NEET row: Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi for ‘exploiting’ students

IANS | July 21, 2026 11:53 PM

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday sharply criticised Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for allegedly using students as “political tools” during the ongoing protests over the NEET paper leak.

Mizoram Police register 538 drug cases, arrest 795 in 18 months

IANS | July 21, 2026 11:04 PM

Aizawl, July 21 (IANS) Mizoram Police have registered 538 drug-related cases and arrested 795 alleged drug peddlers and smugglers over the past 18 months, including women and Myanmar nationals, reflecting the state’s intensified crackdown on narcotics, officials said on Tuesday.

Uddhav Thackeray to meet protesting students in Delhi tomorrow

IANS | July 21, 2026 10:28 PM

Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray will meet and interact with students protesting in Delhi on Wednesday, party leader Aaditya Thackeray announced. Aaditya Thackeray also assured that Shiv Sena (UBT) will provide complete legal assistance to student protesters who have received police notices or are facing legal action.

‘Calling classmate pretty is no crime’: K’taka HC quashes FIR against student

IANS | July 21, 2026 10:26 PM

Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR filed against a 20-year-old college student who had sent a private Instagram message complimenting his female classmate, holding that the use of “Gen Z lingo” in a personal conversation does not amount to stalking, voyeurism or outraging the modesty of a woman.

Calcutta HC grants interim protection to Mahua Moitra

IANS | July 21, 2026 8:26 PM

Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive police action, including arrest, to two-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, Mahua Moitra, in a case where she has been accused of making violence-inciting statements in public.