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Jharkhand student revolt hardens as CBI demand blocks settlement
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Jharkhand’s CBI demand will keep the assembly march alive, and the government’s CID-and-court package may not defuse student anger.

This is now bigger than one exam: it is a credibility fight over public hiring, state accountability, and whether protest pressure can force a federal probe.

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This is now bigger than one exam: it is a credibility fight over public hiring, state accountability, and whether protest pressure can force a federal probe.

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Jharkhand’s recruitment-exam crisis remains unresolved after the government accepted most protest demands but refused a CBI probe into the JSSC-CGL case. Students, backed by a hunger strike and a planned march to the assembly on August 10, say CID, ED and court steps are not enough. The dispute has become a test of whether the state can restore trust in exam integrity without conceding the central investigative demand.

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Jharkhand student revolt hardens as CBI demand blocks settlement

The state says it has met most demands, but protesters are rejecting anything short of a CBI probe into recruitment irregularities.

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