Tag: Indian Army

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Rashtriya Rifles had suffered bullet injuries in the encounter. He was immediately evacuated to the nearest medical facility, but succumbed to the injuries," Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), Jammu, Lt Col Devender Anand said.

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Appreciating the grave danger to his fellow soldier, he pushed him aside exposing himself to heavy terrorist fire. Maintaining his tactical composure, Major Ravi Kumar Chaudhary effectively engaged the fleeing terrorists at close range resulting in the elimination of one terrorist and grievously injuring another terrorist.

Bhubaneswar: Making Odisha proud, Chandrakant Acharya won the ‘Sword of Honor’ for the Best Performing Cadet at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. After reaching Bhubaneswar, he visited OTV News Room today and we caught up with him for a short interview. Here are the excerpts… Reaction after getting the Honor I was quite happy […]

Bhubaneswar: Celebrating the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, thousands of school children from in and around Bhubaneswar gathered at the OUAT Stadium at Siripur to recite National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ today morning in the 2nd Voice of Unity event. More than 25000 students were present at the venue with their teachers and other staff from […]

New Delhi: If you are planning a career with the military or paramilitary forces, make sure you don’t have varicose veins as it may cost you the job. The Delhi High Court has said that a candidate, who had developed varicose veins and was operated upon later, was unfit to join the armed forces since […]

On the eve of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Army, which has been sharing pictures and videos of the unique rally that is being held as a tribute to the Kargil bravehearts, posted online a video of the interaction.

Bhubaneswar: Members of the Odisha Youth Congress condemned Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday for making disrespectful statements on the Indian Army. “Our armed forces are guiding our nation. Such statements against them is shameful. We want that the RSS chief to apologies to the country and the armed forces,” said a […]

Balasore: A pal of gloom descended on military engineer Sudhansu Sekhar Dash’s home at Pandasuni village in Balasore district after the family members received his suicide note on Tuesday. Sudhansu had been missing since June 2. A Military Engineer Services (MES) cadet Sudhansu had issues with his wife Prabhati since their marriage, as per family […]

Bhubaneswar: Terming the surgical operation carried out by the Indian Army commandos in the PoK last night as a ‘Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)’, army officials today said these kind of activities will be carried out more frequently in coming days. “Tactical attacks including surgical strikes have been going on in different ways since the day […]

New Delhi: Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said the Indian Army has properly managed the situation on the western and northern borders with Pakistan and China, giving no cause for concern. Speaking at the annual press conference, Rawat also said that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir needed to be brought under “better […]

Srinagar: A border personnel meeting was held on Monday by Indian and Chinese Army in eastern Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. Colonel Rajesh Kalia, Defence ministry spokesman, said that ceremonial BPM was held on the occasion of ‘Diwali’ at Indian BPM huts at Chushul-Moldo and Daulat Beg Oldi in Eastern Ladakh. […]

Guwahati: A Summary General Court Martial (SGCM) of the Indian Army has convicted seven personnel, including a Major General, in a 24-year-old fake encounter case, sentencing them to life in prison. Sources in an Indian Army unit based in Dibrugarh confirmed this on Sunday and said that Major General A.K. Lal, Colonel Thomas Mathew, Colonel R.S. […]

Chandigarh: Surgical Strike Day was celebrated at various places in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the surgical strike carried out by the Army’s special forces across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK) to destroy terror launch pads. Events in this connection was held by the Western […]

Jammu: Security forces on Friday recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. “The army has recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including 9mm pistols, magazines, rounds, one AK-56 rifle, one revolver, 14 hand grenades and one 7.62 mm foreign made rifle,” defence sources said. The recovery […]