Ranchi, Aug. 18 -- Following a sustained student-led agitation, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto on Tuesday hailed the Jharkhand government's decision to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination and all tests conducted by TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL) as a "historic win" for aspirants.

The development comes after the Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led cabinet announced the scrapping of all recruitment activities associated with TDPL and ordered a comprehensive inquiry, supervised by a retired judge, into alleged irregularities in competitive examinations held since 2014. While the move led to celebrations among thousands of aspirants and the end of Mahto's hunger strike, it triggered counter-protests from government employees who had ...