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VK Singh slams protestors over Agnipath scheme, says no compulsion to join

Amid violence over the 'Agnipath' scheme, Union minister and former Army chief General V K Singh (retd) slammed the protesters saying if they don't like the new policy for recruitment into the forces

Agnipath: Govt stands firm on roll out, lull after storm in states

Lt Gen Anil Puri said youths who were involved in arson and violence will not be able to join the three services as a police verification process will be carried out before enrolling anyone

Military says Agnipath scheme here to stay; recruitment begins in August

Asserts that concessions made by MoD in the Agnipath scheme were not forced by protests and arson, but because they were already in the works

If you don't like 'Agnipath' scheme, don't join armed forces: V K Singh

Former army chief General V K Singh said the Indian Army doesn't conscript soldiers and that aspirants can join of their own volition

Army to hold 83 recruitment rallies to recruit around 40,000 'Agniveers'

Lt Gen Ponappa said the first batch comprising 25,000 personnel will join the training programme in the first and second week of December

4 terrorists killed as encounters break out in J&K's Kupwara, Kulgam

While two terrorists were killed in Kupwara as many were eliminated in Kulgam, they said, adding some more terrorists are hiding and operation was still underway in both the areas

No rollback of Agnipath scheme, says defence ministry official

As protests and agitations against the Agnipath scheme continue in several parts of country, Lt Gen Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Dept of Military Affairs, clarified the scheme will be implemented

Thackeray slams Agnipath, says wrong to play with lives & ambition of youth

'Having soldiers on contract is dangerous, and playing with the ambitions and lives of youth is wrong. There is no use of only speaking about Lord Ram, if the youth do not have jobs'

Rajnath Singh meets chiefs of Army, Navy and IAF amid Agnipath protests

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the three service chiefs amid escalating protests against the 'Agnipath' military recruitment scheme in several parts of the country

Protests continue, govt offers sops: 10 facts about Agnipath controversy

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says 'Agniveers' will get quota for jobs in paramilitary forces; BJP spokesperson says Agnipath scheme won't be withdrawn

Agnipath protests: Train cancellations impacting coal movement, says PSPCL

The state-owned power utility PSPCL on Saturday said the cancellation of several trains because of the protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme is impacting movement of coal for thermal plants. Those privy to the developments said the arrival of coal rakes has gone down from around 20 rakes a day to eight rakes per day. Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Baldev Singh Saran, said, "The cancellation of various trains due to the ongoing protests is definitely impacting the arrival of coal at five thermal power plants within the state." As per an official report, coal stock at the Goindwal thermal power plant is almost finished while it is in critical category at the Talwandi Sabo thermal power plant, which is left with stocks of less than four days. The situation is a little better at the Lehra and Rupnagar plants, which are left with 16 and 17 days of coal, respectively. The Rajpura thermal plant is having coal stock sufficient for

Agnipath intake 'to grow' from 46K annually in first 4 yrs, to 125K per yr

Scheme's objective is not about cutting costs but to make the military younger and dynamic: Senior Army officer

Sonia Gandhi says Agnipath 'directionless', vows to work for its withdrawal

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday termed "directionless" the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, and said her party will work for its withdrawal. She also appealed to the youths protesting against the scheme to adopt peaceful and non-violent means to fight for their demands. "It is unfortunate that the government has announced a new armed forces' recruitment policy, which is completely directionless and it has done so while ignoring your voices," she said in a statement in Hindi, addressed to the youths. Declaring her party's support for them, the Congress president said along with the youths, several ex-soldiers and defence experts have questioned the scheme. Gandhi, who is being treated at a hospital here for a lower respiratory tract infection and post-Covid symptoms, said she can understand the pain of the youths over the "three-year delay" in recruitment despite lakhs of vacancies in the Army. Gandhi said she also empathises with the youths

Rajnath Singh meets top brass of Army, Navy and IAF amid Agnipath protest

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the top brass of the Army, Navy and the Air Force on the overall situation arising out of the rollout of the 'Agnipath' military recruitment

Agnipath protests: Arson in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh; 340 trains affected

While 94 mail or express trains and 140 passenger trains were cancelled, as many as 95 trains were partially cancelled and 11 were diverted

Protester killed, trains damaged: All that happened in Agnipath fire today

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

Congress' Venugopal demands meeting of Parl panel over 'Agnipath' scheme

The Congress leader, who is also a member of the Standing Committee, also requested the Chairman to invite all major stakeholders and defence experts for their opinions on the scheme

One killed, trains torched as Agnipath protests spread across India

At least 200 trains were affected, 35 cancelled and 13 short-terminated, railway officials said

Anti-Agnipath stir turns violent in Indore as protestors hurl stones

Protests over the Centre's Agnipath defence recruitment scheme turned violent in Indore morning after hundreds of protesters gathered on tracks near a railway station and hurled stones

Army to start formal recruitment process under Agnipath scheme in two days

The officials said the Army has set its target of starting the training of new recruits under the Agnipath scheme by December