak. Dia Mirza reacts to PM Narendra Modi’s statement on Jantar…

Thousands of supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement have been protesting since June, demanding the education minister resign over exam paper leaks, in the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term. Activists say the leaks showed widespread corruption, a complaint which has brought crowds onto the…

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) renewed its demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation after PM Narendra Modi announced fast-track courts for paper leak cases. 1 Min Read The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reiterated their demand for Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation through their X handle on…