New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Jharkhand government held talks with various outfits amid protests over the issue of paper leak in recruitment exams. "Demands of protesting aspirants are genuine," state minister Sanjay Prasad Yadav, who is a member of the panel set up by the government, said after back-to-back meetings.

As the meeting concluded, Yadav was quoted as saying, "All the students' demands are justified, and we will take up their issues with the Chief Minister [Hemant Soren]. All their grievances will be addressed."

The state government officials arrived at the State Guest House in Ranchi on Saturday to meet the student delegation and discuss aspirants' demands.

A five-member panel of the government, which included three ministers, ...