{
  "id": 465442,
  "title": "Barbed wire fences, angry students: What Express saw at Jharkhand protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/barbed-wire-fences-angry-students-what-express-saw-at-jharkhand",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T11:41:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express - India",
    "slug": "the-indian-express-india",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jharkhand-protest-devendra-nath-mahto-shibu-soren-ranchi-police-lathicharge-jpsc-vidhan-sabha-marc-10826415/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thousands of students marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi on Monday, protesting alleged irregularities in state recruitment exams and demanding a CBI investigation. The protest began near the old Assembly complex and saw protesters breach multiple layers of police barricades as they moved towards the new Vidhan Sabha. The Jharkhand government agreed to cancel three exams and allow an Enforcement Directorate probe into financial irregularities linked to the exams. Police deployed heavy security, including barbed wire and water cannons, along the protesters' route. Despite lathicharge, tear gas, and injuries sustained by some students, a man was spotted raising the national flag and carrying a portrait of former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren. Almost all the students reached the Vidhan Sabha, where they continued their demonstration.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Jharkhand protest LIVE: Student leader joins march to Assembly in ambulance; BJP leaders detained outside CM's home",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/jharkhand-protest-live-student-leader-joins-march-to-assembly-in",
        "published": "2026-08-10T05:27:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Students March To Jharkhand Assembly As Protest Enters Day 17",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/students-march-to-jharkhand-assembly-as-protest-enters-day-17",
        "published": "2026-08-10T05:36:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "Lathi-charge, tear gas and a sea of protesters: Jharkhand anger reaches Assembly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/lathi-charge-tear-gas-and-a-sea-of-protesters-jharkhand-anger-reaches",
        "published": "2026-08-10T10:15:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Protesting Jharkhand students face lathi charge, tear gas, water cannon during march to assembly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/protesting-jharkhand-students-face-lathi-charge-tear-gas-water-cannon",
        "published": "2026-08-10T10:20:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "For Jharkhand’s job aspirants, it was a march for lost years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/for-jharkhands-job-aspirants-it-was-a-march-for-lost-years",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:11:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}