{
  "id": 468615,
  "title": "'Pushpa' joins PSC-JSSC aspirants' Ranchi protest, says 'Jharkhand ke students jhukenge nahi'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/pushpa-joins-psc-jssc-aspirants-ranchi-protest-says-jharkhand-ke",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pushpa-joins-psc-jssc-aspirants-ranchi-protest-says-jharkhand-ke-students-jhukenge-nahi-101786364085017.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday, a Pushpa-inspired doppelganger joined the Vidhan Sabha Gherao demonstration by aspiring PSC-JSSC candidates in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Hundreds of students took to the streets to voice their discontent over alleged irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC-CGL examinations and recruitment processes. The Pushpa impersonator adopted the character's defiant style to garner attention for the students' demands, asserting that the agitation deserved comparable support to other student protests that have garnered national media coverage. The protester emphasized that Jharkhand's students would not back down until justice is served, echoing the film character's famous line, \"Jhukega nahi, rukenge nahi, jab tak nyay milega nahi.\" Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha MLA Jairam Kumar Mahato confirmed the students' leadership of the protest, emphasizing the issue's need for national media attention and the government's responsibility to address the students' demands.",
  "summary": "The protester said he had adopted the character's style to draw attention to the Jharkhand students' demands.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}