"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.
Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court's stay on a Calcutta High Court order cancelling the appointment of 26,000 teachers, the matter is now posted to July 16 by the top court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its investigation into the alleged West Bengal teachers recruitment scam.
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.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated that his party will scrap the Agnipath Scheme in case the INDIA bloc is voted to power after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and said that 1.5 lakh youth who had completed the Army recruitment process should be compensated.
Former West Bengal Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee on Friday launched a scathing attack on TMC leader Kunal Ghosh saying that the latter has caused more damage than the opposition and should have been expelled from the party much earlier.
The Tripura Youth Congress has initiated a protest urging the provision of employment opportunities and healthcare services for the family of Dibraj Debbarma who died in a bus accident while on his way to appear for the Tripura State Cooperative Bank (TSCB) recruitment examination.
Debbarma, a native of Tripura, was on his way to appear for the Tripura State Cooperative Bank (TSCB) recruitment examination in Assam when he was killed in a road accident on Thursday, while seven others were critically injured.
Referring to the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked Trinamool Congress and said that he would not "spare" those people who looted the people of Bengal adding that this is "Modi's guarantee."
The High Court of Tripura has directed the Tripura Public Service Commission to constitute a fresh expert committee for re-evaluating the results of prelim exams conducted for recruitment in Tripura Engineering Service.
Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said that the TMC was "aware" of the school recruitment scam adding that the party could have stopped the system from going "uneasy."