Agnipath Scheme
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Train services resume at violence-hit Secunderabad station under tight security cover
Hyderabad: Train services at Secunderabad Railway Station, which witnessed arson and violence resulting in the death of a protester aspiring to join the armed forces, are limping back to normalcy, a senior…
- India
Examine Agnipath scheme’s impact on national security: PIL filed in SC
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an expert committee under a former apex court judge to examine the Agnipath military recruitment scheme and…
- Chennai
Agnipath row: Trains cancelled, railway stations beef up security in TN
Chennai: As the protests against Central Government’s army recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ saw attack on railway property, the Southern Railway has increased security at all major stations across Tamil Nadu, including Chennai Central,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Last rites rally of slain Agnipath protestor turns tense; anti Modi slogans raised
Hyderabad: The last rites rally of deceased Agnipath protestor, D Rakesh, turned violent on Saturday when people attempted to attack the Warangal Railway station and BSNL office in Warangal. The protestors also…
- Telangana
Agnipath recruitment scheme will jeopardize country’s security: Uttam
Hyderabad: Congress Party’s Member of Parliament (MP) Uttam Kumar Reddy demanded that the central government withdraw the army recruitment “Agnipath” scheme as this scheme will compromise the country’s security. He said…
- India
Delhi Police arrests man for ‘instigating’ Agnipath protesters in Delhi
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly making an inflammatory speech and instigating youths protesting against the Agnipath Scheme here, officials said on Saturday. Police said Surender Sharma…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Andhra native mobilised Agnipath protesters, say cops
Hyderabad: The police during its investigation into the Secunderabad railway station violence on Friday identified one person of Narsaraopet in Andhra Pradesh as the alleged mastermind of the violence. One person was…
- India
PM will have to become ‘maafiveer’, take back ‘Agnipath’: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to withdraw the farm laws, he will have to accept the demand of the youth and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Why did the police open fire at Agnipath protestors?
Hyderabad: The city police is now working overtime to unravel the alleged conspiracy behind the mob violence at Secunderabad railway station that took place on Friday which ultimately led to police firing…
- India
Agnipath row: 15 held, 225 booked for violence, blocking expressway near Noida
Noida: Protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme continued on Friday as scores of youngsters descended on the Yamuna Expressway and blocked traffic movement briefly, prompting Gautam Buddh Nagar police to lodge an FIR…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Vizag railway station shut, high alert at Guntur
Visakhapatnam: Railway authorities on Saturday closed the Visakhapatnam railway station and beefed up security at all other major stations in Andhra Pradesh as a precautionary measure to prevent protests against the Central government’s…
- Hyderabad
Agnipath row: CM KCR announces ex gratia, job to kin of man killed in police firing
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday announced Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia to kin of Rakesh’s who died in the Railway Police firing while participating in a dharna against the…
- India
Agnipath row: Protests across country on June 16, 17; 11 states affected
Armed forces and aspiring army officers in several states of the country on June 16 and 17 that is protested against the newly launched Agnipath recruitment scheme. On June 13, the Bharatiya…
- India
Punjab CM demands immediate roll back of ‘Agnipath’ scheme in Army
Chandigarh: Condemning the recent decision of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to implement the ‘Agnipath’ scheme in the Indian Army as a retrogressive step, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Travellers stranded as protests disrupt railways
Hyderabad: Following violent protests, the South Central Railways cancelled the scheduled running of multiple trains from the Secunderabad station, leaving many passengers stranded in the city. On Friday morning, angry youth set…
