Agnipath Scheme
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Anti-Agnipath protest: Bihar Bandh
Sasaram: Relatives of protestors wait outside a police station after police detained several people protesting against Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme, in Sasaram district, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (PTI Photo) Patna: Security personnel detain…
- India
IAF releases details on Agnipath recruitment scheme
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Sunday released the details of the Agnipath recruitment scheme amid the ongoing agitation and widespread protests against the scheme across several states. The process for…
- Telangana
Secunderabad railway station arson: Body of army aspirant cremated
Hyderabad: The body of a young man who died after security personnel opened fire to control the rampaging mob protesting against ‘Agnipath’, a recruitment scheme for the armed forces, at the Secunderabad…
- India
Bihar: Agnipath protests trigger fresh friction between allies BJP, JD (U)
Patna: The protests against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a fresh war of words between the two ruling allies – the BJP…
- Hyderabad
Agnipath row: Hyderabad police intel prevents protests in Andhra
Hyderabad: A timely tip-off by the Hyderabad police helped the Andhra Pradesh police prevent a violent protest by army job seekers at the Guntur and Vizag Railway Stations. Protestors had reportedly planned…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Agnipath protest: Violence instigated via Whatsapp groups
Hyderabad: The alleged mastermind of the Secunderabad railway station violence, Avula Subba Rao, a native of Praksham in Andhra Pradesh, along with a few of his fellow candidates who attended coaching for…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Protest erupts over Agnipath scheme at Osmania University
Hyderabad: Osmania University (OU) students protested in front of the NCC gate on Saturday afternoon, demanding the centre’s Agnipath scheme be cancelled. Around 30 students from the Vidyarthi Jana Samithi (VJS) and…
- India
‘Agnipath’ row: Nadda appeals to youth to believe in PM Modi, drop agitation
Chitradurga [Karnataka]: Calling upon the youth protesting against the defence recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ to believe in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday appealed to them to…
- India
Agnipath protest: MHA sanctions security covers for 10 Bihar BJP leaders
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has accorded a VIP security cover of the CRPF to at least 10 Bihar BJP legislators and leaders in view of threats posed to them by…
- Hyderabad
Secunderabad: SCR tallies damage at Rs 3.3 cr due to Agnipath violence
Hyderabad: After the violent Agnipath protests in Secunderabad station that shook the city, the mechanical department of the South Central Railways (SCR) revealed an estimation that the damage amounted to Rs. 3.3…
- Bangalore
Anti-Agnipath protests reach Karnataka, 30 arrested
Bengaluru: Protests against ‘Agnipath’, the Centre’s ambitious scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces, erupted in several parts of Belagavi and Dharwad districts in Karnataka on Saturday, forcing the police to…
- India
Aspirant runs 60 km, anti-Agnipath protest spreads in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: An aspirant for an Armed Forces job ran 60 km in Nabarangpur as a mark of his opposition to ‘Agnipath’ on Saturday and a large number of agitators sat in dharna…
- India
Inappropriate for sensitive govt to strike first, think later: Varun Gandhi on Agnipath
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the Centre over the Agnipath scheme, saying it is not appropriate for a sensitive government to “strike first and think…
- India
Agnipath row: Centre cautions all states/UTs on continuing agitation
Kolkata: In the wake of growing tension over Agnipath, the proposed scheme of the Central government for short-term services in the Indian armed forces, spreading from one state to another, the Centre,…
- India
Kharge slams Agnipath, says Congress to protest from Sunday
Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the union government for introducing Agnipath scheme for the recruitment in armed forces and said the party will start…
