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Warangal: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has handed a cheque worth Rs 25 lakh towards ex-gratia and the order copy of appointment to the kin of Damera Rakesh (21) at Dabeerpet village in Khanapur mandal on Monday. The government has offered the office subordinate job in the Revenue Department to Damera […]
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Lucknow: A group of Muslim intellectuals in Lucknow are coming together to dispel misinformation about the Agnipath scheme that has triggered protests across various states in the country. The group has appealed to clerics to appeal to youths coming for Friday prayers to utilise the opportunity and serve the country by joining the armed forces. […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is behaving like Adolf Hitler and “will die like Hitler” if he follows the path of the German dictator. The Congress, however, distanced itself from the statement made at the party’s ‘Satyagraha’ protest at Jantar Mantar […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police are on high alert mode as the intelligence agencies have warned that protests on the Agnipath scheme might break out during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rallies in Karnataka. Modi is visiting the state for a 2-day tour after one-and-a-half years. He will arrive at the Bengaluru Yelahanka Indian Air Force […]
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By Lt Gen P R Shankar (retd) The ‘Agnipath’ is going through a severe ‘Agni Pariksha’. The acid test of any military transformation of such nature must be the effect on the operational ability of our cutting-edge fighting units. If the transformation enables and empowers the frontline units and enhances the security of the nation, […]
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The continued protests over the Agnipath scheme, a short-term contractual employment in the armed forces, reflect poorly on the NDA government’s style of policy making, amounting to repeating the mistakes made in the case of farm laws. In both the cases, the decisions were taken in haste and sought to be thrust upon people without […]
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New Delhi: Urging the youth to recognise “fake nationalists”, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Agnipath scheme would be destructive for the youth and the Army, as she assured her party’s full support to those protesting peacefully against the new recruitment model. She made the remarks as Congress MPs and leaders sat […]
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New Delhi: The Army, Navy and the Air Force on Sunday came out with a broad schedule for recruitment of soldiers under the Agnipath scheme while asserting that it is being implemented to bring down the age profile of the armed forces. Lt Gen A Puri, the additional secretary in the Department of Military Affairs, […]
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New Delhi: Amid the raging protests over the Agnipath Scheme across the country, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday held a meeting with the defence service chiefs in Delhi. Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari were present at the meeting in Defence Minister’s residence. The […]
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Nizamabad: Lashing out at the BJP-led Central Government for introducing Agnipath scheme, Finance Minister T Harish Rao charged that it was a ploy to do away with regular recruitment in the Armed Forces. The Minister accompanied by Roads and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy laid foundation for different development works in Balkonda constituency here on […]
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Hanamkonda: CPI state secretariat committee member Takkallapally Srinivas Rao has demanded that the Centre withdraw the Agnipath scheme. He also said that the Central government should own the responsibility for the agitations and protests over the scheme across the nation. The CPI activists have staged a dharna at the Kaloji centre here on Saturday. Addressing […]
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Nizamabad: Lashing out at the BJP-led Central Government for introducing Agnipath scheme, Finance Minister T Harish Rao charged that it was a ploy to do away with regular recruitment in the Armed Forces. The Minister along with Roads and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy laid foundation for different development works in Balkonda constituency here on […]
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Hyderabad: With growing protests against the Agnipath scheme, requests are pouring in from Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2022 aspirants for postponement of the entrance test scheduled for June 19. Several candidates from across the country have expressed their apprehensions over reaching the exam centres as railway and road transportation services have been disrupted due […]
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Hyderabad: Friday’s violence at the Secunderabad railway station was allegedly premeditated with the protesters and tacit support from some others, who planned a day in advance to set ablaze trains as a mark of protest against the Agnipath scheme. Around 20 persons were arrested on Saturday. According to a senior Telangana police official, Avula Subba […]
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Hyderabad: Were the violence and arson at the Secunderabad Railway Station on Friday planned in advance? If not the violence, the protest at least was planned, with messaging platform WhatsApp having played a crucial connecting role, police sources say. At least 5,000 Army aspirants from Telangana who were awaiting the announcement of dates for written […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has demanded that the Centre review the controversial Agnipath scheme, which was killing the aspirations of millions of youth who planned to join the Armed Forces to serve the nation. In a statement here on Friday, the TRS working president and minister K T Rama Rao said the Central […]
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Hyderabad: Following violence at Secunderabad railway station on Friday, the South Central Railway (SCR) has cancelled/partially cancelled, rescheduled, and diverted 12 trains. Here is the list of cancelled/partially cancelled/rescheduled/diverted trains:
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New Delhi: Several students along with the members of All India Students’ Association (AISA) on Friday staged a protest over the Central government’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces and demanded its rollback. Holding placards, the students raised slogans against the government and sat in between the old Delhi Police headquarters and the Gate […]
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Patna: Violent protests over the Central government’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in armed forces continued across Bihar on Friday with agitators disrupting rail and road traffic and setting the Bhagalpur-New Delhi Vikramshila Express and Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express trains on fire. Several organisations have given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Modi government to withdraw the Agnipath […]
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New Delhi: The government on Thursday increased the upper-age limit to 23 years from 21 years for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme for the year 2022 amid widespread protests against the new model for enrolment of soldiers into the three services. Unveiling the scheme on Tuesday, the government had said the entry age for all […]
