Agnipath
- 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…
- India
Agnipath row: Congress delegation meets President Kovind
New Delhi: A seven-member Congress delegation led by Leader of Opposition (LoP) and including two Chief Ministers on Monday met President Ramnath Kovind to submit a memoranda with two demands in connection…
- India
Agnipath row: BJP trying to create armed cadre base, says Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Agnipath scheme, alleging that the saffron camp was trying to create its own “armed cadre base…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Agnipath row: Maoists demand Rs 2 Cr for kin of victim
Hyderabad: The CPI (Maoist) Telangana State Committee severely condemned the police firing on the army job aspirants at Secunderabad railway station and demanded a case be booked against the policemen who fired…
- India
Agnipath row: Indian Railways cancel over 500 trains across country
New Delhi: As many as 529 trains were cancelled on Monday in the wake of a massive pan-India protest against the Centre’s newly introduced defence recruitment scheme Agnipath. Of the 529 trains,…
- India
Agnipath protest: Bihar suspends Internet services in 20 districts
Patna: Keeping in view the call for Bharat Bandh against the Agnipath scheme on Monday, the Bihar government temporarily suspended Internet services in 20 districts. The suspension has been already in place…
- India
Agnipath applicants must pledge non-participation in protests: Army officer
New Delhi: A top military officer in a press conference on Sunday said that aspiring Indian army personnel (through the Agnipath scheme) need to produce certificates of verification, to prove that they…
- India
Agnipath protesters vandalise Ludhiana railway station
Ludhiana: Agitators protesting against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme for armed forces on Saturday vandalised Punjab’s Ludhiana railway station. The police said that CCTV footage is available and they are identifying…
- Photos
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…
