- newJantar Mantar protest LIVE: Delhi High Court agrees to hear PIL seeking probe into Cockroach Janta Party protest
CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka reacted to PM Modi’s announcement of fast-track courts, saying that the real issue to be addressed is why paper leaks happen; Delhi Metro shuts at least 16 stations due to the protest
- 1 hour ago 23 Jul 26, 1:02pm - - newDelhi HC agrees to hear PIL seeking probe into Cockroach Janta Party protest
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has been holding the protest since June 20 to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over examination irregularities
- 1 hour ago 23 Jul 26, 1:00pm - - newSupreme Court may step in if closure of metro stations persists, says CJI
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant informed the Bar that he had passed an administrative order directing that no adverse orders be passed solely on account of the non-appearance of lawyers
- 1 hour ago 23 Jul 26, 12:55pm - - newCockroach Janta Party protests | Collection of The Hindu’s ground reports
Tens of thousands of young protesters took to the streets of New Delhi, clashing with police who used tear gas and batons to push them back
- 2 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 12:37pm - - newProtesters at Jantar Mantar find relief at free clinics set up by doctors
The clinic, apart from having paracetamol, painkillers, bottles of Dettol, and sanitary pads, also has a machine to check blood pressure, an oximeter, and thermometers. The medicines and the equipment were donated by the people and the 10-12 doctors working there
- 3 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 11:39am - - new16 metro stations, including Rajiv Chowk, Patel Chowk, Delhi Gate and Central Secretariat, closed, says DMRC
DMRC stated that interchange facility will remain available at Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House and Central Secretariat
- 5 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 8:59am - - newPellet guns, shock batons used against protesters in Delhi; police deny
Shaikh Irshad Mansoori suffered pellet injuries, the first known case of security forces using pellet guns in Delhi; police deny use, say public must “verify facts”
- 7 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 6:57am - - newDelhi HC dismisses PIL over Sonam Wangchuk’s removal from Jantar Mantar
“Since an FIR is sought to be lodged in relation to a reportedly solitary incident, it is always open for the petitioner to take recourse to 173 of BNSS,” says court
- 12 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 2:00am - - newBJP, Oppn. take divergent view of police action on protesters
Monday’s march was ‘not peaceful’ and its organisers must be held accountable, says Delhi Minister; BJP MP says Centre acted with ‘sensitivity’; AAP highlights instances of women being ‘assaulted’; cadre standing with Rahul: Delhi Cong. chief
- 13 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 1:19am - - new‘Fit cause’, ‘valid demand’: Haryana musicians back protesting students- 13 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 1:16am -
- newCommuters rail as metro station closures disrupt their schedule- 13 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 1:05am -
- newFIR count in CJP protest rises to 10- 13 hours ago 23 Jul 26, 12:51am -
- newDelhi HC seeks Centre’s reply to claims of police brutality, excess force during Parliament march
High Court orders preservation of CCTV, video footage; says allegations cannot be dismissed as “isolated” incidents; ASG claims protesters turned violent; petitioners allege police used lathis with nails, electric batons, molested women
- 17 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 9:11pm - - newDelhi court acquits ex-MLA Nitin Tyagi in 2019 assault case, slams defence counsel's conduct
The case stems from a 2019 FIR lodged in Laxmi Nagar police station. It alleged that Mr. Tyagi, came to the site where the restoration work was being carried out on November 29, 2019, and, along with his associates, he manhandled workers, tore up government site plans and threatened officials to stop them from removing encroachers from the floodplain.
- 21 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 5:16pm - - newStable India-China ties will help build ‘multi-polar Asia’ and ‘multi-polar world’: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister discusses India-China normalisation with Wang Yi, raises safety of Indian seafarers with Sergey Lavrov, and joins Quad talks backing a free and open Indo-Pacific
- 21 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 4:59pm -
- newProtesters, petrol pump, police... and one woman
Delhi witnessed gratuitous violence during the CJP protests. This petrol pump was a site of violence.
- 22 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 4:39pm - - newProtesters march ahead, only to be met with lathis, tear gas
With hundreds of people incoming and Jantar Mantar already full, the protestors decided to move towards Sansad Marg, undeterred by the high barricades and police personnel blocking their way
- 23 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 3:18pm - - newDelhi Internet shutdown during CJP protest: Where does the law stand? | Explained
Legal questions arise about government authority and public safety measures following Delhi’s Internet shutdown during the CJP protest
- 23 hours ago 22 Jul 26, 2:49pm - - Delhi Metro shuts 16 stations due to ‘security reasons’
The closures come amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 12:33pm - - Nagina MP Chandra Shekhar Azad continues protest in Parliament in support of students
“I didn’t witness the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, but the scenes that unfolded today certainly reminded me of that dark chapter in history”
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 9:29am - - Parliament breach: Delhi court grants interim bail to accused on humanitarian grounds
Sagar Sharma informed the court that his father died of cancer on July 14 and that he was required to perform the last rites and related rituals as the only male member of his family
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 8:32am - - Union Education Minister Pradhan says Rahul, Congress exploiting students; CJP's Jantar Mantar protest site draws Opposition leaders | highlights
Govt wasted our time, says Dipke on talks between Nadda, CJP team; Sonam Wangchuk shifted to Medanta Hospital
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 8:16am - - Rahul changed goalposts to end sit-in, says govt.; BJP terms protest at PM’s residence a ‘symbol of anarchy’
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the government’s interlocutor, says the Congress leader initially agreed to suspend his protest if the paper leak issue was discussed in Parliament, but he later raised the demand for Pradhan’s ouster; Pradhan says Rahul exploiting students as a ‘political tool’
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 7:46am - - Hundreds of people order food online for protestors at Jantar Mantar
Food was ordered via food delivery apps from across the country and in some cases, from abroad, with instructions to give it to anyone at the protest site
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 7:28am - - Wangchuk shifted from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta in Gurugram after Delhi HC order
Wangchuk was brought to the Medanta Hospital in an ambulance at 7.28 p.m. under tight security
- 1 day ago 22 Jul 26, 6:45am - - Thousands brave rain and regroup at CJP protest site, day after police crackdown
From only about 200-300 people early in the morning, crowd swells to thousands by evening; many first-timers say ‘brutal’ police action made them join the protest site
- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 2:00am - - Police file four FIRs amid flak over crackdown on protesters- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 1:25am -
- Some of those detained were not even at protest site, families allege- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 1:24am -
- Road safety board set up, but debate over powers persists- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 1:23am -
- Kadhi chawal and solidarity: volunteers flock to Jantar Mantar with fuel and resolve- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 1:23am -
- Smart property cards to be issued soon to Lal Dora residents, says Delhi CM- 2 days ago 22 Jul 26, 1:21am -
- Pawar, Kejriwal, other Opposition leaders visit Jantar Mantar after crackdown; back CJP protest
Sharad Pawar, accompanied by party MP Supriya Sule, met injured protesters and members of the movement and condemned the police action during Monday's (July 20, 2026) attempted march to Parliament.
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 11:49pm - - DISCOM employees, farmers protest proposed parallel distribution licence in Nuh, Gurugram- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 9:04pm -
- 'Deeply insensitive': CJP removes spokesperson Vijeta Dahiya over burger video
“We strongly condemn the deeply insensitive actions of our spokesperson Vijeta Dahiya, whose videos surfaced while peaceful protestors and our team were facing brutal police violence,” the CJP statement said
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 8:39pm - - Delhi High Court orders immediate shift of Sonam Wangchuk to Medanta Hospital
Court says transfer necessary to protect Mr. Wangchuk’s fundamental rights
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 6:06pm - - Left MPs visit Jantar Mantar, demand Amit Shah's statement in Parliament over police action
There is a virtual martial law in this country; the brutality unleashed on innocent youngsters is unheard of; their agitation is for the country, but they were brutally attacked, said CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 5:41pm - - Parliament Monsoon Session Day 2 highlights: Both Houses adjourned for the day amid Opposition protests
LoP Rahul Gandhi along with some Opposition MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to allow a discussion in the House on the “brutality unleashed” on students
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 3:37pm - - Woman, two daughters killed in house fire at Delhi's Lodhi Colony
At 10.21 a.m. Delhi Fire Services received a call informing about fire in a residential building in south Delhi's Lodhi Road
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 3:23pm - - CJP protest: Delhi HC refuses urgent listing of PIL on violent police crackdown
“Don’t drag the Court into all this. It will come up tomorrow,” the court said.
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 12:55pm - - When protest meets crackdown: Cockroach Janta Party protest in pictures- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 12:43pm -
- Mobile net shutdown slows dissemination of visuals from central Delhi protest
The hours-long shutdown, in the heart of the national capital, disrupted violent scenes that emerged from the police’s crackdown on protesters
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 7:48am - - March to Parliament: Protesters’ anger extends beyond paper leaks
One of the many common threads connecting those who faced police lathis was that they had voted for the BJP in the past or came from families that had traditionally supported the BJP, making their disappointment more acute
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 7:46am - - Sonam Wangchuk to continue fast, cites police action against protesters
Mt. Wangchuk said he is "touched and moved" by the manner in which the protesters have maintained peace despite "provocation"
- 2 days ago 21 Jul 26, 6:28am - - Several hurt in crackdown on CJP Parliament march
Scores hospitalised with fractures, head and eye injuries; CJP leaders meet Nadda, demand Pradhan’s ouster; Wangchuk cites ‘brutality’, says will continue fast till MPs meet ‘youth leaders’ or him
- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:23am - - DU to set up two control rooms to check ragging- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:19am -
- Delhi clears implementation of Central scheme to phase out polluting commercial vehicles
PARIVARTAN scheme will incentivise replacement of highly polluting commercial vehicles with cleaner ones, leading to a reduction in air pollution, says CM; policy expected to benefit around 2.07 lakh truck and bus owners in Delhi-NCR
- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:17am - - AAP hits out at BJP over police action on protesting students- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:13am -
- Delhi L-G reviews monsoon preparedness; warns of action over flood lapses- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:05am -
- Police outnumbered, taken aback by number of protesters who reached Parliament’s doorstep
In an unprecedented turn of events, despite multiple layers of barricades, deployment of around 3,000 security personnel and an Internet shutdown, large crowds comprising mostly students and young people were able to reach the doorsteps of Parliament before they were tear-gassed and charged with batons
- 3 days ago 21 Jul 26, 1:00am - - 30,000 students, 1,100 seats: Delhi University’s one-year PG rollout hits a roadblock- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 11:04pm -
- AISA activists end 23-day hunger strike, to continue ‘other forms of struggle’
One activist criticises government decision to lathi-charge protesters on Monday, saying that the government and police are not “able to understand that this fight is for their children”
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 9:39pm - - Delhi Police denies ‘intrusive surveillance’ of ‘Cockroach’ protest; videography for ‘law and order’
This is only for the purpose of law and order, there is no snooping or surveillance, the Solicitor General stated
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 9:00pm - - Watch: ‘We are here for our future’: Voices from CJP protest at Jantar Mantar
Thousands of students, parents and activists gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar as the Cockroach Janta Party’s movement gained momentum following the hospitalisation of Sonam Wangchuk. Protesters raised concerns about examination irregularities, paper leaks and transparency, while demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 8:34pm - - Delhi HC to hear Wangchuk hospital transfer plea on July 21
Bench seeks medical records and doctors’ presence; counsel says Wangchuk has a constitutional right to continue his protest; Solicitor-General says any deterioration in his health or any unforeseen event can have repercussions
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 8:25pm - - The E20 transition: fuel for debate
As car and bike owners report clogged injectors, damaged fuel pumps, and contaminated petrol across the country, a look at competing claims on what is driving the complaints, and whether ethanol is really to blame
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 4:57pm - - Parliament Monsoon Session updates on July 20, 2026: Opposition's demand for discussion over question paper leaks rocks both Houses
Both Houses adjourned for the day without conducting any meaningful business; Opposition parties are protesting for a discussion on question paper leaks and the student protests in Delhi's Jantar Mantar
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 4:55pm - - NIA moves Delhi HC against bail granted to Khurram Parvez, Irfan Mehraj; Court agrees to hear today
It was alleged that Irfan Mehraj had worked as a researcher with the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society until March 2022, while Khurram Parvez served as the coordinator of the organisation
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 4:53pm - - Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia to join march to Parliament on Monday
Party alleges that activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained by the Centre to prevent him from taking part in the march.
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 11:03am - - Neha, a prominent face of the CJP protests, presses on with hunger strike
The All India Students’ Association’s national president and two of her colleagues continue the hunger strike demanding reforms in education. She vows to continue the fight to remind people that ‘the divisive politics that the BJP has taught’ is not their legacy
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 9:48am - - Jantar Mantar protest highlights: Wangchuk will end fast if Parliament session focuses on education accountability, says Gitanjali Angmo
The Delhi Police say ‘no permission sought or granted’ for July 20 Parliament protest march and Section 163 is currently in effect in the New Delhi district
- 3 days ago 20 Jul 26, 9:27am -