New Delhi,  The Centre on Thursday raised the upper-age limit for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme to 23 years from 21 years for the year 2022 amid protest and agitation against the new Army recruitment scheme.

"Consequent to the commencement of the AGNIPATH scheme, the entry age for all new re

Patna,  A delegation of leaders of Congress's Bihar unit met Governor Phagu Chauhan and handed over a memorandum protesting against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) "unnecessarily troubling" party leader Rahul Gandhi by interrogating for three consecutive days in the National Herald money laundering case.

Chennai,   A Tamil Nadu delegation, led by state Industries Minister Thangam Thenarasu, will meet Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on Friday to discuss improvement of aviation facilities in the state with special emphasis on the proposed second airport at Chennai.

Initial st

New Delhi,   The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at six locations in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla, Budgam, and Srinagar districts in (J&K) Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) terror funding case, officials said.

The case pertains to the activities of the members of JeI

New Delhi,  BJP national President J.P. Nadda on Thursday interacted with Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, at the party's headquarters here.

The two leaders discussed ways to strengthen the India-Singapore strategic partnership and exchanged views on regional and int

Thiruvananthapuram,  CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member V. Sivadasan said on Thursday that contractual recruitment schemes for the armed forces such as 'Agnipath' will result in reducing the youth to the status of 'mercenaries'.

His remarks came after the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Agni

New Delhi,  The latest heat wave spell over Delhi NCR seem to have abated - at least for now - with moderate rains in many areas early on Thursday, and the IMD predicting moderate rain and thundershowers on Friday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky with moderate

New Delhi,  The Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme for Indian youth in the armed forces, termed a historic and transformative measure, has met unprecedented level of agitations and protests in several states across India.

Massive protests erupted in Bihar, Rajasthan and some other states against th

New Delhi,  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday accepted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's request seeking more time from the ED in connection with his ongoing questioning in the National Herald case for which he was summoned for the fourth day this week on Friday.

Accordingly, the financial pr

New Delhi,  The Congress on Thursday appointed former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh as General Secretary in charge of communication, replacing incumbent Randeep Singh Surjewala.

The party, in a statement, said: "Honble Congress President has appointed Jairam Ramesh as AICC General Secretary in charge