The activist said he ended his fast after prolonged negotiations and to prevent possible violence, while the CJP maintained that its campaign seeking the education minister's resignation would continue.
Sonam Wangchuk said safeguarding young protesters from criminal cases and securing relief for bereaved families were more urgent than prolonging his fast over the Education Minister’s resignation.
The meeting comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre is preparing a stricter law against examination paper leaks, while the protesting party continues to demand the Education Minister's resignation.
The Congress leader said students were seeking accountability over the alleged NEET paper leak and urged the government to remove the Education Minister and act against those responsible.
The activist had refused to relent until the government promised no punitive action against NEET protesters. His decision followed an emotional hospital meeting that lasted over an hour.
Under Indian Railways’ flagship “52 Reforms in 52 Weeks” initiative, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday presented a fresh set of eight major structural reforms in construction, the container sector, and fly ash transportation, among others.
Senior BJP leader Sanjay Tandon on Tuesday led a delegation of the Teachers' Union of City Beautiful to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and submitted a memorandum highlighting the long-pending demands of teachers including immediate clearance of the probation period of the 2015 batch teachers serving under the Chandigarh Education Department.
The Odisha State Sentence Review Board (OSSRB) has recommended the premature release of Dara Singh, the life convict in the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in Odisha's Keonjhar district, citing his "good behaviour" in prison.
The ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra has set a new record by crossing the three lakh pilgrim mark in just 12 days, making it one of the fastest-growing pilgrimages in recent years.
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of two operatives and recovered 30 kg of heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
