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In a major revision to military recruitment rules, the Union Cabinet has lengthened the service period of Agniveers from four to six years, offering the 75% cohort previously slated for civilian discharge an additional two-year engagement and a subsequent route to regular military enrollment. Announced by CDS General N.S. Raja Subramani just ahead of the first batch’s retirement dates, the overhaul also reverses recruitment stages by putting written tests ahead of physical trials.
Celebrated British actor Sir Patrick Stewart has passed away at the age of 86. Rising from a childhood marked by domestic hardship and going completely bald by age 19, Stewart built a formidable career with the Royal Shakespeare Company before capturing global stardom as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor X in the X-Men franchise. Knighted in 2010, the Yorkshire-born legend proved that classical discipline and character can redefine modern popular culture.
Septuagenarian CPI(M) whole-timer Bipul Dasgupta has emerged as the face of peaceful resistance in West Bengal after standing ground with folded hands against a mob attempting to tear down a Left book stall in Nagerbazar during Durga Puja. The incident, set against a broader ideological row over the festival’s nomenclature, drew widespread condemnation from civil society as well as senior saffron figures including State Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta and the RSS, prompting a large solidarity march from Kolkata’s College Street on October 29.
Multiple first information reports (FIRs) have been lodged against Bengali actor Sreelekha Mitra across West Bengal on Sunday (July 26, 2026) for allegedly carrying a poster with an objectionable cartoon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the massive students’ rally in Kolkata on Friday (July 24, 2026) demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
Activist SonamWangchuk has broken his fast, announced Leh Apex Body co-convenor CherringDorjayLakruk late on Thursday (July 23, 2026).
Mamata Banerjee believes the streets will show the way to revive her party (Paath hi paathdekhabe). The TMC supremo declared, from her July 21 rally stage, that a rediscovery of her party will begin from the streets and with a reconnection to Bengal’s rural heart.
In the first direct engagement between the Centre and the agitating Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Monday met two representatives of the outfit to discuss their demands.
This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers.
And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears.
A day before the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, holds his second interaction with students at Dehradun, the Congress on Thursday (July 16, 2026) urged educator and innovator Sonam Wangchuk to end his fast unto death. In a post on X, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal assured Mr. Wangchuk that the Congress would carry out its fight against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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