Tag: Agnipath Protests

A counsel mentioned the petition before a vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari.

As per the official notification, the registration for the recruitment rally will open from July 2022 onwards. 

In view of large scale agitation leading to damage to railway property including burning of train coaches in areas falling under the East Central Railway, Bihar bandh and damages caused to railway tracks due to flood in Lumding and Rangiya divisions of Assam some trains have been cancelled/diverted/rescheduled/short-terminated/short-originated, NFR's Chief Public Relations Officer Sabyasachi De said.

The Chief of Army Staff also called upon the youth to avail the opportunity to join the Indian Army as 'Agniveers'.

Coaches of seven trains have so far been set ablaze by protestors, officials said.

Agnipath Anger: What Raiways Minister Said On Trains Being Targetted By Protestors

Protests have erupted in several states since Wednesday against the Agnipath scheme to recruit jawans into the army, the navy and the air force for a four-year-period.

Agitation against the central government's new recruitment policy for the armed forces, Agnipath, continued in several parts of Bihar. Protestors went on a rampage at the BJP's Nawada office.