IAF receives 7.5 lakh applications under Agnipath scheme; closes registrationUnder the Agnipath scheme, those aged between 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted into the armed forces for a four-year tenure and...
06 Jul, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Army, Navy begin recruitment under Agnipath schemeViolent protests against the scheme had rocked several states for nearly a week after it was unveiled on June 14 and opposition parties dem...
01 Jul, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
IAF receives 2.72 lakh applications under Agnipath scheme in seven daysDefence Ministry spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu said on Twitter, "So far 2,72,000 potential Agniveers have registered themselves on agn...
30 Jun, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
IAF receives over 2 lakh applications under Agnipath scheme in 6 daysAfter the scheme was unveiled on June 14, violent protests against it rocked several states for nearly a week, and several opposition parti...
29 Jun, 2022, 03.12 PM IST
No question of rollback of Agnipath scheme, government's move not a knee-jerk reaction, says NSA DovalDoval said under Agnipath scheme, every youth of this country who has got the desire and motivation and feels a sense of commitment to defe...
21 Jun, 2022, 03.24 PM IST
Youth Congress workers stop train near Connaught Place, several detained"The government needs to rollback the Agniveer scheme. Youth Congress will fight for the unemployed youth this country who want to serve th...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi will have to become 'maafiveer', take back 'Agnipath': Rahul GandhiIn a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "I had said earlier also that the prime minister will have to withdraw the black farm laws." "In the same...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Agnipath aspirants will have to affirm they didn't take part in arson: GovtThe Army, Navy and the Air Force also came out with a broad schedule for the recruitment of soldiers under the scheme while asserting that ...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.34 PM IST
Agnipath scheme has left India's youth feeling dejected: Mayawati"It is the result of reducing the number and possibilities of recruitments in railways, Army and para-military forces that the youngsters f...
19 Jun, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
Govt should roll back Agnipath scheme; not play with national security, thrust youth into fire: CongressUrging the protesters to be patient and not resort to violence, Rajya Sabha MP Deepinder Singh Hooda asked the government to apologise to t...
18 Jun, 2022, 09.50 PM IST
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann claims Agnipath scheme will 'dilute' Army's fighting ability; demands its rollbackIt is ridiculous that in the last two years, thousands of youth cleared the physical test of the armed forces but they have not been called...
18 Jun, 2022, 03.36 PM IST
Raghav Chadha writes to Rajnath Singh on Agnipath, says stop this 'trial by fire' of youthRaghav Chadha writes to Rajnath Singh on Agnipath, says stop this 'trial by fire' of youth. Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha wrote a letter...
18 Jun, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
Bengal: Anti-Agnipath protesters block railway tracks, do push-upsThe demonstration affected railway services during office hours, and many commuters waiting at Barrackpore Railway Station reached the prot...
18 Jun, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
Maharashtra: Congress, NCP demand rollback of Agnipath schemeMaharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the Union government was "pushing the youth into the darkness of unemployment" after they compl...
17 Jun, 2022, 06.11 PM IST
Student groups in Delhi stage protest against Agnipath scheme, several detainedThe protesters raised slogans -- "Agnipath wapas lo, tanashahi nahi chalegi (take back Agnipath, dictatorship won't work) and also held pla...
17 Jun, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
ITO metro station gates closed as AISA protests against Agnipath scheme"All gates of ITO Metro Station are closed," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted around 12.40 pm as the protest escalated and some mem...
17 Jun, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
Agnipath scheme: Violent protests continue in Bihar, 2 trains set on fireThe agitation by the students and job aspirants continued in almost all the districts of Bihar. Several organisations have given a 72-hour ...
17 Jun, 2022, 11.26 AM IST