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Disquiet Over Agnipath In Military Village

'There is uncertainty regarding job opportunities for our children after they serve for just four years under the Agnipath scheme.' IMAGE: The first batch of recruited soldiers under the Agnipath......

Budget hikes defence budget by 4.72%, focuses on 'deep tech'

The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row......

Defence budget hiked by Rs 69,000 cr to Rs 5.94 lakh crore

The defence budget was on Wednesday increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24, in a modest hike of 13 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore, amid India's continuing border......

Budget: Rs 4.78 lakh crore allocated for defence

The overall defence budget for 2021-22 was hiked marginally by around 1.4 per cent but there was a nearly 19 percent rise in capital outlay for military modernisation even as official data showed......

Rs 3.18 lakh crore allocated to defence budget

The defence budget remained unchanged at Rs 3.18 lakh crore, the amount set aside in the interim budget in February, notwithstanding expectations of steep hike in resources to modernise the armed......

Rural spending has skyrocketed but defence hit badly

Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue. Till May, defence spend was nearly 30 per cent less than the previous......

Why Lodha reforms for BCCI have fallen flat

'It means that the same person in the family cannot keep the control of an association in his hands for ever. No way. He has to give it to the other member of his family . May be his son, daughter,......

Twenty20 WC: Dravid, Tendulkar opt out

Three senior pros -- captain Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -- have opted out of the inaugural Twenty20 cricket World Cup in South Africa as the national selectors on Saturday......

Ranji Trophy round-up

A round up of the opening day's action of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Sunday. Pathak makes Ranji debut with ton Double tons by debutant Chirag Pathak and Bhushan Chauhan powered......

Ranji Trophy: Karnataka-Delhi match ends in a draw

Manish Pandey's brisk half-century was not enough to force an outright victory, but Karnataka, thanks to their 106-run first innings lead, garnered three points from adraw against Delhi in the......

Badrinath rallies TN with unbeaten century

An unbeaten 200-run partnership between Subramaniam Badrinath (123 not out) and C Ganapathy (70 not out) helped Tamil Nadu post 251 for five by close of play on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Super......

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India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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