Agnipath Scheme
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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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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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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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Agnipath agitators target properties of BJP leaders, Railways in Bihar
Patna: Protests against Agnipath scheme intensified in Bihar’s several districts on Friday with the agitators damaging the Railways properties and targeting the BJP leaders in West Champaran district. The agitators attacked BJP…
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Agnipath Row: Protests erupt at several places in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme spread to Odisha on Friday as hundreds of aspirants for recruitment in the Armed Forces blocked the arterial Ring Road in Cuttack and tore down…
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Agnipath protests: Sec 144 imposed in Gurugram as precautionary measure
Gurugram: The Gurugram district administration has imposed Section 144 as a precautionary measure even though no fresh protest was reported here on Friday against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme to recruit soldiers. Deputy…
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Age limit for Agnipath scheme raised from 21 to 23 for 2022
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday raised the upper-age limit for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme to 23 years from 21 years for the year 2022 amid protest and agitation against the new…
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Students protest at Delhi’s ITO against Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: Several students along with the members of All India Students’ Association (AISA) and AAP’s Chatr-Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) on Friday staged a protest over the Central government’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for…
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Photos: Heavy security deployed at Secunderabad rly station amid Agnipath row
Hyderabad: Heavy security was deployed at Secunderabad Railway Station, on Friday, after violent protests broke out against the Central government’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment into the armed forces. The situation on the…
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MP: Protests over Agnipath turn violent in Indore, 15 held
Indore: Protests over the Centre’s Agnipath recruitment scheme turned violent in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Friday morning after hundreds of protesters gathered on tracks near a railway station in the city and…
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Agnipath row: Wave of agitations reach Bengal
Kolkata: The wave of agitations against Agnipath, the proposed short-term entry scheme to the armed forces, on Friday reached West Bengal. Till 11 a.m. on Friday, the agitations were restricted to Thakurnagar…
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Agnipath protestors set 20 bogies of 2 trains on fire in Bihar
Lakhisarai: Protests against the Center’s ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme intensified in Bihar on Friday as angry aspirants set fire to at least 20 bogies of the New Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramshila Express and New Delhi-Darbhanga…
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Agnipath row: Buses vandalised, stones pelted in UP districts
Lucknow: Roadways buses were vandalised in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad on Friday as mobs protesting against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme went on rampage. Youths protesting against the short-term contract scheme in armed forces, pelted…