What started as an online satire campaign, The Cockroach Janta Party has become one of the most unexpected challenges to Narendra Modi's government.

The movement, born just over two months ago as a satirical online campaign, has quickly swelled into a formidable real-world political force ...

India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after weeks of protests over alleged exam leaks and irregularities in the education system.

The police fired water cannons at protesters in the state of Bihar, while the leaders of the ‘Cockroach’ student movement ...

A joke has turned into a major protest movement in India, challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu nationalist's government.

NEW DELHI (AP) — For weeks, India’s young protesters waved signs mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government and rallied under an unlikely name: the Cockroach Janta Party. They secured a ...

Protesters confront a police officer during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP ...

Thousands of people again on the streets of Delhi demanding education reforms despite police violence on Monday ...

The police action came after thousands of demonstrators tried to breach security barricades surrounding the protest site in central New Delhi, marking one of the most serious confrontations in the ...

The student movement has already toppled Modi’s education minister. Activist Danish Ali speaks to Tribune about what comes next.

Over the past few weeks, young people have mobilised to protest India’s broken education system, against the background of a shortage of job opportunities. The protests were initially sparked by the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the ...