Tag: Indian Army

Berhampur: Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. At a time when the entire nation paid homage to the martyrs today, OTV took a stride forward to show gratitude and honour to the jawans of Odisha’s Kamalapur. This village under Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district has given birth to many […]

Inspiring! Pulwama Martyr Major Vibhuti Shankar Doundiyal's wife Nikita Kaul joins Indian Army to start from where her husband had left

Nikita Kaul, wife of Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who sacrificed his life in the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, has donned the olive green to continue the legacy of her husband.

The Indian Army deployed 180 teams to assist the civil administration in relief and restoration efforts in areas impacted by Cyclone Tauktae.

Guarding the snow-bound parts of the nation is one of the challenging tasks for our soldiers because of the unpredictable weather, icy cold high speed winds.

The Indian Army was originally preparing to induct 100 young women soldiers. However, 17 recruits were relegated on medical grounds or had failed in the tests, which rendered them unable to pass out in this first batch.

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and is launching a fresh probe into the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in which 40 troopers were killed on February 14. “We have re-registered the Pulwama terror attack case,” said an NIA spokesperson, here on Wednesday. The […]

Bengaluru: Claiming that its financial condition was stable and robust, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursday admitted that receivables amounting to Rs 9,500 crore were delayed from customers including the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army. “Our finances are stable and robust. There is no problem with our financial condition as we have Rs […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 that had come close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The aircraft fell 3 kilometres inside Pakistani-administered Kashmir. As the PAF jets approached the LoC, IAF scrambled fighters and the retaliatory fire from the ground forced […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police sources said. Bodies of both militants have been recovered from Kralgund village of Langate area and searches were underway to sanitise the place. Information about the militant’s presence was received late on Thursday, following which the […]

Jammu: Three civilians were killed in shelling by the Pakistani army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Saturday. Police said a woman and her two children were killed in Salotri village of Jhalas area in Krishna Ghati sector of the LoC when a shell fired by […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a 56-hour-long encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday, officials said. The two militants were killed in the encounter, which began on Friday morning when security forces launched a search operation in Babagund area of Kupwara in north Kashmir, following information about presence of the militants there, an […]

Kochi: Federal Bank on Monday launched two schemes for the welfare of the families of armed forces personnel. From the academic year 2019-20 onwards, the bank will be giving a scholarship of up to Rs 1 lakh per year to the children of martyred armed forces personnel for pursuing higher studies, said a press release. […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Army sources said on Tuesday. The encounter broke out at Tral area on Monday. The security forces had cordoned off the area and launched an operation to flush out the militants, a police spokesperson had said. […]

New Delhi: Women officers can now get permanent commissions in 10 branches of the Indian Army, the government announced on Tuesday. The Defence Ministry said that it has taken necessary steps to ensure that women, who were earlier inducted for short service commission (SSC), get permanent commission in the armed forces. Permanent commission will be granted […]