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The Anatomy of Modern Street Power Over the past few weeks, urban centers across India have witnessed a familiar spectacle. High-intensity agitations, spearheaded by platforms like the Cockroach Janta Party, have paralyzed city arteries, choked essential supply lines, and forced law enforcement into high-stakes standoffs. What is routinely presented to the public as
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned amid the NEET-UG controversy, ending one of the most visible political flashpoints in this year’s examination crisis. In his resignation letter, he said the interests of students and the nation must come first, and framed his exit as a way to keep students’ futures from getting trapped in […]
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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
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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
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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
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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