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Here are top headlines from India on Friday, June 17, 2022: General: 1 die in police firing in protests against ‘Agnipath’ scheme for armed forces; violence witnessed across India Covid-19: 1,375 new cases in Delhi; positivity rate at 7.01% Modi government should revisit ‘Agnipath’ scheme, say opposition leaders Political: Ban…
AS India witnessed violent protests in various corners against the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment plan for the armed forces, Darbhanga in the eastern state of Bihar, where massive protests have been taking place since Wednesday (15), a shocking incident unfolded on Friday (17). A schoolbus carrying children got stuck in a road…
CHINA has put a hold in the UN at the last moment on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based top LeT militant Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist by the Security Council. Abdul Rehman Makki, a US-designated terrorist, is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)…
THE United States on Thursday (16) imposed sanctions on Iranian petrochemical producers as well as Chinese and Indian brokers, expanding pressure amid a deadlock in negotiations on restoring a nuclear deal. President Joe Biden's administration said that it still remained committed to diplomacy with Iran to restore a 2015 agreement…
INDIA and Australia are no strangers on the cricket turf. Each time they meet each other, the game promises more than fireworks. But sometimes, cricketing schedules between the two powerhouses witness controversies that go beyond the 22 yards and even time. Almost a year-and-half since India beat Australia 2-1 in…
THIS could not get more bizarre than this. A man and his father, both employees of the Indian Railways, took a selfie on duty but it was not an ordinary one. The picture, which went viral on Twitter, showed the man, a travel ticket examiner, clicking a picture of himself…
ANGRY protests over the Narendra Modi government’s radical recruitment plan for the armed forces called ‘Agnipath’ turned deadly on Friday (17) with even person losing his life while many were injured. Massive properties were ruined as angry mobs set trains on fire, vandalised buses and other vehicles and even set…
ONE person died and four others were injured on Friday (17) when the police opened fire on protestors who were agitating against the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme, making the victim the first casualty in the wave of protests that has swept across many states against the Centre's new recruitment policy for…
OVER 200 trains have been affected so far due to the protests against the 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, the Railways said Friday (17). Around 35 trains have been cancelled while 13 short-terminated since the protests erupted on Wednesday (15), the national carrier said. More than 10…
NUPUR Sharma, a former spokesperson of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whose controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad led to a massive row both in the country and abroad, is reportedly untraceable. India Today reported. According to sources in the home department of the western state of Maharashtra, Sharma’s whereabouts…
