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India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party launches nationwide youth protest campaign

NEW DELHI June 12, 2026 (AP) — India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party launched a nationwide protest campaign on Thursday with hundreds of students and young supporters gathering in the western city of Pune in the youth movement’s latest show of strength. The rally at Savitribai Phule Pune University followed the group’s first major street protest in New Delhi last week. It demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, a political communications strategist and Boston University student, addressed supporters and said Thursday marked the start of a broader

About 19 million from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh migrated to Gulf countries since 2010: Study

New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) A study has estimated that about 19 million people, averaging 1.35 million per year, have migrated from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates since 2010. The data compares to 13.6 million movements from Mexico to the US over the entire period since 1990, researchers from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and the University of Hong Kong said. Globally, the Middle East experienced the highest total inflow of migrants, chiefly from South Asia and the Philippines,

Gold slumps Rs 2,100 to Rs 1.53 lakh/10g; silver trades flat in Delhi

New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) Gold prices slid for the second straight day, declining by Rs 2,100 to Rs 1.53 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid rising tensions in West Asia, which kept investors’ sentiment subdued in the bullion market. According to marketmen, the yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 2,100 to Rs 1,53,900 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday’s closing level of Rs 1,56,000 per 10 grams. Analysts said the prolonged tensions in West Asia have raised concerns over elevated energy prices and inflation, limiting the appeal

There was no FIR, chargesheet against Natarajan so she need not give info in affidavit: Ex-official

Bhopal, Jun 11 (PTI) A former Madhya Pradesh assembly official on Thursday claimed that although Congress nominee Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha poll nomination was rejected on charges of hiding information, she was not required to make any such disclosure as no FIR or chargesheet had been filed against her. Talking to PTI Videos, former principal secretary of the Madhya Pradesh assembly, Bhagwandev Israni, said Natarajan did not conceal any information that could lead to the cancellation of her candidature, and she was not given a chance by the authorities. He also said the Election Commission needs to intervene in this

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