A day after the Election Commission of India directed the Congress to not "politicize" the defence forces by commenting on matters like agniveer, Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday said that the poll body is wrong in giving such directions, adding t
The Congress leader targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Agniveer scheme, reiterating that the party would scrap the scheme after it forms the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing the youth gathered in large numbers, Mukesh Agnihotri said, "Himachal government is working for employment, priority is being set to ensure that the youth get employment. The government will open doors of employment in government and private sector."
In a scathing attack against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Mukesh Agnihotri said that during its regime in the last ten years, the poor have become poorer and the job opportunities have shrunk in the country.
BJP leader and candidate from Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency, Agnimitra Paul, cast her vote at a polling booth in Asansol Lok Sabha constituency on Monday. She expressed confidence that the BJP would get a clean sweep in Asansol.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, cast his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad and said that every opponent in the elections should be taken "seriously."
Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party for "celebrating" the Supreme Court's granting of interim bail to its leader, Arvind Kejriwal, Agnimitra Paul, the BJP MLA from Asansol in West Bengal, said, "If a dacoit gets bail, then there is no point in celebrating."
Indian Army is carrying out an investigation to establish the exact cause of death of Paratrooper Agniveer Jitendra Singh Tanwar, said Indian Army officials on Friday.
"Why did we do Agniveer? We did it for ourselves. We will reform our armed forces, obviously with Indian interests in mind," EAM Jaishankar said while interacting with students at a session on "Vishwa Bandhu Bharat" at Gargi College in New Delhi.
An Agniveer pre-recruitment screening camp for an eligibility check of Adivasi and Tea Garden Community youths was conducted at Rangapara Army Cantt in Sonitpur district on Sunday.