NEW DELHI, JUL 25: India’s youth protesters have agreed to end their demonstration, a spokesperson of the ‘cockroach’ movement told reporters after talks with the government on Saturday. The announcement came hours after the education minister resigned following the weeks-long protests demanding he quit over exam leaks. India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks, and who erupted in celebration on news of his departure. “We have done it,” said Abhijeet Dipke, founderRead More

MUMBAI, JUL 25 /DNA/  – A state-wide shutdown in Maharashtra, backed by Dalit student groups and community organizations, brought normal life to a halt on Thursday as protesters voiced deep-seated frustration over the erosion of equal opportunities, delayed justice, and systemic discrimination. The bandh, the latest in a series of escalating demonstrations, laid bare the simmering anger within marginalized communities over what they describe as the state’s inadequate response to their long-standing grievances. From early morning, protestors blocked key roads and railway tracks in cities like Nagpur, Pune, and Mumbai’sRead More

BAMAKO, JUL 25 /DNA/ – The Republic of Mali has reiterated its “position in favor of Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region,” while reaffirming its support for the Autonomy Plan presented by Morocco as “the only credible and realistic solution for resolving this regional dispute”. This stance was expressed in the Joint Communiqué adopted at the close of the 4th High-Level Joint Commission on Morocco-Mali Cooperation, which concluded Friday in Bamako under the co-chairmanship of Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and MoroccanRead More

NEW DELHI: Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday he had resigned, handing a major victory to youth protesters nationwide who had demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks. The minister announced his resignation on X just as police fired tear gas to scatter young protesters in the Indian capital, hours before their leaders were set to hold another round of talks with ministers to push for the move. “Considering the situation that has arisen at Jantar Mantar and across the country, so that anti-nationalRead More