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- Automobile
About 1,100 workers resume duty at Ford India’s Chennai plant
Chennai: About 1,100 workers have resumed work at the Ford India Private Ltd’s Maraimalainagar plant near here even though an agreement between the workers’ union and the management on severance package has…
- World
Unidentified Tibetan monk self-immolates in protest against religious crackdown by China
Dharamshala: As Tibetans continue to face human rights violations under Chinese President Xi Jinping’s policies, an unidentified Tibetan monk self-immolated in front of a portrait of the exiled leader Dalai Lama here.…
- India
Agnipath: High security amid Bharat bandh call; the updates so far
Protests against the government’s ‘Agnipath’ army recruiting plan have resumed. In response to the armed forces aspirants’ demand for a “Bharat Bandh,” several state administrations have tightened security, on Monday. Demonstrations in…
- World
Protesters Sri Lankan President’s resignation; block entrance of secretariat
Colombo: A group of protesters in Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapksa for the mismanagement of the economy blocked all entrances of the presidential secretariat here, forcing the police…
- Hyderabad
Army coaching centres suspected in Secunderabad’s Agnipath protests; 46 held
Hyderabad: As many as 46 people have been arrested in connection with the arson and violence that took place in the Secunderabad Railway Station on June 17 and the involvement of the…
- India
No rollback of ‘Agnipath’ scheme; 3 services come out with broad schedule for recruitment
New Delhi: Ruling out the rollback of the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme despite widespread protests, the three services of the military on Sunday came out with a broad schedule of enrolment under the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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
Prophet row: NCPCR for NIA probe into use of children in ‘communal protests’
New Delhi: The apex child rights body NCPCR on Saturday urged governments of states that witnessed “communal protests” over remarks made by two now-sacked BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad to recommend an…
- India
Agnipath scheme announced after wide-ranging consultations: Rajnath
New Delhi: As protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme widens, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday strongly defended the new military recruitment model saying it was announced after wide-ranging consultations including with the…
- India
Anti-Agnipath agitation: Massive protest rally in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing anti-Agnipath agitations in various parts of the country on Saturday sparked another form of protest in Kerala as hundreds of youths took out huge protest rallies in Thiruvananthapuram and…
- 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
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…
