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- India
Fire in Mumbai building; 11 people rescued
Mumbai: A fire broke out in a 16-floor residential building in north Mumbai on Sunday, a fire official said, adding that 11 people were later safely rescued from the premises and no one…
- India
Landslides, floods kill eight in Assam
Guwahati: Rain continues to batter Assam on Saturday. As a result, almost ninety per cent area of the state reeling under flood water after pre-monsoon showers wreaked havoc last month only. Landslides triggered…
- 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
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
MHA to reserve 10% vacancies for Agniveers in CAPFs, Assam Rifles recruitment
New Delhi: The Home Ministry Saturday announced to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles for Agniveers, the Home Minister’s Office said. The…
- 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…
- India
Delhi: Seven detained near Jama Masjid, Friday prayers go on peacefully
New Delhi: Seven people, belonging to either Mumbai or eastern Uttar Pradesh, were detained on Friday from Jama Masjid area here and are being interrogated by the Delhi Police, officials said. A senior…
- 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…
- India
Minor kills mother for not giving money to buy new clothes
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor boy in Odisha’s Keonjhar district allegedly killed his mother for not giving him money to purchase new clothes, police said on Friday. This incident occurred at…
- 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
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh granted one-month parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is serving a jail term after being convicted in rape and murder cases has been granted parole for a month on Friday.…
- Technology
India has $85 bn opportunity in $500 bn global chip supply chain market
New Delhi: India has a $85 billion opportunity in the global $500 billion semiconductor manufacturing supply chain market comprising materials (gases, chemicals, minerals, equipment and services), a new report showed on Friday.…
- India
Selection process by IAF under Agnipath scheme to begin on June 24: IAF chief
New Delhi: The selection process by the Indian Air Force for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme will start from June 24, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on…
- India
‘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…
