Dharmendra Pradhan
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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns Amid NEET Leak Row – Political Responsibility Or Bureaucratic Escape?

By BPN News Desk
The political fallout from the recurring failures of national examination infrastructure reached a boiling point today as Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tendered his resignation from the Council of Ministers. Citing concerns over national unity, protecting students from legal tangles, and preventing anti-national elements from taking advantage of ongoing
India celebrities
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Should India’s Youth Be Influenced by Celebrities Who Can Be Paid to Say Almost Anything?

By BPN News Desk
Every generation has its icons. Yesterday they were film stars whose posters adorned bedroom walls. Today they are actors, YouTubers, stand-up comedians, Instagram influencers and social media personalities whose opinions travel faster than newspapers, television debates or parliamentary speeches. For millions of young Indians, a post from a favourite celebrity often
Amit Shah
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Has Amit Shah Underestimated the Political Backlash to the FCRA Bill Behind the CJP Protest?

By BPN News Desk
For more than a decade, Amit Shah has been regarded as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s master strategist. Elections that appeared unwinnable were turned into victories. States that once seemed politically impenetrable became BJP strongholds. Supporters hailed him as the architect of an unprecedented political expansion, while critics acknowledged that few politicians
PM Modi Amit Shah
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Dear Modi and Shah: If You Can’t End the CJP Siege, Don’t Ask for My Vote in 2029

By BPN News Desk
The issue before the country is no longer merely about a student agitation or another political protest. It has evolved into something much larger—a defining test of governance. A government that came to power promising decisive leadership now finds itself confronting a familiar spectacle: television screens dominated by protests, repeated clashes with police, relentless
UPI
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India Had a Remarkable July – But a Politically Deaf Government Let Controversies Define It

By BPN News Desk
July 2026 should have been remembered as one of those defining months that governments wait years to experience. It was a month in which India’s ambitions in space, defence, infrastructure and diplomacy translated into tangible accomplishments. A privately developed Indian rocket successfully reached orbit for the first time. Indigenous defence manufacturing
Ken Betwa Protest
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Ken–Betwa Didn’t Have to Become a Protest: How Governments Turn Development into Conflict

By BPN News Desk
The Ken–Betwa Link Project was envisioned as a landmark in India’s water-management strategy. Conceived as the country’s first major river-linking project, it promises to transform the drought-prone Bundelkhand region by expanding irrigation, supplying drinking water to millions of people and generating hydropower. For successive governments, the project has represented