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Amid widespread protests against the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said the PSUs under his housing and petroleum ministries are working on hiring 'Agniveers' after their four-year…

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…

Youth set a train ablaze during a protest against Agneepath scheme for Armed forces, in Chhapra on Thursday. (ANI Photo)KOLKATA: Veteran generals and air commanders have mixed opinions on the protests now rocking parts of the country…

Amid protests in parts of the country over the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment into the armed forces, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said loopholes in a government scheme, if any, can be removed to…

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday opposed the Centre's "Agnipath" scheme for recruitment to the armed forces, saying a countrywide movement is needed to stall it. On farmers' issues, Tikait said the country now needs…

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…

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: 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,…

More than a dozen defence force aspirants on Thursday stopped a train at Nangloi Railway Station in outer Delhi by lying down on tracks protesting against the centre's 'Agnipath' scheme that seeks to recruit soldiers on short term…