India Protests

AAP on Sunday protested here over Agnipath and said it has sent a cheque for Rs 420 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing his government of cheating the youth with the new military scheme

Sacked BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma skipped appearance on Monday before Narkeldanga police station here, which had sent her a notice over her controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Agnipath scheme, alleging that the saffron camp was trying to create its own 'armed cadre base'

More protests were witnessed in parts of Haryana on Monday against Agnipath as armed forces aspirants blocked roads and demanded that the scheme be rolled back. In Fatehabad, a group of youth blocked the Lal Batti Chowk, while several others staged a protest on roads in Rohtak district. Amid continuing protests in Haryana and Punjab against the scheme, which seeks to recruit jawans into the army, the navy and the air force for a four-year-period, security has been stepped up at key installations in the two states, officials said. There was a heavy deployment of police at railway stations, including those in Ambala, Rewari and Sonipat in Haryana and Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar in Punjab to prevent any untoward incident, they said. In a communication to all police commissioners and senior superintendents of police in the state on Sunday, Punjab's Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) said offices and installations of the central government departments needed ...

Going against party line, Congress MP Manish Tewari has come in support of the government's Agnipath scheme. This comes amid a major nationwide protest launched by the party, demanding its rollback.

Maharashtra is now left with 23,746 active cases after 3,085 patients were discharged on Sunday

The protests against Center's Agnipath scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a war of words between BJP and JD(U) upon attacks on JD(U) leaders

Home Ministry says 'Agniveers' will get quota for jobs in paramilitary forces; BJP spokesperson says Agnipath scheme won't be withdrawn

Government walks a step back on military recruitment scheme as anger against it spreads nationwide.

He said the farm laws were not only adversely affecting the farmers but will impact other sections as well

The nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has led to an outpouring of poetry

Earlier, Anna Hazare addressed several letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement the Lokpal authority and said his communications were not acknowledged

SC bench has appointed a nodal officer for each district to act in the sabotage or vandalism cases

Protests are the hallmark of a democracy and every society and age has had to grapple with its own set of revolts