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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 Agnipath military recruitment scheme. Following intelligence alerts about army aspirants planning massive protests, authorities have shut down the station and stopped the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed shock over the death of Rakesh, a resident of Warangal district, during the protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday. He extended condolences to the family of Rakesh who got killed during the firing by the Railway police. The Chief Minister announced […]

Warangal: TRS MLA from Narsampet constituency Peddi Sudarshan Reddy has called for a one-day bandh in the Assembly constituency in the district on Saturday (June 18) to register a protest over the killing of Damera Rakesh of Dabeerpura village of the constituency in the police firing at Secunderabad railway station on Friday. Holding the BJP […]

Hyderabad: An 18-year-old was killed and several others injured after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) opened fire to quell one of the most violent episodes of arson and vandalism Hyderabad has ever seen in recent years — this time over the union government’s Agnipath recruitment scheme for the armed forces. The Secunderabad Railway Station was […]

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 Friday amid violent protests in several states against the new military enrolment model. The Chief of Air Staff told PTI that raising the […]

Hyderabad: Several cities across at least nine States are witnessing violent protests by youngsters, allegedly defence job aspirants, against the union government’s latest scheme, Agnipath, which promises four-year basic jobs in the armed forces to youngsters who pass an all India online exam. The scheme also promises a tax-free amount of Rs.11.7 lakh when they […]

Hyderabad: The situation at the Secunderabad Railway Station continued to be tense, several hours after the violence and the firing in which one person was killed. Talks between protestors who squatted on the railway tracks at the Railway Station and police are continuing even as scores of passengers are reaching the railway station in the […]

Hyderabad: Efforts were on to provide best possible medical care at Gandhi Hospital to 12 youngsters who were injured during protests against Agnipath scheme at Secunderabad railway station on Friday. Health Minister, T Harish Rao spoke to senior doctors at Gandhi Hospital, including Superintendent, Dr Raja Rao, and directed them to ensure that proper healthcare […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the recruitment into the military through the Agnipath scheme will begin soon. He advised the aspirants to begin their preparations. Calling the scheme a ‘golden opportunity’ to join the nation’s defence system and to serve the country, Singh thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing age waiver […]

Hyderabad: Due to protests in the city against Agnipath scheme, the Hyderabad Metro Rail on Friday has suspended all operations till further notice. “Passengers are informed that due to some disturbance in the city, all operations in all three lines of Hyderabad Metro Rail stand suspended till further notice. Passengers are advised to take care […]

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 […]

Kolkata: The wave of agitations against Agnipath, the proposed short- term entry scheme to the armed forces, on Friday reached West Bengal. Till 11 a.m. on Friday, the agitations were restricted to Thakurnagar under Bangaon sub-division and Bhatpara under Barrackpore sub-division, both in North 24 Parganas district. At Thakurnagar railway station a group of youths […]

Hyderabad: Due to agitation at Secunderabad Railway Station, the South Central Railway (SCR) has on Friday cancelled MMTS services. Nine services between Hyderabad to Lingampalli, eight services between Lingampalli to Hyderabad, 12 services between Falaknuma to Lingampalli, 13 services between Lingampalli to Falaknuma, and two services between Falaknuma to Hyderabad and Ramachandrapuram to Falaknuma have […]

Lucknow: Roadways buses were vandalised in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad on Friday as mobs protesting against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme went on rampage. Youths protesting against the short-term contract scheme in armed forces, pelted stones and damaged government properties. In Mathura, the protesters also pelted stones and damaged shops and vehicles. In Ballia, violence continued as protesters, after […]

Hyderabad: One person died and three others were injured after the railway police opened fire to control protestors at the Secunderabad Railway Station on Friday. The Government Railway Police who had used lathi charge and force to disperse the protestors earlier had warned of opening fire as the protest did not die down. With instructions […]

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not understand what the people of the country want as he cannot hear anything except the voice of his “friends”. He said this a day after the government raised the upper age limit to 23 years from 21 years […]

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in the Secunderabad Railway Station when several youngsters staged a protest against the Central government’s Armed Forces recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ here on Friday. Hundreds of protestors barged into the railway tracks and platforms damaging the food stalls, luggages, and partially torching a goods compartment. A few two-wheelers too were set on fire. […]

Hyderabad: For second consecutive day, the hashtag “#ModiMustResign” kept trending nation-wide with more than 1.2 lakh tweets for more than 18 hours. Apart from the TRS and other Opposition parties launching an attack on the Modi government, the netizens of India as well as Sri Lanka joined the tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kickstarted […]

Hyderabad: The Central government’s ill-thought-out Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment in the Indian Armed Forces has come under tremendous fire from various sections of the society, including ex-servicemen, doctors, engineers, politicians and members of the BJP too. Voicing extreme concern over what is being described as a disastrous move, they demanded that the BJP government […]

New Delhi: The Opposition on Thursday stepped up its attack on the government over the Agnipath scheme amid protests against it in several parts of the country and demanded that it be scrapped, even as official sources asserted that no change is being done to the Army’s regimental system under the new initiative. While Congress […]