Army recruits under #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme will be absorbed on priority in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Assam Rifles after four years of service, says Union Home Ministry. Read more
COVID19 | India reports 8822 new cases, 5718 recoveries and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours. Read more
Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, a former judge of the Supreme Court, is understood to have been selected for the post of the Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson. Read more
#AgnipathRecruitmentScheme | On completion of the engagement period of 4 years, ‘Agniveers’ will be paid one-time ‘SevaNidhi’ package… which will be exempt from Income Tax. There shall be no entitlement to gratuity & pensionary benefits: Ministry of Defence Read more
Delhi | During their 4 yrs of training,agniveers would be attached to our units easily. As per requirement, they’d be capable of being deployed on China & Pakistan borders. During implementation of the scheme,there would be no compromise on our op capabilities: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande Read more
Delhi | The Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a historic decision today to approve the transformative scheme of ‘Agnipath’. Under this, Indian youth would be granted an opportunity to get inducted into the Armed services: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Read more
We will provide an opportunity to the youth to serve the nation for short and long duration, as agniveers…We are giving youth a chance for both long and short duration military service: Lt Gen Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Dept of Military Affairs Read more
Maharashtra ATS arrests 4th suspected terrorist namely Yusuf from Jammu & Kashmir for allegedly transferring funds to accused Junaid Mohammad. Accused Yusuf to be presented in Pune court today: Maharashtra ATS Read more
India reports 6,594 #COVID19 cases, as active cases rise to 50,548. Daily positivity reduces to 2.05%. Read more