The Latest Breaking News from Agnipath

Over the past week, protests have raged across the country against the central government’s proposed Agnipath scheme. They have been particularly violent in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Telangana, states which contribute significant manpower to the armed forces. The government has made two changes in response – it has raised…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the Centre was "weakening" the army through the 'Agnipath' scheme, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to withdraw the military recruitment initiative just like the farm laws were rolled back. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Assam Jatiya Parisha said such groups will have readymade fighters after four years of service in the Indian armed forces

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Centre cannot go on with anti-people policies for too long, says Kunhalikutty

Telangana BJP has hailed the agitation taken up by the students of IIIT-Basara, which it said, has forced an “adamant” government to concede their demands including appointment of a full-fledged vice chancellor, improving infrastructure and recruiting faculty on Tuesday.

They also asked the government to withdraw the cases filed against youth

NSA says Agnipath scheme will not be rolled back, reforms were in the making since 1970 but the ‘political will was missing’

The Samajwadi Party chief also asked the ruling BJP to release a list of the supporters who will be sending their children to the armed forces under the initiative.

The decision was taken on the basis of various committees, said Lt. Gen. Anil Puri

Several news channels have either blanked out or reduced the use of old visuals of the anti-Agnipath protests after an alleged missive from the news broadcasting and digital association, which counts “25 leading news and current affairs broadcasters” as its members.