Thousands of students in Jharkhand (a state in eastern India) broke through police barricades on Monday and marched toward the state legislative assembly in Ranchi, demanding a federal investigation into widespread irregularities in public-sector recruitment exams. The protest, now in its sixteenth day, prompted the state government to cancel two disputed exams and accept the resignation of all three members of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission, though demonstrators say those concessions fall short of their core demand for a CBI probe. The scale of the unrest underscores deepening public distrust in the integrity of competitive exams that determine access to government employment for millions of young Indians.