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Emphasizing the need to understand the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme before showing outrage, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday urged the protestors to maintain peace. "I urge everyone to maintain peace.…

NEW DELHI: Angry protests have erupted in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana against the Centre's “Agnipath” scheme — a radical new recruitment plan for India's armed forces. The Agnipathscheme, announced on Tuesday, seeks to…

NEW DELHI: The Congress Thursday hit out at the government over the Agnipathscheme for recruitment of soldiers on a short-term basis, saying it carries multiple risks and subverts the longstanding traditions and ethos of the armed…

At least three trains were set on fire in Bihar as protests against the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme turned violent in the Chhapra, Gopalganj and Kaimur districts on Thursday. Hundreds of young people on Thursday took to the…

NEW DELHI: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is instituting a special programme in consultation with the Defence Authorities to enable Agniveers who have passed class 10, to further their education and obtain a class 12…

Aspirants preparing for jobs in defence forces disrupted railway and road traffic in Jehanabad, Buxar and Nawada districts. Source link

No change is being done to the Army's regimental system under the 'Agnipath' scheme and the numbers of personnel to be recruited in the first year of its roll out would only make up three per cent of the armed forces, government sources…

NEW DELHI: Amid protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the voice of unemployed youths and don't take 'agnipareeksha (trial by fire)' of…

Hundreds of young people on Thursday took to the streets in Haryana's Gurugram, Rewari and Palwal against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment to defence services, with protesters blocking highways. A police vehicle was damaged in stone…

NEW DELHI: No change is being done to the Army's regimental system under the 'Agnipath' scheme and the numbers of personnel to be recruited in the first year of its roll out would only make up three per cent of the armed forces,…