JPSC- JSSC Row: HC Stay Puts Soren Govt’s Assurances to Students Under Scrutiny

JPSC- JSSC Row: HC Stay Puts Soren Govt’s Assurances to Students Under Scrutiny

22-08-2026 

Student protesters are up in arms even as the court has protected appointments pending further orders. 

For the student protesters who pushed the government towards cancellation, the judicial intervention raises a different question: what…

As sugar prices rise,Centre permits duty- free import of 10 LMT of raw sugar to block black marketing

As sugar prices rise,Centre permits duty- free import of 10 LMT of raw sugar to block black marketing

22-08-2026 

Sugar prices have increased in recent weeks, from ₹48.18 per kg on 20 July 2026 to ₹55.70 per kg on 20 August 2026. The Government is closely monitoring the situation and has taken a series of measures to ensure adequate availability of sugar and…

Crores of mothers received maternity benefits worth over Rs. 21,343 crore: Minister

Crores of mothers received maternity benefits worth over Rs. 21,343 crore: Minister

22-08-2026 

Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Annpurna Devi on August 21, 2026, chaired the meeting of the Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached to the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Kolkata ,West Bengal. 

Enquiry ordered into death of three workers in a midnight blaze at steel factory in Ramgarh

Enquiry ordered into death of three workers in a midnight blaze at steel factory in Ramgarh

22-08-2026 

After three employees of a steel factory in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district died, the factory management has set up a team to enquire into the incident.

In this blaze incident, apart from the deaths of three workers, one was injured after…

Student protesters back on the streets, set to burn CM Soren’s effigy, blaming him of ‘deceit’

Student protesters back on the streets, set to burn CM Soren’s effigy, blaming him of ‘deceit’

21-08-2026 

Student protesters are back on the street preparing to burn effigies of the Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday.

The burning of effigies is likely to take place in all district headquarters towns today, August 21, 2026 evening.

At…

Jharkhand JPSC-JSSC case: SC headed by CJI Surya Kant to hear plea seeking CBI probe

Jharkhand JPSC-JSSC case: SC headed by CJI Surya Kant to hear plea seeking CBI probe

21-08-2026 

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking a federal probe into alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Preliminary Competitive Examination, 2025, conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) for recruitment…

HC Order Reopens Pandora Box Over Soren Government’s Response To Agitating Students

HC Order Reopens Pandora Box Over Soren Government’s Response To Agitating Students

21-08-2026 

The Jharkhand government’s sweeping action against recruitment examinations was meant to draw a line under weeks of student agitation. Instead, the Jharkhand High Court’s intervention has opened a new phase in the dispute — one that…

Jharkhand HC orders interim stay on the state govt’s order cancelling JSSC-CGL & CDPO Exams Appointments

Jharkhand HC orders interim stay on the state govt’s order cancelling JSSC-CGL & CDPO Exams Appointments

21-08-2026 

Yet another setback for the state government. This time the Jharkhand High Court on Friday (August 21, 2026) has stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL…

Explained: Why NEET’s Fool Proof system faces the SC’s scrutiny

Explained: Why NEET’s Fool Proof system faces the SC’s scrutiny

20-08-2026 

The Centre has defended the security architecture of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) before the Supreme Court, describing the present system as ‘foolproof’ and difficult to breach, while acknowledging…

SC out to draw the line of the law and the fundamental right to protest

SC out to draw the line of the law and the fundamental right to protest

20-08-2026 

The Supreme Court has indicated that FIRs registered against innocent student protesters during the nationwide agitation over the NEET paper leak should be quashed, while making it equally clear that those with serious criminal histories…