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NEW DELHI: Confronted with unabated protests against the new Agnipathscheme in the country, defence minister Rajnath Singh and the three military chiefs once again stepped forward on Friday to staunchly defend the short-term induction…

Several trains were either fully or partially cancelled in the region due to the protest against the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in the defence services, Southern Railway said on Friday. Accordingly, the…

NEW DELHI: The just-launched Agnipathscheme has stirred a controversy and also raised a few questions over the recruitment process for India's armed forces. Will a short term engagement affect efficacy of the forces? Will it extract the…

One person died in Telangana's Secunderabad on Friday as protests against the newly announced military recruitment policy, Agnipath, turned violent. Earlier today, agitators vandalised the Secunderabad Railway Station and set a train…

The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case against unknown persons for allegedly trying to block traffic and damage a bus during their protest against the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme here, officials said. The police said a few…

NEW DELHI: Over 200 trains have been cancelled so far due to protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defence services, the Railwayssaid on Friday. According to zonal railways, 164 trains were cancelled in the East…

NEW DELHI: The Army on Friday said that it aims to start training of recruits under the Centre's new Agnipathscheme by December this year and deploy them in operational and non-operational roles by the middle of next year. In an…

Activists of several student groups, including the left-affiliated AISA, staged a protest in Delhi on Friday against the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme, and termed it "disastrous". The All India Students' Association said the scheme…

Former Union minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav on Friday said the 'Agnipath' scheme is not a reform but an "attempt to damage" the existing system of recruitment…

Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: As the central government is yet to announce the official date of commencement of the Agnipath scheme, Indian Armychief General Manoj Pande on Friday said that the training of…