J’khand job exam stir: Protest enters 21st day, students plan ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on I-Day

August 14, 2026 12:00 PM

J’khand job exam stir: Protest enters 21st day, students plan ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on I-Day

The students’ protest in Ranchi against alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations entered its 21st day on Friday, with demonstrators planning to take out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on the occasion of the country’s 80th Independence Day celebrations on August 15. They also cautioned the district administration against an FIR lodged over the violence during the August 10 march towards the state assembly, asserting that the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on Independence Day would further st...

Jharkhand students’ protest over job exam ‘anomalies’ enters 20th day

August 13, 2026 10:54 AM

Jharkhand students’ protest over job exam ‘anomalies’ enters 20th day

The students’ protest over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations entered its 20th day on Thursday, with the agitators refusing to call off the stir until their demands were met. The ‘JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch’ has been demonstrating at the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in the state capital Ranchi, demanding greater transparency in recruitment examinations, cancellation of several tests and an independent probe by the CBI or a panel of retired judges from outside Jharkhan...