New Delhi, June 17 (PTI) Against the backdrop of agitations in various parts of the country over the 'Agnipath' defence recruitment scheme, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said people have eve
Ballia/Aligarh/Varanasi, June 17 (PTI) Raising slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Agnipath Vapas Lo', youths vandalised trains and torched a railway coach in Ballia and damaged buses at other
Jammu, June 17 (PTI) In the first indication of a timeline for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since it was downgraded to a Union Territory, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said there is a possibil
New Delhi, June 17 (PTI) The process of recruitment under the 'Agnipath' military recruitment scheme will start in a "few days", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday and appealed to t
United Nations, June 17 (PTI) Nearly five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021, the United Nations has said in a report.
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Washington, June 17 (PTI) The US is there for India, the Biden administration has said, reiterating that New Delhi's relationship with Moscow developed over several decades when Washington was "not pre
New Delhi, June 17 (PTI) Over 200 trains have been affected so far due to the protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, the Railways said Friday.
Around 35 trains have been ca
New Delhi, June 16 (PTI): India and the ASEAN on Thursday agreed to work towards a comprehensive strategic partnership that is meaningful, substantive and mutually-beneficial by further enhancing their strategi
Balasore (Odisha) June 15 (PTI): India Wednesday successfully test-fired it's indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile during night time as part of a user training trial from a test range o
New Delhi, June 16 (PTI): Seeking to maintain secrecy of voting, the Election Commission has directed the returning officer and assistant returning officers to provide voters with a specially designed pen to ma
Chandigarh, June 16 (PTI): Former Punjab chief minister and BJP ally Amarinder Singh on Thursday suggested a rethink on the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment to the armed forces, wondering why the go
New Delhi, June 16 (PTI) Over 34 trains were cancelled and eight more partially cancelled on Thursday due to protests against the "Agnipath" scheme to recruit youngsters into the armed forces and dela
New Delhi, June 16 (PTI) As violent protests against the new recruitment scheme Agnipath raged across several states, the government on Thursday issued a clarification, asserting that not only the new model wil
Chandigarh, June 16 (PTI) Former Punjab chief minister and BJP ally Amarinder Singh on Thursday suggested a rethink on the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment to the armed forces, wondering why the gov
New Delhi, June 16 (PTI): Protests against the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme for hiring jawans on a short-term contractual basis on Thursday continue in several party of the country.
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New Delhi, June 15 (PTI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to ascertain the feasibility of enacting a stringent population control law to secure fundamental rights for
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI): India has been taking steps to curb air pollution but the transition to a green economy is not fast enough, experts said on Wednesday, calling on the government to adopt a proactive ap
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI): The BJP on Wednesday began the consultation exercise on evolving a consensus name for the presidential election with senior party leader Rajnath Singh speaking to a number of key oppos
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI): The CBI on Wednesday arrested Kalyani Singh, daughter of Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, in connection with the killing of national-level shooter Sukhmanpreet Sing
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI): Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a six-lane highway in Surat made of steel slag -- a first for the country.
The road constructed using 100 per cent s