Tag: Kargil Heroes

527 Indian soldiers were martyred and 1,363 wounded in the war spanning over two months. Odisha too lost quite a few brave jawans whose deeds of bravery have made them heroes forever. 

Chandigarh: Twenty years after Pakistan had downed an Indian Air Force plane and later killed Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Monday flew the ‘missing man’ formation near Punjab’s Bathinda town a tribute to the fallen Kargil heroes. The ‘missing man’ flypast is an aerial salute to honour the […]

New Delhi: Pakistan will not dare to attempt to infiltrate India like it did Kargil in 1999 because it has “seen the consequences”, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday and asserted that the armed forces are keeping a tight watch in border areas. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an […]

Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday paid tributes to the fallen soldiers on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas by laying a wreath at the war memorial at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Kashmir’s Badami Bagh Cantonment here. Kovind was scheduled to take part in the function at the Dras War […]