On the 16th day of his hunger strike, student leader Devendra Nath Mahato ended his fast at Sadar Hospital in Ranchi on Monday night. This came hours after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination and all exams conducted on behalf of TDPL. The student leader broke his fast in the presence of state ministers Dipika Pandey Singh and Irfan Ansari, bringing an end to his 16-day hunger strike. The student-led protest has continued for 23 days.
The Supreme Court is set to hear petitions alleging police excesses against students protesting over the NEET paper leak. The court will also hear pleas filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction challenging the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the Eknath Shinde-led group as the real Shiv Sena and allot it the party name and the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol.
Delhi’s draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision process could see up to a third of names deleted — a figure that has alarmed opposition parties and civil society groups who say the scale of the exercise raises serious questions about electoral integrity in the capital ahead of what is expected to be a closely watched assembly poll.
