Tag: Indian Army

Nuapada: How difficult do you think is it to survive without any proper means of livelihood? It is. And when you come across a family of an Indian Army soldier living in utter poverty, it gives an impression how stressful it can be for all and sundry. Once fighting the enemies and terrorists on the […]

Jammu: Two minor girls, who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC), were repatriated to Pakistan on Monday through the crossing point in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. The two girls from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) were detained by troops of Indian Army on Sunday morning. Defence sources said the two minor girls, Laiba […]

Kupwara: Soldiers of the Indian Army rescued a pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kupwara in Kashmir and safely took her for about two kilometres in knee-deep snow till the hospital, the Indian Army said on Thursday. Late on Tuesday, the Company Operating Base at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh […]

New Delhi: A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was apprehended after he crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and entered the Indian territory, the Indian Army has stated. “During early hours of January 8, a Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian Side of the LAC in Ladakh in area South […]

New Delhi: The Indian Army is ready for a long haul along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) but hopes for an amicable solution in the nine-month-long standoff with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. “We are prepared to hold our ground where we are for […]

Puri: Saluting the valour and courage of the country’s bravehearts, an artist from Odisha has created a model of an Indian Army tank using matchsticks as a mark of tribute to the soldiers on the occasion of Army Day today. It took around six days for Saswat Ranjan Sahoo, the young artist from the pilgrim […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after his appointment as the vice chief of Indian Army, Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, the first Odia officer to adorn the top post, on Tuesday said that he would make efforts to entice more Odia youths to the Indian Army. “It is a coincidence that I arrived at my home land […]

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) detected a 150-meter-long underground tunnel constructed by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district to facilitate the infiltration of terrorists for subversive activities. few days ahead of Republic Day, BSF achieved the major success. This was the second such structure found beneath the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector […]

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to push for an early disengagement of the frontline troops at disputed border areas across Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Ministry of Defence said on Monday. The ministry issued a statement after India and China held a 16-hour marathon military dialogue to resolve the border dispute and […]

New Delhi: Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, on Monday took charge as the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff, succeeding Lt General SK Saini who superannuated on January 31 after completing four decades of illustrious career in the Army. Mohanty is the first Odia officer to be selected for the coveted post, which is […]

New Delhi: A part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas. Over 150 labourers working at a power project in Tapovan-Reni are feared dead, […]

New Delhi: Pakistan resorted to 5,133 incidents of ceasefire violations last year in which 46 security force personnel were killed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, referring to Pakistani hostilities along the Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. In replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, the defence minister said […]

New Delhi: The ban imposed by the Indian Army on the usage of 89 smartphone applications, including social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, since June last year, has been highly successful. Of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army, only eight personnel were found to have violated the ban. Official sources told IANS that at […]

New Delhi: The Indian Navy has the maximum percentage of women in its workforce among the three services at 6.5 per cent, according to details provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Monday. The percentage of women in the Army and the Indian Air Force is 0.56 and 1.08 respectively. In a written reply […]

New Delhi: Under the India-China agreement on the disengagement process in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese army will pull back its troops to east of Finger 8 areas in the northern bank of Pangong lake, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Parliament on Thursday, in what is seen as a significant step to dial down tensions […]