Bollywood actress Dia Mirza on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the ongoing student protests, saying his statement came too late and failed to address the concerns of students and families affected by the crisis.

The Prime Minister said authorities have been directed to take all necessary steps to safeguard students’ interests as protests over the NEET paper leak continue across the country.

When more than 10,000 young Indians marched from Jantar Mantar to the parliament in New Delhi on Monday—responding to a call by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement—police launched a crackdown on them with tear gas and batons, allegedly injuring about 150 protesters and detaining many others.

Motorcycles weave through traffic before pulling up beside clusters of volunteers, ferrying donations from supporters across India and abroad unable to join a rare display of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

If work cannot sustain meaning, and leisure cannot restore it, people will create new spaces where both can be reclaimed.

Awami League leaders and activists could not hold an event at Zero Point in the capital’s Gulistan yesterday amid strong resistance by students, and activists of different political parties, including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.

BNP activists hand over 3 'Awami League men' to police

The student movement against discrimination will hold a mass gathering at Zero Point in the capital’s Gulistan today, demanding trial of the Awami League.

This will be the UN fact-finding mission to Bangladesh

Their deaths in the hands of cold-blooded law enforcement personnel might not have been in vain

The recent movement saw a massively uneven distribution of power, where unarmed students were up against armed forces in full gear. In this reality, medical students have been trying their best to speak out against the atrocities being carried out. Alongside that, they’ve been using their skills to help save lives.

The vigour of youth emerges because they have not been disillusioned into accepting the deficiencies of the present.

Resulting damage could have severe long-term impacts

We protest mindless attacks on students

The frequency of student protests worldwide indicates the possibility of forming a more egalitarian society.

The heavy-handedness led students in Atlanta to shout, "Stop Cop City."

Protestors demand for an independent probe into allegations of question leak that marred this year’s medical and dental admission tests.