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Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday announced more benefits for Agniveers who complete their short four-year stint in the armed forces, ANI reported. These include age relaxation in state public services recruitment, a horizontal reservation, and subsidy to industrial units that employ Agniveers. Saini announced that Agniveers will be given a three-year relaxation in the maximum age prescribed for government posts in Group B and C. For the first batch of Agniveers, this age relaxation will be five years. Various batches of Agniveers, who joined the armed forces are expected to complete their four-year-tenure by August 2027. Dig Deeper
National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday, said that the Doda incident was not the first but one of many instances of Jammu being under attack in the past year, according to news agency PTI. The former chief minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir questioned the Centre over alleged inaction in the spike in terrorist activity in the region. He said, “When you ask about Doda, it looks like it has happened for the first time. But the truth is that in the last year, there have been continuous attacks in Jammu region, at many places.” Dig Deeper
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari wants Minority Morcha scrapped: 'Unke saath jo hamare saath'
Kerala rains: Red alert in Wayanad, Orange alert for several districts
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Sports Goings
There is no suspense or mystery anymore. Gautam Gambhir will take over from Rahul Dravid as the next head coach starting India's limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka. Gambhir, whose appointment as coach was formally announced last Wednesday, missed being part of the Zimbabwe tour, where VVS Laxman filled in as the acting coach, but with the former India opener set to take charge in 10 days from now, a new era of Indian cricket is set to unfold. Dig Deeper
Entertainment Focus
Reality star Kim Kardashian was a head-turner at the wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai between July 12-14. In a new video, Melissa Grelo, Canadian television personality and co-host of The Social, said she 'judged' Kim for attending the grand Indian wedding and walking holding hands with Nita Ambani, someone 'she's never met before'. Dig Deeper
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At the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, women students swept most of the lucrative internships. A photograph going viral online shows the summer internships statistics from the Noida college, and it has left social media users with mixed feelings. Dig Deeper
