Defence

SRINAGAR: In a major development, Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday shot dead two terrorists. The terrorists were involved in the murder of Rajni Bala in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir last month. Bala, the 36-year-old teacher from Jammu, was shot dead on campus in Kulgam’s Gopalpora amid a series of targeted […]

  NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the security situation along the India-Pakistan border during his visit to forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, and warned Pakistan of a befitting reply if provoked. Army chief General Manoj Pande, Gen Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of Northern Command, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and other senior […]

  NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday unveiled a “historic” recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, for youths to serve in the armed forces for a period of four years. As many as 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ will be inducted into the three services this year. In another significant decision to provide jobs to the youths of the country, Prime […]

SRINAGAR: Amid rising cases of the terror attacks on civilians, the security forces responded by neutralizing as many as 100 terrorists in the Kashmir valley so far this year. Among the terrorists neutralized, 30 were Pakistani nationals, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Zone, Vijay Kumar said. On Sunday security forces eliminated four terrorists in two […]

DEHRADUN: “How’s the f****ng josh? High Sir!” Ambience charged with patriotism, emotions running high among newly inducted Indian Army officers on Saturday in Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun as it witnessed 288 cadets graduating to become part of the second-largest Army in the world. A total of 377 ‘Gentleman Cadets’ (GCs), 150 from Regular Course […]