The Latest Breaking News from Agnipath

Given that a majority of regular wage/salaried employees in India already lack social security benefits, the lack of pension or gratuity benefits for people recruited under the Agnipath scheme may deteriorate the quality of jobs further

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…

HISAR: The Hisar-Tosham road was blocked on Monday by youths protesting against the Agnipath scheme. Police have registered a case against 36 people, including six youths of the village but no one has been arrested so far. Police said a case was registered on the complaint of ASI Jaibir against…

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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.