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After BJP leaders were targeted by agitators in Bihar protesting against the Centres Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday decided to provide Y category security to 12 saffron party leaders in the state.

Nitish Kumar, now serving his fifth term as Chief Minister of Bihar, has kept a deliberate silence over the past four days as Bihar burns and faces the main brunt of the anti-Agnipath stir.

Agnipath protest in Bihar: Prashant Kishor targets BJP and JD(U) amid over of wards, says 'both parties are busy sparring'

Agnipath -- whenever one comes across this word, one is reminded of the 1990 Amitabh Bachchan film, Agneepath, which was also the title of a famous motivational poem by his father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan. The Hindi word literally means the ...

Violent protests against Agnipath scheme for defence recruitment appeared to be on the wane in Bihar on Sunday as a police crackdown on troublemakers continued and train services remained hit in view of security concerns.

Saffron party chief chief Sanjay Jaiswal held Nitish Kumar-led coalition government responsible for what he termed as targeted attacks on party leaders in state

The protests against the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a fresh war of words between the two ruling allies -- the BJP and the JD(U) -- with the former holding the Nitish Kumar government responsible for its "inability to

As per sources, the Centre has also issued a number 8799711259 for WhatsApp fact-checking, ANI reported.

Agnipath Scheme Protests LIVE: The agitation also spread to the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, with aspirants doing push-ups on roads at some places to register their protest.

Altogether 804 people have been arrested so far in connection with the large scale violence and arson, which had the state in its throes last week