Agnipath
- India
Agnipath has shattered dreams of youth to serve country, alleges Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the military recruitment scheme Agnipath, alleging that it has shattered the dreams of the youth to serve the country and created…
- India
‘Valid’: SC dismisses pleas against Centre’s Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two pleas challenging a Delhi High Court judgment that upheld the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment into the armed forces. A bench of Chief…
- India
HC’s Agnipath verdict exposes Opposition’s negative politics: BJP
New Delhi: With the Delhi High Court upholding the short-term military recruitment scheme Agnipath, the BJP asserted on Monday that the verdict has exposed the Opposition’s negative politics yet again. BJP chief spokesperson…
- India
Railways suffered loss of Rs 259.44cr during Agnipath protests
New Delhi: The government on Friday said the Railways has suffered a loss of Rs 259.44 crore due to damage or destruction of railway assets during agitations against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme. In…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging Agnipath scheme on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a group of petitions, challenging the newly-launched Agnipath recruitment scheme for defence forces. The batch of pleas will be heard by a bench…
- India
IAF receives 7.5 lakh applications under Agnipath scheme; closes registration
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday said it has received 7.5 lakh applications under the “Agnipath” recruitment scheme. The registration process under the scheme began on June 24 and…
- India
SC agrees to hear pleas challenging Centre’s Agnipath scheme next week
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would hear next week’s pleas challenging the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. A vacation bench of Justices Indira…
- Telangana
BJP, Congress clash in Telangana during protest against Agnipath
Hyderabad: BJP and Congress workers clashed in Hanamkonda town of Telangana on Friday, resulting in injuries to few persons. The incident occurred when Congress workers staged a protest against the Central government’s…
- India
Agnipath stir: Man thrashed by Congress protesters in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu
Jaipur: A youth was roughed up by Congress workers for enumerating the benefits of Agnipath scheme when the party was staging a protest against it in Jhunjhunu on Monday. According to onlookers,…
- Politics
Nitish Kumar must clear his stand on Agnipath: Bihar opposition
Patna: Opposition members protested in the Bihar Assembly on Monday over the Agnipath scheme of defence recruitment and demanded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spell out his stand. Opposition parties, including the RJD,…
- India
Cong holds protests against Agnipath scheme in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Congress leaders and workers on Monday held protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme in all 200 assembly constituencies in Rajasthan. PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, who held a dharna at Laxmangarh…
- India
Around 2,000 people arrested for violence over Agnipath, Prophet remark: UP Police
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has so far arrested 1,562 people in connection with the violence over the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, a senior officer said on Saturday. Another 424 people have…
- Telangana
Telangana: Govt job for brother of man killed in Secunderabad firing
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday issued orders for providing government job to the brother of army job aspirant Damera Rakesh who was killed in Railway Police firing at Secunderabad railway station…
- India
AAP’s Sanjay Singh urges PM Modi to rollback Agnipath
New Delhi: Terming the Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces as a “fraud with the youth of the nation”, AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Wednesday wrote to…
- India
Agnipath is BJP’s jumla, not fit for defence, scrap it: Goa Congress
Panaji: Citing Chanakya’s advice to emperor Chandragupta Maurya that the nation will not survive if farmers and soldiers have to seek their rights, Congress functionary Capt Viriato Fernandes on Wednesday demanded that…
