Tag: Indian Army

Srinagar: The Indian Army on Tuesday killed yet another militant linked to the Pulwama attack that took away the lives of 40 CRPF troopers earlier this year. Despite losing four soldiers in past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army was successful in killing the Jaish man whose car was used in the February […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday dismissed Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s appeal to the ‘mujahideen’ in Kashmir to rain “unrelenting” blows on the Indian Army, saying the UN proscribed terrorist had been issuing such threats time and again and Indian security forces were fully capable of protecting the country. A day after a video emerged […]

Jammu: The Army has begun online registration for its ten-day recruitment rally in Jammu and Kashmir from September 1, a defence spokesperson said. The rally, in which all categories of soldiers will be recruited, will be held at the Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) of Jammu and Kashmir Police in Reasi district’s Talwara, he said. Eligible […]

New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday dismissed there was any incursion on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Demchok area of Ladakh and said the issue had been sorted out in a flag meeting. Talking to media on the sidelines of an event, General Rawat said: “The issue was raised in […]

New Delhi: The Indian Army “successfully” conducted trials of third generation anti-tank guided missile NAG at Pokhran firing ranges, paving the way for its induction. The trials were carried out between July 7 and 18. NAG missile has been developed to engage highly fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions with day and night capabilities […]

New Delhi: To mark ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, border guarding forces like the ITBP and the BSF Saturday launched a special series of programmes that will showcase the tales of bravery of soldiers as well as police and paramilitary personnel. The Union Home Ministry, which controls these forces including the SSB and the Assam Rifles, has […]

New Delhi: The Indian Army is yet to take a decision on cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s request to undergo training with the Parachute Regiment, officials said. According to officials, the proposal of the former India captain is “still under process”. “The Army has not taken any decision yet. The scope, duration, venue and character of […]

Jammu: An Army personnel was killed Monday as Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and villages with mortar shells and small arms along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. This was the second ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu region in the last three days. A […]

Jammu: The Pakistan army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) at three places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Defence ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said, “At about 12.20 p.m. today Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC with firing of small arms in Poonch sector. “Thereafter […]

New Delhi: Former Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni has begun his two-month training with Indian Armys Parachute Regiment. On Wednesday, Dhoni joined a battalion, which has its headquarters in Bengaluru. Speaking to IANS, sources in the know of developments said the plan was in the pipeline for a while. “Just like Dhoni has been one of […]

Shimla: Fifty-one years after an Indian Air Force An-12 transport aircraft crashed in the icy mountains of Himachal Pradesh killing all 102 on board, the Indian Army on Friday announced it would launch another operation to recover the over 90 missing bodies. The aircraft went missing over the Rohtang Pass on its way back to […]

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev and Gautam Gambhir have praised M.S. Dhoni’s decision of spending two months with the Indian Army, saying this move by the 38-year-old will inspire youth to serve the country. Dhoni has begun his two-month training with the Indian Army’s Parachute Regiment. On Wednesday, he joined the battalion, which […]

Drass: Raised by their mothers on the stories of their braveheart fathers who sacrificed their lives in the 1999 Kargil war, sons of three war heroes have joined their regiments in the Army. Sepoy Amarpreet Singh, Sepoy Bakhtwar Singh and Lieutenant Hitesh Kumar, sons of Naik Subedar Surjeet Singh, Naik Subedar Ravail Singh and Naik […]

New Delhi: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has vast experience in counter-terror operations, will be the next Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army, official sources said on Saturday. Lt Gen Singh, currently serving as General Officer Commanding of the Army’s Nagrota-based XVI Corps, will take over as the new DGMO on […]

Jammu: An Indian Army soldier was killed on Tuesday in firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Naik Krishan Lal, 34, who belonged to Ghagriyal village in Akhnoor area of Jammu district, was killed after the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Sunderbani […]