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KTR demands BJP govt to reconsider and review Agnipath scheme
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday has demanded the central government to reconsider the controversial Agnipath scheme for recruitment into the Indian Army. His demand…
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Agnipath row: Increase in age limit shows sensitivity, says Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Welcoming the Centre’s decision to increase the age limit for recruitment into defence forces in India under the Agnipath Scheme, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the decision…
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‘Agnipath’ protests at 17 places in UP, Aligarh police station set ablaze
Lucknow: Protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme of recruitment in armed forces grew more virulent across Uttar Pradesh on Friday as the protestors set ablaze the Jattari police station building and a police…
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Telangana: Aasara pension of 13L beneficiaries removed, alleges Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit president Bandi Sanjay on Thursday sought a white paper on the Aasara pension scheme from the Telangana government. In a letter to the chief minister,…
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Scientists discover ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting white dwarf
Washington: Space scientists have discovered a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, detected using direct observations of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gaia mission. The discovery forms part of a treasure trove…
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Photos: Secunderabad railway station post-Agnipath protests
Hyderabad: As the protests against the Agnipath scheme continue across India, the protestors are drawing flack for damaging public property. In the protest against the Union government scheme at Secunderabad railway station,…
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36.5mn kids displaced worldwide, highest since WWII: Unicef
Geneva: An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the highest number since World War II, the Unicef said in a report published…
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West Bank: 3 Palestinians shot dead, 10 injured in Israeli raid
Three Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded, at dawn on Friday, in an assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation forces as they stormed Jenin in the occupied West Bank,…
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Hyderabad: Gang held for cloning, swiping money from bank accounts
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Thursday arrested seven persons for allegedly cloning fingerprints and swiping money off various bank accounts. The offenders obtained information from IGBRS website of the stamps and reiteration…
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CBI raids residence of Gehlot’s brother; second in two years
Jaipur: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the residence of Agrasen Gehlot, brother of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who is accused of buying potash required to make fertilisers from the…
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Agnipath threat to Indian security: Haryana farmers, khap panchayats
Chandigarh: The agitation against the Central government’s Agnipath recruitment scheme continued for a second day on Friday, with protesters blocking roads and railway tracks in parts of Haryana, largely close to the…
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Uttar Pradesh: Cops offer roses to all namazis in Lucknow
Lucknow: The Lucknow police on Friday indulged in a bit of ‘Gandhigiri’ to ensure that Friday prayers pass off peacefully. Led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Chiranjeev Nath Sinha, the…
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Explainer: What is Agnipath about and why are there protests?
On June 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government announced the Agnipath Scheme. The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated it along with the chiefs of all three defence forces –…
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Madras HC rejects plea for release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts
Chennai: Holding that High Courts do not have the special power of the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in…
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EU Commission backs candidate status for Ukraine
Kyiv: The executive arm of the European Union recommended Friday that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the 27-nation bloc. The promise of membership in a union created to…
