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Home ministry raises ex-Agniveer quota in BSF constable recruitment to 50%

Earlier, 10% of vacancies for constable (general duty) were reserved for ex-Agniveers in all central armed police forces (ANI)

Published on Dec 20, 2025 10:47 am IST

HC seeks Centre’s response on plea regarding Agniveer death benefits

Mumbai, India, May 09, 2025: Residents of Kamraj Nagar, Ghatkopar, paid tribute to the martyred Murali Naik. He was an Army jawan from Ghatkopar who was martyred in a firing incident by Pakistani forces in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Mumbai, India. May 09, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/ HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Dec 17, 2025 06:54 am IST

Mumbai: Mother of martyred Agniveer moves HC seeking full death benefits

Agniveer M Murali Naik was killed on May 9 this year in the cross-border shelling at Poonch during Operation Sindoor

Published on Nov 27, 2025 06:00 am IST

Union home ministry ask states to ensure private security jobs for ex-Agniveers

Several of government’s departments and paramilitary wings, such as Indo Tibetan Border Force and Central Industrial Security Force, have announced quotas for Agniveers (Representational Image)

Published on Oct 29, 2025 05:16 am IST

MHA asks states to nudge private security agencies to recruit ex-Agniveers

The home ministry has already reserved 10% vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces for ex-Agniveers (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 28, 2025 09:00 pm IST

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Photos

Candidates for recruitment under the Agnipath Scheme are seen resting at a school in Thane near Mumbai. The young men are billeted on the ground floor of a municipal school campus but there’s not enough space for all of them, so many of them have colonized the under-construction road outside where they sleep without any sheets. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Photos: Hope and despair at Thane's Agnipath recruitment camp

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Videos

PM MODI INTERACTS WITH FIRST BATCH OF ‘AGNIVEERS’

PM Modi talks to India’s first batch of Agniveers; ‘Pioneers of Armed Forces’

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