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UGC-NET retest delays PhD plans in three subjects
Telegraph IndiaArchived
The National Testing Agency will re-conduct UGC-NET June 2026 papers in English, Commerce and Sociology on 9 and 10 September after a committee found factual, translation and typographical errors. Telegraph India reported that the delay has disrupted PhD applications, where the N
Nalanda students fall ill after mid-day meal mix-up
Deccan ChronicleArchived
More than two dozen students at Middle School, Parasi, in Bihar's Nalanda district fell ill on 18 August 2026 after a mid-day meal of soybean rice. They were taken to Biharsharif Sadar Hospital with dizziness and vomiting. Civil Surgeon Dr Jay Prakash Singh said all the children
Jharkhand lists 44 recruitment exams cancelled over irregularities
The HinduArchived
The Jharkhand government on the night of 18 August 2026 issued eight notifications listing 44 recruitment exams cancelled over irregularities. The tests were run by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and by outsourced firm TSR Data Processing since 2014. Posts include drug i
Bhopal DMS students protest proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya merger
Times of IndiaArchived
On 18 August 2026, students of Bhopal's Demonstration Multipurpose School rallied with Save DMS posters against a proposed merger with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. They submitted a memorandum to Regional Institute of Education principal Prof SK Gupta. About 300 to 400 students a
CID arrests wife and brother of exam-case accused
The HinduArchived
Jharkhand CID on 18 August 2026 arrested Sushma Kumari and Akshay Tiwari, the wife and brother of Abhay Tiwari, a key accused in recruitment exam irregularities. They were questioned for several hours before arrest. Abhay, a block supply officer in Godda, was arrested on 22 July.
Readers write on exam protests and poll spending
The HinduArchived
Letters published on 19 August 2026 addressed two current files. Ravi Mathur of Noida wrote that the Jharkhand student agitation, coming after the Delhi CJP protests, showed examination leaks and delayed results were not confined to one state. Balasubramaniam Pavani of Secunderab
CJI says he never accepted NALSAR convocation invite
BBCArchived
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said he never consented to be chief guest at the NALSAR University of Law convocation, so the question of attending did not arise. He spoke after meeting vice-chancellors of national law universities in Jodhpur. About 450 of NALSAR's 1,400 studen
Jharkhand cancels JSSC-CGL exam after weeks of protest
Times of IndiaArchived
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on 17 August that the Cabinet had cancelled the JSSC Combined Graduate Level examination and all recruitment tests run by TSR Data Processing Private Limited since 2014. The announcement followed weeks of student protests over alleged ir
Dipke asks leaders to send children to village schools
ThePrintArchived
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said on 18 August that ministers, MLAs and MPs should send their children to village schools for one day. Speaking during a Hingoli protest, he said rural students walk several kilometres for class. He asked whether ministers would sen
Opposition asks Centre to disband NTA after NET errors
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Opposition parties on 17 August asked the Centre to disband the National Testing Agency after it ordered a retest of three UGC-NET papers. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation was a first step, not the last. CPI general secretary D. Raja sought decen
Jharkhand students end hunger strike after exam cancellations
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Student leaders Devendra Nath Mahto, Umme Habiba and Rahul Kranti ended hunger strikes on 17 August after Chief Minister Hemant Soren cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and all tests run by TSR Data Processing Private Limited. Mahto broke a 16-day fast at Ranchi's Sadar Hospital with mi
Rahul asks NTA leadership to answer for three NET retests
Hindustan TimesArchived
Rahul Gandhi on 17 August said NTA cancelled UGC-NET papers in English, Commerce and Sociology nearly two months after the June exam. He wrote that thousands who paid fees and travelled must sit again in September. He asked whether papers were leaked and said NTA leadership must
Soren cancels JSSC-CGL and TDPL-run exams
NDTVArchived
Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 17 August said a special Cabinet meeting had cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and all tests, results and selections tied to Lucknow-based TSR Data Processing Private Limited. He told students the CID would probe exam mistakes since 2014. A reforms commit
Naidu says Mega DSC had no backdoor entry
NDTVArchived
N. Chandrababu Naidu told the Assembly that Mega DSC teacher selections had no backdoor entry, favouritism or manipulation. He said even unsuccessful candidates accepted that the process was fair. Nara Lokesh said the government issued offer letters, trained teachers and deployedRahul questions NTA after three NET retests
Times of IndiaArchived
Rahul Gandhi on 17 August said NTA had cancelled UGC-NET papers in English, Commerce and Sociology nearly two months after the June exam. He wrote that thousands who paid fees and travelled must sit again in September. He asked whether papers were leaked and said NTA leadership m
CJI says he never consented to NALSAR convocation invite
Times of IndiaArchived
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on 17 August he never consented to be chief guest at NALSAR University of Law's convocation, so the question of attending does not arise. He spoke after addressing national-law-university vice-chancellors in Jodhpur. NALSAR had said it invitKanwaria walks 105 km, seeks exam cancellation at Deoghar
New Indian ExpressArchived
A kanwaria from Bihar reached Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar after a 105-km walk from Sultanganj, carrying a placard asking Lord Shiva to cancel JPSC and JSSC exams and order a CBI inquiry. Kanwariya Shreyansh said thousands of students would offer jalabhishek if the government
Odisha shuts schools in four flood-hit districts
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Authorities closed government and private schools in Bhadrak, Keonjhar, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj on 17 August after an IMD red alert. The order covered all boards. About 5.15 lakh people have been affected across 947 villages, with nearly 2.37 lakh evacuated to about 293 relief camp
Jharkhand exam protest enters day 24 with fresh talks
The HinduArchived
Jharkhand's JPSC-JSSC protest at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi entered its 24th day on 17 August. The government invited a student delegation, with a legal adviser, to the State Guest House at 2 pm. The same group of ministers was to attend the meeting. ADM Dhananjay KumarNTA orders fresh NET in English, Commerce, Sociology
Times of IndiaArchived
The National Testing Agency will re-conduct UGC-NET June 2026 papers in English, Commerce and Sociology on 9 and 10 September. The June tests ran from 22 to 30 June across 87 subjects. NTA withheld answer keys for the three papers after complaints. Rahul Gandhi said students were
Ramdev flags exam leaks and recruitment interviews
The HinduArchived
Yoga teacher Ramdev on 15 August at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, spoke about student protests over education and government recruitment. He listed missing teachers, books, electricity, water and toilets, and named cheating and paper leaks. He said government job interviews were
BCI chief apologises after NALSAR enrolment order
Times of IndiaArchived
Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra apologised to law students on 15 August after a now-withdrawn order that state bar councils not enrol NALSAR's 2026 graduating batch. The 13 August circular followed student objections to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as con
About 600 students leave Melghat tribal hostel
NDTVArchived
Nearly 600 tribal students left a government residential school at Doma in Chikhaldara, Amravati, after rumours that some girls were possessed. The school houses 810 children. The episode began on 22 July when four girls cried and laughed without control. Some said they heard ank
CJI tells law schools to lead on legal technology
Times of IndiaArchived
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant told National Law Universities on 16 August that legal education must lead, not merely adapt to, technology. At NLU Jodhpur he said tools reshape contracts and disputes. He asked schools to teach when output can be trusted, when it must be verifi
BCI chairman apologises after NALSAR enrolment order
The HinduArchived
Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra apologised to law students on 15 August if his words or letters had hurt them. The note followed a 13 August BCI direction telling State Bar Councils not to enrol NALSAR's 2026 batch. The Council later withdrew the bar, saying stud
PM announces free online coaching for exam aspirants
News On AirArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced free online coaching for competitive exams in his 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort. He said poor and middle-class families spend thousands of crores on private coaching and that students often leave home for hubs. He also pled
SC stays punitive BCI action against NALSAR students
LiveLawArchived
The Supreme Court issued notice on a petition by two NALSAR alumni seeking an inquiry into how BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra directed State Bar Councils not to enrol the 2026 graduates. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant ordered that no punitive action be taken against stu
NCR schools rehearse full six-stanza Vande Mataram
Times of IndiaArchived
NCR schools have spent weeks teaching all six stanzas of Vande Mataram before Independence Day. The first two stanzas of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's song are widely known, while the rest use Sanskrit verse few staff can pronounce. Some schools borrowed Bengali teachers, circulate
CJI says NALSAR dispute is with the students
NDTVArchived
Chief Justice Surya Kant told the Bar Council of India that the NALSAR convocation dispute was between students and him, after the Council directed state bars not to enrol the 2026 batch. The Supreme Court sought a BCI response and said no punitive step should be taken against st
Jharkhand exam protest enters day 21 with Tiranga march
The TelegraphArchived
Jharkhand job aspirants' protest over alleged JPSC and JSSC exam irregularities entered its 21st day on August 14. Under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch, students said they would take a Tiranga Yatra in Ranchi on August 15, the 80th Independence Day. They also cautioned the district
Kerala HC asks why teacher was suspended over quiz
The HinduArchived
The Kerala High Court on August 13 asked the State for the specific reason it suspended Kasaragod teacher K Guruprasad Rai over a Freedom Quiz question. The lower-primary item asked who received the maximum punishment from the British. The answer key named V D Savarkar. Justice V
Bar Council freezes then restores NALSAR 2026 enrolment
NDTVArchived
The Bar Council of India on August 13 first directed all State Bar Councils not to enrol any 2026 graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, until further orders. Hours later it modified that freeze. Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said a vast majority of the batch were innocen
Panel finds over half of NCERT posts vacant
The WireArchived
A parliamentary Estimates Committee report tabled on August 12 said 1596 of NCERT's 2844 sanctioned posts were vacant as of October 2025, leaving a working strength of 1248. CBSE had 933 vacancies of 2117 posts, or 44 percent. The panel also noted education spending at 4.1 percen
Recruitment delays fuel aspirant protest debate
The HinduArchived
An opinion piece links Jharkhand aspirant protests to systemic delay in India's recruitment machinery. CAG findings on MPPSC cite delay in eighteen of forty-eight exams lasting one to twenty-five months, and one case that took twenty months to advertise after requisition. Five de
Deepti Gaur Mukerjee named Higher Education Secretary
The WireArchived
The Centre appointed IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee as Higher Education Secretary in a partial modification of its July 23 bureaucratic order. She succeeds Vineet Joshi, who was shifted toward the Panchayati Raj Ministry in the earlier plan. Previous nominee Naresh Pal Gangwar
State PSCs scrutinised as delays and leaks erode trust
The HinduArchived
State Public Service Commissions face renewed scrutiny as paper leaks, irregularities and prolonged recruitment delays reduce trust among job aspirants across India. Experts cited dependence on departments for vacancy data and multi-stage exam design as drivers of unpredictabilit
CJP to launch village schools campaign on August 15
Deccan HeraldArchived
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a nationwide campaign to improve government schools in villages, launching on August 15 from Hingoli in Maharashtra. Parents are asked to audit electricity, drinking water, toilets and mid-day meals at local schools. Sarpanch
Jharkhand exam protests enter 19th day in Ranchi
The HinduArchived
Job aspirants under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch continued protests for a 19th day, demanding transparency in Jharkhand recruitment exams, cancellation of several tests and an independent probe. They refused to end the stir despite government assurances. Police used water cannons,
MP Nathwani urges Soren to talk with student protesters
Times of IndiaArchived
Independent MP Parimal Nathwani urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to resolve student demands through dialogue a day after a lathi charge during the Vidhan Sabha Gherao march in Ranchi. Protesters seek action on alleged JPSC and JSSC irregularities, including JSSC-CGL ca
What citizen audits could change in rural schools
Times of IndiaArchived
Dipke also backed Jharkhand student protesters while announcing the village school campaign on video. Independence Day messaging links eighty years of freedom to unfinished government classrooms. Mid day meal checks are part of the planned citizen audit. If photo led recognition
Tamil Nadu House resolves to scrap NEET admissions
The HinduArchived
On August 11, the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Union government to abolish NEET for undergraduate medical courses. The lone BJP MLA walked out before voting. The text cites exam irregularities, coaching costs and rural disadvantage, and seeks Cl
Dipke launches village school audit push August 15
The HinduArchived
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a nationwide campaign from August 15 to improve government schools in villages. Parents are asked to audit electricity, drinking water, toilets and mid-day meals, while sarpanches face a public challenge to upgrade schools. D
Bageshwar shuts schools under orange rain alert
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Schools up to Class 12 in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district were closed on August 10 after an IMD orange alert for heavy to very heavy rain. The warning also covered Dehradun, Nainital and Champawat, with lightning and intense spells flagged at isolated places. Other districts wer
Modi cites first-in-bloodline line at IIT Delhi
NDTVArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed IIT Delhi's 57th convocation and cited young engineers saying they are first in their bloodline to build a rocket. He told graduates a degree is a national dream, not only a certificate. Modi urged students to question accepted ideas, then f
NALSAR seniors oppose CJI as convocation guest
The HinduArchived
About 70 students from NALSAR's 2026 batch wrote to the university asking it to reconsider Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as convocation chief guest. They cited his remarks during Delhi NEET protest hearings. Later batches added support, taking endorsements to about 380 studen
Bageshwar schools shut as orange rain alert issued
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Schools up to Class 12 in Bageshwar district were closed for Monday after the meteorological department issued an orange alert for heavy rain. Heavy to very heavy rain was forecast at isolated places in Dehradun, Bageshwar, Nainital and Champawat. Other Uttarakhand districts were
Modi cites first-in-bloodline rocket builders at IIT
NDTVArchived
At IIT Delhi's 57th convocation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said young engineers now proudly say they are first in their bloodline to build a rocket. He told graduates to question accepted ideas and also find solutions. He linked youth capability to national strength and self-r
Erode teen wins Rs 3.55 crore Brown scholarship
India TodayArchived
Pranav Ilango, 17, from Erode and CS Academy, won a Rs 3.55 crore full scholarship to Brown University for Public Health and Applied Mathematics. He also received a full scholarship offer from the University of Hong Kong. A Dexterity Global participant since age 13, he earned IGC
Modi urges more women medallists at IIT Delhi
Times of IndiaArchived
At IIT Delhi's 57th convocation on August 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wished more daughters stood among medallists, asking why only one or two received top honours. Over 3,000 degrees were awarded, including 587 PhDs. Women made up about 20.15 percent of IIT BTech adm
Ranchi JPSC protests grow after exam cancel pledge
BBCArchived
Protests in Ranchi over alleged JPSC exam irregularities have intensified at a stadium sit-in ongoing since July 25. The government agreed to cancel the disputed exam and two others. Three JPSC members resigned and chairman Khiangte quit on July 22. A CID probe has seen more than